Paris terror attacks: The lessons of Mumbai were learned – by the jihadis
For Isis to distinguish itself from al-Qaeda it must create greater misery
For Isis to distinguish itself from al-Qaeda it must create greater misery
We must set about breaking the hold religious extremism is exerting on young men with low self-esteem and a propensity towards violence
Authorities reacted in a largely tokenistic way following the Charlie Hebdo attacks. After the latest atrocities, they will have a great many questions to answer
Even if Isis were defeated, that wouldn’t remove the threat of jihadist terrorism which doesn’t need an army or a state
The Health Secretary’s tenure is under threat as he antagonises junior doctors in pursuit of his promised ‘seven-day’ health service
It is easy to forget that Emwazi was not the cause of the hostages’ deaths – he was only the instrument
This was going to be an angry column, but to be brutally honest my heart is not in it. How can it be when suicide bombers assault a football match in a city awash with the blood of the innocent?
Out of America: It’s a disturbing reflection of where power resides at a US place of learning that it took a downing of tools by the football team, rather than a hunger strike, to get results
Islamic State’s strategy is manifest – to create the conditions for a racial, or religious, civil war
We cannot let the terrorists win by dividing us as a nation
To put it bluntly, the fight against terrorism is not working
Finger pointing further marginalises exactly those disenfranchised communities that we should be working hard to engage
Hollande says our response to Isis must be “merciless” - and I agree - but it must also be strategic so we don’t fall into their trap
Restaurant and rock-concert-goers were cold-bloodedly slaughtered in Paris– not because they were cartoonists; or Jews; or policemen; or soldiers but because they were French
This atrocity, nor any other, will scare the French people into changing their behaviour or their way of life
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