The US-Taliban political peace agreement is “unrealistic” and a culture-based strategy must be sought instead, an Afghan expert told Redaction Politics. Continue reading The Taliban cannot be compromised with a political agreement
The ills of American exceptionalism will continue despite a change of leadership in the White House, an American socialist group has claimed. Continue reading Halting the American war machine requires fundamental government change
In 1994, the younger son of a rather prominent Middle-Eastern family woke up to some unexpected news. His older brother had died suddenly, leaving him as the sole heir to the dictator of Syria. Continue reading From a spark of hope to utter ruin: Syria’s journey since the Arab Spring has seen Assad preside over a decade-long humanitarian catastrophe
War is too profitable to encourage Afghan political elites to make a real effort to end it. Continue reading US troops withdrawal would return Afghanistan to ‘war and disorder’
Jeremy Corbyn has demanded the cessation of arms sales to Saudi Arabia that drive the killing of children and the destruction of an entire country. Continue reading Corbyn demands an end to Saudi arms sales and ‘massive destruction’ of Yemen
The British government must follow Joe Biden in ending support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, campaigners have urged. Continue reading Britain must follow Joe Biden in ending support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, campaigners say
Muammar Gaddafi’s fall did not usher Libya into a new dawn, only utter chaos. Continue reading Ten years after Gaddafi, Libya is a failed state wracked by civil war, militias, and a gaping power vacuum
President Joe Biden’s freezing of billions worth of pending arms sales agreed by Donald Trump in the last months of his presidency has been met with mixed reactions. Continue reading Questions remain over US weapons trade after Biden freezes Saudi arms sales
A Northern Irish MP has called on Dublin to support an embargo on Saudi Arabia and its ‘brutal and illegal’ war on Yemen if it is serious about becoming a global peace broker. Continue reading Ireland must join Saudi arms embargo to be ‘champion for peace and human rights’, Sinn Féin MP urges
Syrian journalist and activist Waad Al-Kateab has welcomed the potential for change in Labour’s foreign policy and called for the opposition to take a stronger stance against Russian involvement in Syria. Continue reading Labour’s foreign policy rethink welcomed by Syrian documentary maker Waad Al-Kateab
