British PM wants to bomb IS in Syria, but it's hard to see how that will make things any better
Nov 27, 2015 00:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
A few weeks ago the prospect of Britain bombing Islamic State in Syria seemed remote. At the beginning of November, the UK parliaments foreign affairs committee (which has a Conservative majority) issued a report that was...
Five reasons to keep boots off the ground in the fight against Islamic State – for now
Nov 27, 2015 00:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
Following the Paris terror attacks, senior political voices alongside a growing popular movement have called for Western combat troops to be deployed in the fight against Islamic State (IS). In the US, Senate Armed...
Dig deep for courage to defeat cloud of fear surrounding France
Nov 25, 2015 10:35 am UTC| Commentary
French consumer confidence is steady as ever at 96, but the statistics office has warned that most of the responses belong prior to the attack. Recent survey and talks among public suggests the horror, shock and terror are...
Yen remains well bid amid heightened geo-political tensions
Nov 25, 2015 08:52 am UTC| Commentary
Heightened geo-political tension is keeping investors cautious, heading into mega-December. French people still struggling to come back from November 13th attack on Paris by ISIL militants, Belgian capital Brussels...
Anonymous can't defeat Islamic State, but here's what it could achieve
Nov 24, 2015 11:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Andres Guadamuz, Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law, University of Sussex The announcement that hacktivist collective Anonymous has declared war on the Islamic State has been received positively by the public....
Solidarity after Paris means treating all suffering the same
Nov 24, 2015 01:18 am UTC| Insights & Views
Ben Saul, Professor of International Law, Sydney Centre for International Law, University of Sydney The outpouring of global sympathy for the French victims of Islamic State (IS) terrorism is welcome even if our...
Paris attacks bring Russia back into the fold
Nov 23, 2015 13:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Christopher Read, Professor in Twentieth-Century European History, University of Warwick The full international consequences of Friday 13 November in Paris will take some time to work out but already dramatic changes...
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