Armed drones, special forces, privatisation and secrecy are the preferred tools of military campaigns from Iraq-Syria to the Sahel. Now, researchers are mapping this landscape in the public interest.
A letter from Raqqa, in the heart of territory controlled by the Islamic State.
An unexpected result in the first round leaves the presidential election open. It also hints at Brazil's underlying political dynamics.
What should United Kingdom's defence policy be? A government department has commissioned advice from the noted SWISH management consultancy. This is an exclusive copy of its just completed report.
A major new war has begun in the Middle East. But the Islamic State movement is prepared, and the precedents are bleak.
Washington's strategy to defeat the Islamic State has the same deep flaws that marked earlier phases of the "war on terror".
The great recession since 2008-09 has reshaped international attitudes in ways that are influencing public policy on drugs. It is a process with echoes of the 1930s.
Barack Obama's new strategy against the Islamic State commits the United States to further long-term conflict. It involves a great forgetting of the recent war in Iraq.
A new book by Gabrielle Rifkind and Gianni Picco highlights the urgent relevance of conflict resolution in addressing problems around the world, from Ukraine and Iran to the Islamic State.
The west must understand the Islamic State's worldview, and accept its own failings, if it is to meet the challenge.
A charismatic environmentalist is now leading Brazil's presidential race. Can she win and create the new politics she promises?
Israel's military forces have embraced new tactics, weaponry and a network-centric strategy. But the latest conflict in Gaza leaves the country's security problems as intractable as ever.
