The Conservatives are livid at Ed Miliband’s criticism of Cameron’s foreign policy record. Perhaps it cuts too deep.
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Labour leader didn’t bash Cameron as hard as predicted on Libya.
The proposed response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis could well do more harm than good.
Thanks to a lack of joined-up policy on refugees, the Mediterranean has become the world’s most dangerous migrant destination.
There appears to be little chance of a negotiated solution to the chaos tearing the country apart.
Whether they are migrants or refugees, people are needlessly dying by the boatload.
Iraq rolled into Tikrit with big promises of a major victory against Islamic State. The world is still waiting.
The Arab Spring began with a protest against police brutality. The dreams of those who took to the streets 4 years ago will not be realized until police forces change.
An eyewitness to Libya’s optimism after the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi asks how it has become a base for ISIS.
On February 16, Egypt bombed Islamic State (IS) targets in the militant-controlled Libyan city of Derna, in response to the beheading of 21 Egyptian workers. The speed with which this unprecedented military…
On January 31, Harith al-Nadhari, a senior al-Qaeda figure who praised the Charlie Hebdo attackers, was killed by a US drone strike. This is the first drone strike in Yemen for a number of weeks, and it…
The apparent murders of Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto have once again drawn attention to the brutality of Islamic State fighters operating in northern Syria and Iraq…
For the first time in years, there is a new hope that the fragmentation of Libya can be averted, thanks to new rounds of UN mediation efforts. There is a danger, however, that the media coverage accompanying…
The deadly attack in Paris by French Islamists with ties to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) provokes several basic responses. One major response is a broad affirmation that the actions of the violent…
The brutal attack on the staff of Charlie Hebdo has rightly led to powerful calls to protect freedom of expression, with large demonstrations of support in Paris and other French cities, complemented by…
It’s often said that blood is thicker than water – that family ties trump all others. But research with groups of men fighting in Libya has suggested that the bonds they formed in times of great adversity…
After the NATO-led interventions in Kosovo and Libya, many commentators argued that the Responsibility to Protect, the fashionable name for humanitarian military intervention, had finally become an established…
The US has regularly wielded its veto on issues relating to Israel and Palestine.
Libya’s already edgy security situation is suddenly in a steep decline. France has announced it is evacuating its nationals from the country by sea, and other countries are doing the same with their embassy…
Recent tensions progressing to conflict in Iraq have raised concerns that world prices for oil will rise after a period of relative price stability that’s masked significant changes in supplies. Conflict…
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