radicalisation Articles

A master terrorist is debating with a subordinate over some point of strategy in their bunker. The sheikh narrows his eyes, and after careful consideration remarks: ‘I agree it works in practice. But does it work in theory?’ This retelling of an old joke about...

For everyone in the European parliament, 22 March was an agonising day. On that day, on rightwing blogs I read some extraordinary responses to the Brussels attacks. One hinted we were going to hear all the same responses that we heard after previous atrocities. But to...

The prime minster made headlines over the weekend as he warned that Muslim communities in Britain were ‘quietly condoning’ the ideology of Islamic State. Cameron called for more ‘personal responsibility’ to address the continued threat of British civilians travelling...

How very ‘George Osborne’ prime minister’s questions was today. He was not bullying and hectoring, but he showed slight misjudgement and displayed a lot of tactical manoeuvres. George Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer, was standing in for David Cameron today who...