Terrorism
Treat terrorism like crime, not war
Earlier this week Anthony Bubalo suggested that a debate is needed about how to properly counter terrorism in liberal democracies, and more specifically how to achieve the proper…
The French Intifada
Nicole George's perceptive pointer to 'La Haine' on The Interpreter as a way into the fraught world of the contemporary France's banlieues is a reminder of the fact that a…
Police massacre threatens Philippines peace deal
The best chance for peace in Muslim Mindanao in the Philippines has just noticeably faded.
The deadly clash in the early morning of Sunday 25 January between the Special Action…
Chinese media coverage of Paris shootings reflects different values
Much of the Chinese coverage of the Paris shootings over the past week has been very different from, and critical of, Western coverage of the event. While they all condemn…
Commentary
Sydney crisis a test of spirit
Sydney crisis a test of spiritRory MedcalfAustralian Financial Review17 December 2014Please click here for the online text.Rory Medcalf
ISIS beheadings are a grotesque media strategy
ISIS is a transitory organisation whose aspiration to lead an Islamic reconquista is doomed to fail. It will eventually be degraded and splinter, some of its members joining the…
Kuwait steers careful sectarian course in fight against ISIS
Having just spent a few days doing research in Kuwait, it was interesting to see how relatively relaxed Kuwaitis appeared to be about events in neighbouring Iraq.
Kuwait would…
China's Afghanistan policy: Testing the limits of diplomacy
In just two months' time, international forces in Afghanistan will hand over security responsibility to local personnel. In preparation for the handover, and the eventual…
Terrorism at home: The law cannot save us
I picked up my tickets for tomorrow's AFL Grand Final the other day. My team, the Sydney Swans, is playing and I should be excited to be going. Instead, I have been infected by…
The long war in Iraq: A quarter-century and counting
By Professor Tim Dunne and Dr Emily Tannock, both at the School of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland
Those selling the war against ISIS are…