War And Peace / Military
Articles about Military, ordered by date. 
What if…
Armed forces were abolished? Symon Hill plots a path to peace
War and peace
Dan Smith offers a snapshot of world trends from the 2020 State of the World Atlas.
Out of sight, out of mind
Husna Rizvi rounds up some of the lesser-known pandemic stories from around the world.
Dreaming of Sur
Longing for a return to Turkish Kurdistan’s shattered city centre.
On thin ice
Is conflict in the Arctic drawing closer? Rather than spurring action on climate change, rapidly melting ice is creating more opportunities for geopolitical rivalry.
Rest for Rashida
The treatment of Myanmar’s Rohingya people has been seen as a genocide in the making. Parsa Sanjana Sajid visits those trapped on the Bangladeshi border.
The rise of the cyber-humanitarians
Aid-by-drone, what’s not to like? Plenty, as Nick Dowson explains.
How Turkey’s citizens lost their rights
Turkish writer and analyst Hakki Mahfuz summarize the twists and turns that landed Turkey where it is today.
The dangerous dignity of war
Mark Engler asks why it only takes a bit of a bomb-dropping and sabre-rattling to rally the reporters and bestow a presidential aura on our leaders.
When petitions and protests aren’t enough: what next?
Andrea Needham, who 20 years ago was arrested for disarming weapons bound for Indonesia, argues for bold action for peace and justice.
Universalizing environmental and human rights
As UN special rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment presents his report today, Doug Weir explains why this is especially important in armed conflict.
War nerves
Daiva Repečkaitė reports on the rise of all things military in Lithuanian society.
Killing without counting
Accountability for casualty numbers could be a thing of the past thanks to 'remote control' military tactics.
Debt, austerity, devastation: it’s Europe’s turn
The austerity prescription fattens the creditors and punishes the innocent. Susan George laments a leadership subservient to the desires of finance.
From child soldier to civilian - a tough transition in Colombia
Having handed in their weapons, former child soldiers face a new battle - for acceptance into society. Seth Biderman reports.
Arms trade infographic
The 'war on terror' saw the west splurge its peace dividend in a frenzy of arms spending. Check out some astonishing facts and figures...
The clout of the arms industry
The arms trade tends to have the government's ear. Why, wonders Dinyar Godrej, when it is so counter-productive?
Taboo economics
Marc Engler has a taboo solution to the US’s economic woes.
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