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Bashar al-Assad

If Taylor Can Be Tried For War Crimes, Why Not Kissinger, Putin, Bush, etc.?

If Taylor Can Be Tried For War Crimes, Why Not Kissinger, Putin, Bush, etc.?

Should Vladimir Putin be studying the conviction of Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president? What about Henry Kissinger? It’s striking that the very same legal reasoning could apply to those in Washingt ...

A Historic Moment for International Justice

A Historic Moment for International Justice

The conviction of Charles Taylor last week prompted mixed scenes of celebration and outrage across Liberia – the country he ruled with an iron first, and Sierra Leone – the country he brutalised by faci ...

Turkish PM ErdoÄŸan is killing the Kurdish Spring

Turkish PM ErdoÄŸan is killing the Kurdish Spring

When uprisings first began to spread throughout the Arab world, there was speculation that the Kurds across the Middle East could follow suite. That could still happen, but with their largest party in Turkey margina ...

The Syrian Crisis…

The Syrian Crisis…

As the Baathist regime of President Bashar al-Assad continues to arrest and slaughter demonstrators on the streets of Syria, Tayyip Erdoğan – Prime Minister of neighbouring Turkey, is being further drawn in ...