Some wars are fought to subjugate and oppress, others to redeem and liberate. Some arise out of vengeance and resentment, others in pursuit of justice and peace. There are conflicts of land and wealth or power and glory. The righteous…
The Kurds have no friends but the mountains. They helped us to defeat the ISIS/Daesh death cult, but now they are being cleansed from their ancient homeland by Turkey, where…
This is a guest post by Carl Jacobs. ____________________ The Syrian civil war has not been kind to the sacred secular institutions of International Liberalism. There are now 400,000 dead…
The civil war in Syria is just appalling: the chaos and suffering; it's hell on earth. Hundreds of thousand have have been killed over the past seven years, many of…
"I find it not just disappointing but sickening that people should really be prepared to sacrifice peace in Northern Ireland on the altar of Brexit," said Tony Blair, perhaps mindful…
"North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States," warned President Trump. "They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen," he…
Parliament debates the liberation of Aleppo today. Marvellous. That'll sort it all out. Or perhaps MPs won't quite debate the liberation of Aleppo, for Aleppo hasn't actually been liberated from…
September 21st is the day the United Nations General Assembly decreed shall be set aside as the International day of Peace, or World Peace Day. "Let us all work together…
They didn't really stand a chance. They were sons, husbands, fathers, friends and boys – some as young as 18 – ordered over the top into the direct line of…
Today is Europe Day, marking the anniversary on 9th May 1950 of the Schuman Declaration which proposed the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). By pooling…
‘Cameron ready to bomb Syria’ announces the Telegraph on its front page today. As headlines go it’s not exactly a major revelation. The PM has been keen to intervene…
We will remember them. We intone it ritually every year. We even make a chronological covenant: 'At the going down of the sun and in the morning..' There have…
"Today, I can inform the House that in an act of self-defence and after meticulous planning, Reyaad Khan was killed in a precision airstrike carried out on 21 August…
The Church of England is all over the place today. Indeed, one headline seems almost purposely designed to degrade the other. In the red corner we have Archbishop Justin…
"It seems to me that interpreters are like priests; they are mediators and help connect cultures and communities," said the Rt Rev'd Alastair Redfern, Bishop of Derby, speaking in…
While HM Government faffs around arguing over whether we should be calling the Islamic State 'ISIS', 'ISIL' or 'Daesh' because, according to David Cameron, the Islamic State is neither…
The Iran nuclear deal thrashed out between Tehran and Washington has heartened 99% of the world. It was a triumph for diplomacy; the vindication of politics; a welcome and…
There are some books about religion which you will never read: the cover says it all, and it looks very impressive on the bookshelf. And there are others for…