Global Security

There's a war going on in cyberspace and the targets are some of the most carefully guarded secret information systems of governments.

Nov 12, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Governments everywhere are still raising the amount of money they dedicate to war machines while poverty increases.

Oct 18, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Evidence emerges that, despite its denials, the Canadian government knew about the torture of battlefield detainees it transferred to Afghan security officials.

Oct 15, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

American Attorney General Eric Holder is looking into torture allegations against Bush administration officials; an older case remains unanswered.

Oct 2, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

The Geneva Conventions expressly forbid the torturing of prisoners of war, so will U.S. officials be brought to account over the issue of waterboarding?

Oct 2, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Inter-state wars are rare, the war on terror is an entirely new conflict, and some battles are just struggles between criminal gangs. It's time to rewrite the rules.

Sep 9, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Twenty years after the adoption of the Geneva Conventions, civil armed conflicts and wars of liberation made the need for changes acute.

Sep 8, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

The bombing of cities, genocide, and atrocities during World War II prompted governments to find new ways to make conflict more humane.

Sep 4, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

By the early 20th century attempts were being made to make conflict among nations more humane.

Sep 3, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

U.S. President Barack Obama has called the hostilities in Afghanistan a "war of necessity," not a "war of choice." Not everybody agrees.

Sep 1, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

Oil doesn't just move the world's economic machinery it also lubricates the globe's politics.

Jun 2, 2009 - Rupert Taylor

While there is no agreed global list of failed states, however some are in such obviously bad shape that nobody would argue about their inclusion.

May 26, 2009 - Rupert Taylor