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With the downfall of Gaddafi, many may conclude that this is a vindication of air power. In many ways, it is tempting to conclude that the Libyan operation provides a perfect…

After this week’s riots in England, it seems everyone has an explanation for why they happened. Often, these reasons contradict each other. But one reason really piqued my…

The thing with doing a PhD – or undertaking any major research project for that matter - is that you’re prone to seeing everything through the lens of your topic.…

General Mladic's arrest in Serbia is an important milestone in the history of international justice. It comes at a time when the ICC has been very much in the news. Just…

Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest under very serious charges obviously threatens, if not destroys, his presumed presidential ambitions. However, in so doing, it also eclipses the…

The unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan has immediate and terrible consequences for the people near the plants and for the country’s electricity grid more generally. But it…

Having just returned from a few days in Brussels, there are two pieces of news to report. First, Belgium has beat out Iraq in the infamous record of the longest time without a…

Next week Tuesday will mark the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day. It seems an opportune time to talk about women. But the focus of this blog is not on the…

As millions of viewers around the world turn to Al Jazeera to watch the upheaval in the Middle East, the Qatar-based news network has become itself an actor in the events. This…

Many observers of the recent and evolving unrest in the Middle East have turned to historical analogies to diagnose what is likely to happen and what the United States or…