by raffaellopantucci | Jul 24, 2016 | Monitor
Last catch up for something that was published today in the Sunday Telegraph, this time in the wake of the Munich attack specifically but looking more broadly at the rather odd spate of semi-terror attacks that have taken place. The piece was re-published in the Gulf...
by raffaellopantucci | Dec 7, 2015 | Monitor
My contribution in the excellent magazine Prospect to the public conversation in the UK last week about bombing Syria in the wake of this week’s parliamentary vote. It tries to explore what exactly kinetic military campaigns can do to counter terrroist...
by raffaellopantucci | Dec 2, 2015 | Monitor
Catching up on some old posting again, this from a piece that was co-authored with RUSI colleague Dr Sasha Jesperson for a special publication issued for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that just took place in Malta. Thanks to Sasha for taking the lead on...
by Anil Powers | Dec 2, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Russia Accuses Turkey’s Erdogan of Involvement with ISIS Oil Trade Alexey Eremenko, F. Brinley Bruton / NBC News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family are “involved” in ISIS’ illegal oil trade and personally...
by Anil Powers | Oct 14, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Refugee Rhetoric Echoes 1938 Summit Before Holocaust, UN Official Warns Sam Jones / The Guardian The dehumanizing language used by UK and other European politicians to debate the refugee crisis has echoes of the pre-second world war rhetoric with...