On 20 October 2011, the separatist group Eta announced a cessation of its violent campaign for Basque country independence and requested negotiations with the governments of Spain and France...
Tag: Open Briefing
Press release: Fresh thinking on defence and security
Today, 10 October 2011, sees the launch of Open Briefing, a new independent think tank that brings together some of Britains most innovative thinkers on security and international relations ...
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As US bombs fell on Baghdad, my friend and I were locked in disagreement. No matter how I marshalled my arguments I could not persuade him that...
Press release: Why did we get Oslo and Utøya so wrong?
Chris Abbott seeks to explain the collective failure in the reporting of the Oslo and Utøya attacks and proposes five questions to be asked following future terrorist attacks ...
As the dust settles: Avoiding the mistakes of Oslo and Utøya in future media coverage of suspected terrorist attacks
On 22 July 2011 a car bomb in Oslo and a mass shooting in Utøya claimed the lives of 77 people and left 151 injured. In the hours after the attack...