by Charles Cameron | Sep 30, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — as if in brutal proof that “the bed waiting inside belongs to death” — that bridal and burial veils are one ] . Does the Coalition have an official policy targeting weddings? Sorry to be so blunt about this, but I get...
by zen | Sep 24, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command by Sean Naylor I just received a courtesy review copy of Relentless Strike from John at St. Martin’s Press. Increasingly viewed as a...
by zen | Sep 14, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] One of the signs that the Westphalian state system was approaching its zenith was the gradual extinction of legal private warfare in Europe (and in America , east of the frontier). While this trend predated the French...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 6, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — is “conflict resolution” in conflict with “conflict” — and if so, what’s the appropriate resolution? ] . [left] Strozzi-Heckler’s book, now in its fourth edition; [right] one of a series of figures...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 5, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — perhaps it’s not Wittenberg but Westphalia we should be praying for ] . ** Ayaan Hirsi Ali clearly believes we need an Islamic Reformation, and she’s not alone. That much Mehdi Hasan concedes in a Guardian piece titled Why...
