Comment I came to Iraq as an idealistic volunteer and was nearly killed in my first week Working in Kirkuk, I fell in love with the country and its people. But the West’s intervention brought devastation and destabilised the Middle East. By Emma Sky
The bonfire of the Middle East Jeremy Bowen’s personal history shows how hopes of peace failed and the region entered a new era of instability. By Emma Sky
General James Mattis on wars that failed to offer a better tomorrow The memoir of the four-star general and Trump’s former secretary of defence is, in essence, about leadership. By Emma Sky
Blogging for peace: the reach of digital resistance in the Middle East Naked Diplomacy: Power and Statecraft in the Digital Age by Tom Fletcher reviewed. By Emma Sky