Thoughts on Western Jihad by John Feffer August 6, 2009 The actor Will Smith is no one’s image of a suicide bomber. With his boyish face, he has often played comic roles. Even as the last man on earth in I Am Legend, he retains a wise-cracking, ironic demeanor. And yet, surrounded by a horde of hyperactive vampires [...]

by Andrew Mack July 6, 2009 Behind the modest progress in arms-reduction agreed by Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev is a larger trend towards a world without nuclear weapons, says Andrew Mack.

•US accounts for more than half total increase to $1.4tn •China now second biggest spender in world league table Richard Norton-Taylor June 8, 2009 Worldwide spending on weapons has reached record levels amounting to well over $1tn last year, a leading research organisation reported today.

By Boris Kagarlitsky 14 May 2009 The story of police Major Denis Yevsyukov that shook Moscow just before the May holidays remains very much on everyone’s mind, despite efforts by officials and government spin doctors to sweep the matter under the carpet. I am acquainted with a journalist who is loyal to the authorities but who recently [...]