Category: Uncommon Ground

Atrocities: Coming to Terms With Our Past Isn’t So Easy

April 24, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
It’s easy to point out the failings of others; it’s harder to do so for the failings in ourselves. There was a recent poll which showed that almost a majority of people in the UK see the British Empire favourably, reminding us that coming to terms with the atrocities of the past is incredibly difficult. […] Read more

Book review: ISIS: A History

April 24, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
  Plenty has been written about the Islamic State since 2014, but the second edition of Fawaz Gerges’ profile of the group is particularly worthwhile. “ISIS: A History” tracks the group’s evolution from its early incarnation of Al Qaeda in Iraq, up until the present day. Gerges examines the marginalisation of Iraqi Sunnis under Nouri […] Read more

Dropping Bombs, Even Big Ones, Doesn’t Make Us the ‘Bad Guys’.

April 21, 2017 | by | 0 Comments
Recently, the American air force deployed one of its most powerful weapons against IS militants in Afghanistan. It has the greatest payload of any conventional bomb ever used in warfare. Some have argued in response to such a monumental display of power and destructive capability that we have only ourselves to blame for the anti-western […] Read more