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Progressive Internationalism Articles

It’s the exit, stupid

As the decade-long mission in Afghanistan comes to an end, now might be the time to start asking what the lessons are from the Nato mission for future humanitarian intervention efforts and specifically how important it is to have an exit plan for future mission...

Should Labour support a second Falklands?

First off, I’d like to pay tribute to the well-argued and thoughtful views that Alex Bigham has set out in this column for the past three years. I’m really pleased to be picking up where he left off. Alex helped keep foreign affairs on the party’s agenda during the...

The dream of nationhood

Everywhere the nation-state is in flux. From global businesses that have more spending power than many countries, to protesters using social networks to bypass the forces of law and order, the state monopoly of power is under challenge. Why, then, does the dream of...

A matter of interpretation

It is not that often that foreign policy provides an opportunity for campaigning activity. Major issues of injustice occasionally capture the public imagination – like Joanna Lumley’s championing of the Gurkhas or Bob Geldof’s attempts to end world poverty. However,...