Nearly 50,000 people entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco during the dramatic mass movement on 30 and 31 July. Spanish authorities deployed police and military forces after border guards were overwhelmed, while dozens…
The War We Haven’t Named
When we picture a third world war, we picture the second: armies crossing borders, cities burning, a clear before and after. What if we are already inside it and haven’t recognised it? Many scholars expected…
Ukraine: We Warned About This Back in 2011,…
How many times must history repeat itself before Europe's leaders understand that security cannot be built on fear, military rearmament and ever-new enemy images? The war in Ukraine is often portrayed as if it arose…
Has Europe Been So Afraid of the Racist…
Europe is facing a serious political and social crisis of trust. From Brussels, London, Dublin and Madrid to Berlin and Paris, frustration is growing over immigration, crime, economic inequality and the authorities' inability to solve…
Peace mobilisation across the Nordic countries: “A major…
Protesters in Oslo with the demand ‘No to US bases in the Nordic countries’. Photo: submitted, photographer not stated. It was not primarily the crowd in Oslo that Kristine Mollø-Christensen took note of after the…
The world’s freest country kills its own citizens
The United States loves to tell the world that it stands for freedom, democracy and human rights. American presidents speak of freedom as if Washington has been given a moral mandate to define the concept…
Some Lives Are More Human Than Others
In the imperial world, US soldiers who go to foreign lands, kill a lot of people and destroy their homes and lives have PTSD if they display violent behaviour when they return home. The people…
Has the red line now been crossed?
The latest major drone attack on Moscow should send a chill down the spine of anyone who still understands what war can turn into. Not because Moscow has never been attacked before, and not because…
The War of Attrition: Why Russia Is Advancing…
There are several arguments that keep recurring whenever the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are discussed. Two in particular deserve a closer look: that Russia is barely moving and therefore must be losing,…