HSC Senior Fellow John Slinger writes in The Spectator about the situation in Iraq and the consequences of inaction. It’s easier to oppose than propose war. The conflict between Israel and Hamas inspired #NotInMyName on Twitter, and opposition to the ...
Read More »Advisory Board Member Max Abrahms: TED Talk on Terrorism
Advisory Board Member Max Abrahms delivers a TED Talk on ‘How Governments Respond to Terrorism’. In this talk, Dr. Abrahms takes terrorism one step further and sheds light on digital privacy, security, and counter terrorism. A member of the HSC’s academic ...
Read More »Dwayne Menezes Cited in the Telegraph
In Kate Maltby’s recent piece for Telegraph, HSC Deputy Director Dwayne Menezes was referenced as an expert on the treatment of Christians in Iraq. Link to the Article “Nineveh city was a city of sin. The jazzin’ and a-jivin’ made ...
Read More »Luke Simpkins MP: On Citizenship and Extremism
HSC Advisory Board member Luke Simpkins MP demands Australian dual citizens fighting with "foreign military and extremist causes" be stripped of citizenship.
Read More »Blair’s Blueprint – Islamism and Why the Middle East Matters
On Wednesday, 23 April, 2014, the HIC was invited to attend Tony Blair's keynote speech on the Middle East and North Africa at Bloomberg HQ, London. The central argument Blair made, which underpinned his later analysis, was the assertion that religious extremism - specifically radical Islam - is the single greatest threat to global security today and one which is not abating, but growing in reach, power and willingness to commit acts of incredible violence.
Read More »Not nearly enough of the President’s men: Obama’s Inaction is quietly devastating the Middle East
While the Middle East is going through one of the most turbulent periods in history, America is governed by one of the most, if not the most, risk-averse post-war Presidents. The consequences of this unfortunate match are devastating, far-reaching and long-lasting.
Read More »Press Release: HIC joins Children of Peace’s Coalition of Peace
The Humanitarian Intervention Centre is a proud new addition to the Coalition of Peace and is hugely supportive of the fine work done by Children of Peace and its partners.
Read More »Senior Fellow Jacob Campbell: In Syria, the West is Too Late the Hero
Senior Fellow Jacob Campbell's article published in The Algemeiner on Western Foreign Policy in Syria. When the Syrian Support Group, the fundraising wing of the Free Syrian Army, was set up in Washington DC, I joined it to volunteer my services. I did so because I was frustrated at the reluctance of Western governments to arm Syria’s freedom fighters against the tyrant, Bashar al-Assad.
Read More »Senior Fellow John Slinger: ‘Never again’ to ‘Always Prevent’
The recent Halabja commemoration proves that the ‘three Rs’ of remembrance, recognition and retelling are not enough. ‘Never again’ must become ‘always prevent’.‘From Denial To Recognition. From Destruction To Construction.
Read More »Senior Fellow John Slinger: Syria Needs Our Help, Not Pity
Senior Fellow John Slinger's article published in the Huffington Post, shows Kofi Annan's exit, stage left, symbolises not the death of diplomacy, which never had more than a walk-on part in this tragedy, but instead the triumph of cynical, nihilistic realpolitik over all that is represented by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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