Terrorism

Terrorism

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.

Zero Dark Thirty & the Question of Torture

January 2013
Tom Reifer

It is high time Americans recognize that: “If torture is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”

The Phases of War: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Israel

April 2012
Phyllis Bennis

The U.S. is 11 years into its current war in Afghanistan and still losing. We never had a chance to "win" this war of vengeance – and while few in Washington are ready to admit that, they’ve continued to revise and redefine just what "winning" might look like.

How international rules on countering terrorist-financing are undermining freedom of association

March 2012

How international rules on countering terrorist-financing are undermining freedom of association: an analysis of the impact of FATF ‘Special Recommendation VIII’ on non-profit organisations.

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Counter-terrorism, ‘policy laundering’ and the FATF

March 2012
Ben Hayes

A lack of democratic control, oversight and accountability of the FATF has allowed for regulations that circumvent concerns about human rights, proportionality and effectiveness.

September 11th Didn't Change the World. September 12th Did

September 2011
Phyllis Bennis

It wasn’t the events of September 11th that changed the world, but the events of September 12th and beyond, when the Bush administration took the world to war in response; that changed the world, and continues to threaten U.S. and global security, and shred U.S. democracy.

Headlines or Not, the Iraq War is Not Over

September 2011
Phyllis Bennis

It might seem like cause for celebration after reading the New York Times headline, "Iraq War Marks First Month with No U.S. Military Deaths." But the smaller print on the page reminds us why celebrating is not really in order: "Many Iraqis are killed..." 

Staying in Afghanistan: Unending occupation

August 2011
Ross Eventon

While the US focuses on consolidating its permanent military presence in Afghanistan, designed to guard and exploit Central Asian energy reserves, its earlier rational "to fight terrorism" is a faded memory. Afghanis, meanwhile, continue to lose their lives and humanitarian conditions worsen.

The Afghanistan War in the Mirror of the Tet Offensive

August 2011
Richard Falk

U.S. foreign policy still fails to incorporate the lessons learned from the Tet Offensive. The refusal to admit goals weren't achieved in Afghanistan is frustrating to say the least.

Victory in Afghanistan

August 2011
Ross Eventon

Debate over the 10-year-plus war in Afghanistan tends to focus on how and when it "can be won," obscuring the fundamental question of whether it was morally acceptable in the first place. Now as the US gets closer to consolidating its imperial presence in the region for decades to come, the high cost to the Afghani people continues to be ignored.