What questions should we be asking about the Coronavirus?
We need better data, and we need to test specific standardised communities to assess the true nature of the medical risk we face. Only then... Read More
Israel is engaged in systematic self-destruction
No one can impose any moratorium on the Israeli freedom to discuss any number of views on any issue. This is one of the central... Read More
Sri Lanka – abandoned promises?
The Sri Lanka Campaign has published a new report, ‘Abandoned Promises?’, looking at the progress that the government has made towards addressing the legacy of... Read More
The moral devastation of the continued occupation
To be sure, while Israel resorts to utilitarian arguments to justify its treatment of the Palestinians, in the process Israel reveals the classic pitfall of... Read More
Church, state, and rock and roll
Montenegro’s controversial law on religion is – unusually for Milo Djukanovic – a poorly thought through mistake. By David B. Kanin My son went... Read More
Trump’s and Netanyahu’s folly
Preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state and enshrining the dream of Greater Israel that Netanyahu championed will be the nightmare of the right-wing Israelis,... Read More
Turkish-Russian shadows darken the sky over Libya
The creation of highly decentralized governmental structures in Libya will not be easy. Nevertheless, such decentralized administration is key to the future, and a challenge... Read More
Trump’s Dreadful Foreign Policy
Trump never understood the critically important bond between Europe and the US, treating them as business partners who must pay an equitable share on defense—failing... Read More
Killing Soleimani undermines global order
Under any circumstances, Trump will leave office as an impeached president who made the world much less safe by playing into the hands of America’s... Read More
Myanmar in violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention
On 23 January 2020, a panel of 17 judges of the World Court (ICJ) voted unanimously calling on Myanmar (formerly Burma) to take all measures... Read More
Travels across Kashmir and Ladakh – a frank perspective
On August 5th 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill revoked Article 370 and 35A, splitting the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union... Read More
Stepping back from the brink of war
In some ways, both Iran and the US need to lick their wounds and begin a new chapter, however long and arduous it may be,... Read More
Communal identities are durable. Civic? Not so much.
The Balkans need activists not wedded to the inertia of Western political ideology. By David B. Kanin Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, was... Read More
The ABCs of Trump’s path to impeachment
This is the greatest travesty committed by the Party of Lincoln to whom the Constitution was nothing but a sacred document. Now the Republicans are... Read More
2020 will be more turbulent than 2019, unless…
The year 2020 will most likely be as turbulent if not more so than 2019 due mainly to the lack of American leadership and the... Read More
Ending US-Iran impasse rests only on face-to-face negotiations
A new deal with Iran would inhibit proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region, pave the way for finding a solution to the war in... Read More
Chilling effects under Sri Lanka’s new President
It is the responsibility of members of the international community, some of whom have sought to foster the freedom of the press in Sri Lanka... Read More
Peace Direct calls for sustainable peace to be a priority ahead of UK election
Ahead of the UK general election on 12th December, Peace Direct urges all political parties to make sustainable peace a cross cutting priority in their... Read More
November 2019 review
TransConflict is pleased to present a selection of articles published during November, plus updates from the Global Coalition for Conflict Transformation. 1) Can the... Read More
Upholding freedom of conscience and belief
There is a worldwide erosion of the freedom of belief and conscience in many parts of the world causing large-scale suffering, grave injustice, and refugee... Read More
Netanyahu personifies the corrupting force of power
In an open letter to Netanyahu in October, I wrote “It’s time for you to go. There is nothing you can do that others cannot... Read More
Gotabaya’s Sri Lanka – the risks ahead and how to respond
The election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa is likely to pose serious challenges for the promotion and protection of human rights in Sri Lanka – challenges which... Read More
The importance of Gambia invoking genocide convention against Myanmar
The action of Gambia is important as it focuses both on the mechanisms of world law and the dramatic conditions of the Rohingya. By... Read More
A decade of impunity – unlocking accountability for the victims of Sri Lanka’s killing fields
A decade after the war’s end, the Sri Lanka Campaign speaks to ten Tamils who lived through and survived the final stages of the armed... Read More
Sri Lanka – halt the deployment
The Sri Lanka Campaign has previously argued that no Sri Lankan soldier should serve in a blue helmet so long as serious human rights violations of the... Read More
