War

The former US Secretary of State is to be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to the horror of Felicity Arbuthnot.

Filed in: Conflict United States

Nick Harvey and Julien Tremblin look at the plight of Tuareg refugees caught in the crossfire of a conflict that’s as devastating as it is complex.

Filed in: Algeria Burkina Faso Conflict Hunger Mali Mauritania Migration Niger Refugees

Seth Biderman discusses the plight of children forced to fight in Colombia’s civil war and what happens when they try to reintegrate into civil society. 

Filed in: Colombia Conflict

First it was Saddam, then bin Laden and now Gaddafi. The West gets its man but loses its humanity, says Felicity Arbuthnot.

Filed in: Conflict Libya Military Politics UN United States Violence

As the LRA terrorizes the DRC, the UN’s mandate expires

Filed in: Conflict Congo, Democratic Republic of UN

A profile of the President of Chechnya.

Filed in: Chechnya Conflict Russia

Compulsive rambler Mark Thomas walks the line along the notorious Israeli Separation Barrier in an extract from his new book.

Filed in: Conflict Israel Palestine

Orzala Ashraf and Michael Semple, both passionate workers for peace, have very differing points of view. Comment on our debate.

Filed in: Afghanistan Conflict Peace

Why do so many journalists beat the drums of war and peddle propaganda?

Filed in: Conflict Media

What are the West’s weapons actually for? asks Paul Rogers.

Filed in: Arms Conflict Nuclear Power Nuclear Weapons Peace

Stephen Zunes exposes the Western tactics that suppress peace in Iraq.

Filed in: Conflict Iraq Peace