The civilizational lines drawn by the West have allowed the world to divide itself into camps making the civilian undersides of societies susceptible to extremist horror.
In several Arab countries transformation is dominated, by political violence. The polity has broken down—the central state fails to deliver security to its citizens.
Sectarian violence has vitiated regional politics and foreign policies along sectarian lines. The fight between the Shi’ite and Sunni crescents is likely to continue.
In the wake of the Paris events, thinking more carefully about the contexts of these terror attacks is a useful start to normalising responses to terrorism.
The profound nature of the challenge posed by climate change arguably compels us to think in new ways about what security means and how it might be realized.
While talk would suggest that there exists some kind of unitary and durable actor called ‘international community’, it is far from clear who or what it represents.
Reactions to US operations in the South China Sea demonstrate that China and the United States seem to have established a working protocol for issues they disagree on
Chinese and American intentions constitutes the two fundamental uncertainties that will shape regional security in East Asia.
The graffiti prank on the set of ‘Homeland’ is an act that represents a physical realization that the pop-culture canvas can be subverted even in the process.
Seeing Waters’ depiction of how war has made him a broken man gave me hope that a more sensible debate is being had amongst citizens over the march to war with ISIS.
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