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How America is reproducing the colonial mistakes of ‘Old Europe’ in the Middle East

America has not only failed to learn the lessons of Europe’s disastrous colonisation of the Middle East, it is actively repeating the Old World’s mistakes

Why we simply ‘walk away’ from the victims of collateral damage

Collateral damage is neither actively sanctioned nor a war crime, and this uncertainty means the perpetrators hold no responsibility to the victims.

Paris, refugees, and Europe’s hard borders

Fortress Europe opened its gates last summer. The tragedy in Paris has threatened to slam them shut again.

Wahhabi religious nationalism turns ugly

Wahhabi Islam has replaced national identity with a doctrine that encourages intolerance and terrorism, explains Madawi Al-Rasheed.

Exterior of the Bataclan theatre the day after the attacks

After France, Europe Responds to ISIS: Interview with Jean-Pierre Filiu

In the wake of the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015, Jean-Pierre Filiu is interviewed on ISIS and the European response. Interviewer: Zachary Laub, Online Writer/Editor at the Council on Foreign Relations.