Monthly Archives: February 2015

Paul Rogers’ Monthly Briefing: 11 February 2015 Summary This briefing looks at two unrelated incidents in the first weeks of 2015, in France and Syria, as indicative of major developments in the evolution of extreme Jihadist movements and that are … Continue reading →

Map: Flow of foreign fighters to Syria. Gene Thorp and Swati Sharma. The Washington Post. Published on January 27, 2015. The number of foreign fighters who have joined the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq now exceeds 20,000, up from … Continue reading →

Jason Burke, The Guardian 24 August 2014 What Baghdadi has done is fuse the political Islamists’ aim of seizing power with the neo-traditionalists’ more global vision. Just under a decade ago, a battered militant group then known as al-Qaida in … Continue reading →

Building public concern about social and environmental issues We’re delighted to be collaborating with the local hosts for this event, Planet South Bank: a group of residents in York working to raise awareness and encourage community-based responses to climate change. … Continue reading →

Company refuses to hand over evidence about its exports of weaponry to Israel Cahal Milmo: Chief Reporter The Independent Friday, 30 January 2015 The prosecution of arms-trade protesters who occupied a British drone engines manufacturer has been dropped at the … Continue reading →