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News Release: Analysts from Henry Jackson Society welcome US response to Syria crisis and renew their calls for air strikes 27 Aug 2013 | 02:16 pm
HJS recognised by former Home Secretary as leading proponents of intervention in Syria Think tank welcomes international response to Assad’s clear use of chemical weapons August 27th 2013 ...
Editorial: Where Spring Was Sprung 23 Aug 2013 | 08:05 pm
It is less than three years since the fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the small Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, sparking the events that toppled dictator Ben Ali and launched the “A...
Where Spring Was Sprung 23 Aug 2013 | 06:20 pm
Published in The Weekly Standard. It is less than three years since the fruit vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the small Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, sparking the events that toppled d...
How should the world respond to Syria? 22 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
Executive director Dr Alan Mendoza spoke to BBC Online to make the case for Western intervention in Syria.
News Release: The Red Line has been crossed in Syria – the West needs to act now 22 Aug 2013 | 02:58 pm
August 22nd 2013 Western intervention in Syria, with air strikes and weapons provisions for opposition forces, is the only way to end the bloodshed and is now a moral imperative given the clear use ....
News Release: New director announced to lead advocacy centre at The Henry Jackson Society 21 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
Russia Studies Centre highlights human rights and political freedoms in Russia For immediate release August 21st 2013 Academic and expert in the North Caucasus and Russia, Dr Andrew Foxall, has bee...
Trident could keep independent Scotland from joining NATO (£) 21 Aug 2013 | 02:54 pm
George Grant spoke to The Times about the complications of the nuclear deterrent after independence.
Editorial: Depiction of Shaker Aamer’s story needs challenging 20 Aug 2013 | 08:43 pm
First Published by The Lawfare Blog A hunger strike is currently taking place on behalf of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay. The latest to join this strike is Harry...
Egypt unrest hinges on Saudi support of the military (£) 20 Aug 2013 | 01:55 pm
Published by Haaretz. The international reaction to el-Sissi’s violent crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood has been more or less the same, at least publicly. Condemning the regime for the violence, w...
Robin Simcox’s guest post for the Lawfare Blog on British Guantanamo Bay inmate Shaker Aamer 19 Aug 2013 | 03:43 pm
The latest to join this strike is Harry Ferguson, apparently a former MI6 agent. Actress Julie Christie, comedian Frankie Boyle and Clive Stafford-Smith, Aamer’s lawyer, are among the others that have...