Dawn of a new era for private military corporations
By Atul BharadwajPosted: April 25, 2006

Privatization movement in the security sector will only grow in coming years. The role of private military companies has been compared with the employment of private soldiers 250 years ago.

Iraq is only a battlefield in a war with no borders
By Art PatnaudePosted: April 25, 2006

Iraq dominates news coverage because it is the obvious materialization of a foreign policy strategy called War on Terror. However, the war is not Iraq; it's not in Afghanistan either. Ah yes, it is a war with no borders.

With immigration laws, do not create nationless Others
By Kate HuberPosted: April 25, 2006

As immigration laws tighten around the Western world, problems and human errors will arise. It is imperative that in adjusting to this nations do not create a 'nationless other'.

If environmentalism succeeds, it'll make life impossible
By Michael S BerlinerPosted: April 18, 2006

The fundamental goal of environmentalism is not clean air and cleanwater; rather, it is the demolition of technological/industrial civilization, to prevent man from intruding on nature.

In Our Hands: A plan to replace the welfare state
By Staff WriterPosted: April 18, 2006

In In Our Hands, Charles Murray offers a radical alternative to the problems of poverty in America, a plan that is about building a society in which people can run their own lives.

European varsities meet fragmentation in mosques

By Kate Huber
Posted: April 13, 2006

In the Netherlands, Leiden University can't agree a uniform theology
programme because although the Turkish mosques have unified, most
Moroccan mosques make decisions independently of each other.

Media warfare on Iran is demonstrably false

By Jonathan Andrew Taylor
Posted: April 11, 2006

The proliferation of articles predicting imminent US attack on Iran
presumes that President George Bush has enough support at home
and abroad for a military action on Iran. This is demonstrably false.

Diplomacy must address fears in the Caucasus

By Abdujalil Abdurasulov
Posted: April 11, 2006

The use of 'Soviet Legacy' as a framework to explain conflicts in the
Caucasus led to remarkably similar attempts to resolve them. All these
attempts failed. Diplomacy must address the 'fears' in th region.

The injustice of Saddam Hussein's trial

By Elan Journo
Posted: March 6, 2006

The American-endorsed trial of Saddam Hussein is touted as an
opportunity to render justice and lay the groundwork for an Iraqi transition
from the arbitrary courts of a dictatorship to a proper legal system. But the
trial will accomplish neither goal.

The 'Retreat of Reason' in British life

By Civitas
Posted: January 18, 2006

For centuries Britain has been a beacon of liberty of thought, belief and
speech, but now the freedom of its intellectual and political life is being
subjected to a subtle form of 'censorship', according to a new study of
political correctness published by the independent think-tank Civitas

Letter: Confront Islamic totalitarianism worldwide
By Salman Rushdie, Irshad Manji, et al
Posted: March 12, 2006

We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious
totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, equal opportunity and
secular values for all.

'Clear Wine' goes Dutch with multicultural neighbours
By Kate Huber
Posted: March 29, 2006

'Clear Wine' wants to stop the building of more Islamic schools in the
Netherlands for next five years; it argues that Islamic schools cannot
compete with mainstream schools. The rift deepens.

Moussaoui on death, in the manner of his choosing
By Adam Samuel Hamilton Smyth
Posted: March 29, 2006

The death of a jihadist, albeit not on active duty, gives oxygen to the
Islamist flame and acts as a recruiting agent for future foot-soldiers.
Moussaoui wants death, in the manner of his choosing.

Why are American CEOs paid so much?
By Elan Journo
Posted: April 6, 2006

Consider the impact of Jack Welch on General Electric. Before his
tenure as CEO, GE was a bloated giant and floundering. Welch turned it
around, yielding $400 billion worth of shareholder wealth.

European varsities meet fragmentation in mosques
By Kate Huber
Posted: April 13, 2006

In the Netherlands, Leiden University can't agree a uniform theology
programme because although the Turkish mosques have unified, most
Moroccan mosques make decisions independently of each other.

The transformation of 'Jihad Jack' & John Walker Lindh
By Christian Beenfeldt
Posted: April 13, 2006

To avoid raising 'Jihad Jacks' and 'American Taleban', what is needed
is to reject all forms of emotionalism -- whether anything-goes
subjectivism or emotion-driven faith in mystical dogmas.

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