controversy in history

A Srebrenica in the making?

David Alton | 05 December 2011 |

tags: human rights, Iran, Iraq

The American withdrawal from Iraq has left some Iranian refugees at risk of being slaughtered.

Europe’s crisis lies beyond finance

George Friedman | 16 November 2011 |

tags: European Union

Racial and ethnic tensions combined with economic austerity and a sense of betrayal toward the elite could create an explosive mixture.

Statistically significant angels

Zac Alstin | 11 November 2011 |

tags: history, human dignity, warfare

Did the 20th Century really usher in a decline in violence, even with two World Wars?

Another death in the family

Michael Cook | 08 November 2011 |

tags: euthanasia, Norway, UK

Did a famous London physician euthanase two of the crowned heads of Europe?

Burghley: the Elizabethan mastermind

Francis Phillips | 03 November 2011 |

tags: history, Reformation, UK

Brilliant, bold and cold-blooded, Elizabeth's chief statesman dominated his age and shaped the history of England.

And yet, it moves

George Pell | 01 November 2011 |

tags: climate change, consensus

A Catholic prelate finds himself in the party of Galileo and against the consensus of true believers on climate change.

Uncertain future in both Libya and Iraq

George Friedman | 26 October 2011 |

tags: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Middle East

Celebrations over the demise of Gadhafi are ignoring the obvious question of what comes next.

Democracy in peril: Egypt’s handling of Coptic unrest

Anthony Billingsley | 13 October 2011 |

tags: Coptic Christians, democracy, Egyptian unrest, religious freedom, tolerance

Formerly the heroes of Tahrir Square, the military are now being viewed differently.

“Ethically impossible”

Michael Cook | 22 September 2011 |

tags: Guatemala, utilitarianism

Are there any lessons for the future in the scandalous story of American syphilis research in Guatemala?

Paper outrage

Michael Cook | 19 July 2011 |

tags: media, News of the World

Will anything better come after Rupert Murdoch?

Why is the war in Libya dragging on?

George Friedman | 13 July 2011 |

tags: justice, Libya, Stratfor

Because Gaddafi knows that he will be arrested by the International Criminal Court. Do the lives lost in the civil war put a shadow over the implacable pursuit of justice?

A perfect gentleman

Joanna Bogle | 12 July 2011 |

tags: European identity, obituaries, Otto von Habsburg

Otto von Habsburg, son of Austria’s last emperor and champion of European unity, has died.

A new strategy for Afghanistan

George Friedman | 23 June 2011 |

tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, foreign policy, Pakistan

The US can choose to leave Afghanistan without suffering a strategic disaster. But Pakistan cannot leave Pakistan and still has to deal with the Taliban.

The ghost of LBJ hovers over the 2012 election

Godfrey Hodgson | 22 June 2011 |

tags: 2012 election, Barack Obama, US

Barack Obama’s hopes of a second term are still bright. But twin policy crises and Republican stirrings are clouds on his re-election horizon.

Dulce et decorum est

Mishka Gora | 15 June 2011 |

tags: Afghanistan, Australia, military, UK, US

Being a soldier is an honourable way of life. We need to remember that.

Friends at long last

Michael Kirke | 01 June 2011 |

tags: Ireland, reconciliation, UK

The visit of Queen Elizabeth was a watershed moment in the turbulent history of Great Britain and Ireland.

Does death end all?

Denyse O'Leary | 26 May 2011 |

tags: atheism, immortality, science

Some thoughts on Stephen Hawking’s recent declaration

Obama moves in a new direction in the Arab world

George Friedman | 25 May 2011 |

tags: Arab Spring, Barack Obama, Islam

If Obama has miscalculated about the long run of history, the US may wind up with short-term risks and no long-term payoff.

Justice overwhelmed is justice denied

Carolyn Moynihan | 17 May 2011 |

tags: genocide, law

Does it make sense to haul every last participant in genocide before a court, no matter how unimportant he was?

The geopolitics of Israel: biblical and modern

George Friedman | 16 May 2011 |

tags: Israel, Stratfor

Israel faces the same existential challenges as it has in its two previous eras as a nation, many centuries ago.

Crazy for Osama

Zac Alstin | 03 May 2011 |

tags: media, Osama bin Laden, war on terror

Take 1: You've got to have rocks in your head not to rejoice in the death of an unrepentant mass murderer.

Egypt’s forgotten Copts

Angela Shanahan | 01 April 2011 |

tags: Coptic Christians, Egypt, Islam, religious freedom

Coptic Christians have been in Egypt for 2,000 years. Why is the Western media ignoring the peril they face?

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