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19 Jun 2013 8 minute read

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Why are we so afraid of chemical weapons?

War is destruction. So why, asks MG Zimeta, does the ‘existential threat’ of an airborne toxic event in Syria...

The compassionate case against foreign intervention

6 Jun 2013 3 minute read

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The compassionate case against foreign intervention

‘We are not the good guys’ – Kerry-anne Mendoza argues that the US and Britain should avoid military action...

Omar Saad: saying no to the Israeli army

31 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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Omar Saad: saying no to the Israeli army

A small group of Palestinians are legally bound to join the Israeli military. Noreen Sadik tells the story of...

Pirates! Oil companies are stoking hysteria to line their pockets

26 Oct 2012 3 minute read

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Pirates! Oil companies are stoking hysteria to line their pockets

Oil and shipping companies have ways of getting you, the public, to pay for protecting their profits Emma Hughes...

Diego Garcia's shameful history continues

7 Jun 2012 4 minute read

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Diego Garcia's shameful history continues

In the week David Cameron meets his Mauritian counterpart to discuss the Chagos Islands, Virgil Hawkins sees...

Philippines must dismantle its private armies!

3 Apr 2012 2 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

Philippines must dismantle its private armies!

State-backed militaries continue to act with impunity, writes Iris Gonzales.

22 Feb 2012 10 minute read

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UN ‘travesty’: resolutions of mass destruction - Part 2

How has the corporate press reacted to the fighting in Syria?

20 Feb 2012 7 minute read

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UN ‘travesty’: resolutions of mass destruction (Part 1)

Why haven’t our leaders, itching to get the UN security council to act on Syria, learnt the lessons of UN intervention in...

3 Feb 2012 3 minute read

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US drones invade Iraqi skies

When is a US troop pullout not a pullout? asks Felicity Arbuthnot.

16 Jan 2012 6 minute read

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Grave concerns over security laws in Kashmir

A grim discovery has exposed the military’s abuse of draconian powers in a culture of impunity, says Freny Manecksha...

New Internationalist contributor arrested for telling the truth

12 Jan 2012 2 minute read

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New Internationalist contributor arrested for telling the truth

Supporters plan vigil for anti-arms trade activist Chris Cole, who goes on trial on Monday.

1 Jan 2012 6 minute read

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From child soldier to civilian - a tough transition in Colombia

Having handed in their weapons, former child soldiers face a new battle - for acceptance into society. Seth Biderman...

21 Dec 2011 4 minute read

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Haiti’s decision to rearm is an obstacle to peace, development and freedom

Costa Rica’s former President Oscar Arias Sanchez – who was instrumental in abolishing his own country’s army...

1 Dec 2011 7 minute read

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The clout of the arms industry

The arms trade tends to have the government's ear. Why, wonders Dinyar Godrej, when it is so counter-...

1 Dec 2011 1 minute read

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Arms trade infographic

The 'war on terror' saw the west splurge its peace dividend in a frenzy of arms spending. Check out some astonishing facts and...

23 Nov 2011 5 minute read

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‘Nothing has changed in Egypt’

A special report from Tahrir Square on the violence of the last few days, and how Egypt has been let down by its new leaders...

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