war on terror

James Schall SJ | 11 Apr 2018 | ABOVE |  

tags: Islam, war on terror

How the West failed in the war on terror in the Middle East

James Burfitt | 04 August 2016 | FEATURES |  

tags: Barack Obama, Iraq, ISIS, war on terror

An Australian counter-insurgency expert admits that there is no simple solution

War comes home

John Keane | 16 November 2015 | FEATURES |  

tags: ISIS, Paris Attacks 2015, war on terror

Surely there will be no peace until we find other ways of compromise and reconciliation?

Ethics will always play catch-up in the war on terror

Michael Cook | 10 December 2014 | FEATURES |  

tags: ethics of warfare, torture, United States, war on terror

A deeply utilitarian mindset pervades US foreign policy.

John McCain breaks ranks with GOP over CIA torture

John McCain | 10 December 2014 | FEATURES |  

tags: CIA, enhanced interrogation techniques, torture, war on terror

Based on personal experience he says that "enhanced interrogation techniques" were shameful and didn't work.

Are we educating doctors to participate in torture?

Craig Klugman | 12 November 2013 | FEATURES |  

tags: bioethics, medical ethics, torture, war on terror

A recent report has condemned the role that doctors and psychologists played in "enhanced interrogations".

The twilight of counterinsurgency

George Friedman | 06 June 2012 | FEATURES |  

tags: foreign policy, war on terror, warfare

Winning the hearts and minds of people in an occupied country is a failed tactic. Short, sharp, targeted missions are the way of the future.

The war on terror drones on

Paul Rogers | 13 September 2011 | FEATURES |  

tags: Libya, war on terror

The war in Libya has vindicated the use of special operations forces and unmanned planes.

9/11 and the successful war

George Friedman | 07 September 2011 | FEATURES |  

tags: 911, Stratfor, United States, war on terror

The US has made some serious errors since 9/11, as happens in every way. But there have been no more successful attacks on American soil and that is what counts.

What America is rejoicing

Sheila Liaugminas | 04 May 2011 | SHEILA REPORTS |  

tags: American spirit, Barack Obama, Navy SEALs, Osama bin Laden, war on terror

Why did they start dancing in the streets in Washington and New York immediately after President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a raid on his compound in Pakistan? Why did young adults in many college towns across the country pour out into the streets to celebrate on Monday as the fever spread? Was this as jarring as it seemed?

It feels kinda weird

Michael Cook | 03 May 2011 | FEATURES |  

tags: Osama bin Laden, war on terror

Take 2: Human dignity was not served by images of jubilant crowds cheering at the news of the death of Osama bin Laden.

Crazy for Osama

Zac Alstin | 03 May 2011 | FEATURES |  

tags: media, Osama bin Laden, war on terror

Take 1: You've got to have rocks in your head not to rejoice in the death of an unrepentant mass murderer.

Oath Betrayed: doctors in the war on terror

Michael Cook | 28 June 2006 | FEATURES |  

tags: bioethics, torture, war on terror

Have American doctors and other health personnel cooperated in the abuse and torture of suspected terrorists? Yes, says medical ethicist Steven Miles in this exclusive interview.

Breaking the spirit

Marc Zarrouati | 03 January 2006 | FEATURES |  

tags: torture, utilitarianism, war on terror

A government's legitimate need to interrogate terror suspects must not be allowed to slide into inhumane torture, argues Marc Zarrouati in this MercatorNet interview.

Truth or consequences

Michael Cook | 17 June 2005 | FEATURES |  

tags: Guantanamo Bay, torture, utilitarianism, war on terror

What philosophy can justify the abuse of enemy combatants in Guantanamo Bay? The same one which justifies stem cell research and euthanasia.