Peace & Security

Syria crisis demands tough diplomacy

August 2013
Phyllis Bennis
David Wildman

The threat of a reckless, dangerous, and illegal US or US-led assault on Syria is looking closer than ever. However any attack will not protect civilians—it will mean taking sides once again in a bloody, complicated civil war.

Egyptian revolution turns sour

August 2013
Phyllis Bennis

"Egypt today remains horrifically divided, with today's bloodbath certain to make things worse"

Race, space and punishment in urban sociology

July 2013
Tom Reifer

Structural circumstances of deprivation and criminalization facing African-Americans and the racialized perceptions of criminality appear to be some of the salient features that recently led to a young black teenager being killed by neighborhood watch patrolman George Zimmerman.

Grounding of Bolivian presidential jet and treatment of Snowden shames European Union

July 2013

Over 50 international lawyers, human rights, civil rights and civil society groups and networks say the actions of certain EU member states in response to Snowden's revelations contradict the EU’s stated commitment to democracy, human rights and international law.

Syria: the threats, costs, claims and lives

May 2013
Phyllis Bennis

What the civil war in Syria has exposed is that the massive political and social transformation, and real regime change under way is led by people themselves. US military involvement serves only to escalate the destruction.

Military spending and the EU crisis infographic

May 2013
Frank Slijper

An infographic that accompanies our report, Guns, Debt and Corruption, illustrating the role of military spending in causing and perpetuating the economic crisis.

Military spending and the EU crisis infographic

May 2013
Frank Slijper

An infographic that accompanies our report, Guns, Debt and Corruption, illustrating the role of military spending in causing and perpetuating the economic crisis.

How international rules on countering the financing of terrorism impact civil society

May 2013
Ben Hayes

Making banks and non-profits liable for the acts and social networks of their customers and beneficiaries while holding charities and CSOs responsible for the ‘extremist’ views and actions of their associates stifles freedom of association and expression and promotes self-censorship.

Europe’s guns, debt and corruption

May 2013
Frank Slijper

This second of two essays on military spending and the EU crisis, explores the role of the European arms trade, corruption and the role of arms exporting countries in fuelling a debt crisis, and why these 'odious' debts need to be written off.

Austerity in Europe? Tighten the military belt

May 2013
Frank Slijper

Five years into the economic crisis in Europe and the elephant in the room is the role of military spending in causing and perpetuating the economic crisis.