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It is a little over 17 years since NATO brought the war in Kosovo to an end. The conflict saw thousands dead and almost ninety per cent of Kosovan Albanians displaced – many never to be found. In 2008, Kosovo declared its independence and the British Labour...

Brutal conflict. Borders in dispute. Break-up. History. Sovereignty. It’s all happening. Now, I don’t mean Scotland. I’m thinking of Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and the Middle East. Yes, the world goes on despite the sudden total preoccupation with Scotland. (It is serious,...

As western powers discuss to what extent their military capacity should be used against Islamic State they are also having to face the reality of radicalisation processes taking place in their own countries. Estimates of foreign fighters leaving Europe, North America...

In July, when asked how he would deal with the situation in Syria if he becomes prime minister, Ed Miliband echoed his first speech as Labour leader and responded: ‘One of the ways the party has changed since I became leader is that war is now always a last resort.’...