The Closing of the Academic Mind

Isis propaganda should be ignored by media outlets, say researchers

Lowy Institute research into the group’s manipulation of western media argues Isis’s slick footage should clearly be tagged as propaganda in TV broadcasts

Arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Qatar almost triple in four years

Stockholm Peace Institute study shows Gulf states amassing huge military stockpiles, as US remains biggest exporter

Iraqis take a bite out of (no chocolate) cleric

Sheikh Jalaleddin al-Saghir is mocked on social media for attacking people who spend their money on (unnecessary) chocolate bars

Fire damages future refugee home in eastern Germany

Post-war Iraq: “Everybody is corrupt, from top to bottom. Including me”

If You are an Unhappy Iraqi Asylum-Seeker, Finland Will Fly You Home

The Virtual Imagination

What Beats Corruption?

Virtual Education in Conflict Zones

Free and Unfair

Will Myanmars new government protect the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims excluded from voting in the countrys much-lauded election?

WHY PUTIN WANTS THE SYRIAN CEASEFIRE TO WORK