Conflict, security and peace

John Clarke, author of The Battle for Britain, looks back to the authoritarian populism of Thatcherism to locate the origins of the ever-extending coercive reach of the state and argues that we desperately need a new way of thinking. …Read more

In this policy briefing, Richard Machin sets out recommendations for how UK housing and social security policy can be improved for displaced Ukrainians.…Read more

Ӧzlem Altıok assesses the makeup of Turkey’s new parliament and what it means for women’s rights in the country. …Read more

Jessica K. Miller and Rebecca Megson-Smith look at how findings published in The Policing Mind have had a positive impact on working conditions for frontline police officers. …Read more

Busra Nisa Sarac shows how silence was a form of empowerment for Yazidi women living in ISIS-controlled territories. …Read more

A Homes for Ukraine host recounts her experience of housing refugees and discusses the lack of government and local council support.…Read more

In the second of three short conversations, Jack McDonald, the author of What is War For?, tells George Miller what’s at stake in calling something a war.…Read more

Rhetta Moran and Grainne McMahon chart the pernicious attempt by the Government to pit the British public against people seeking refuge. …Read more

Richard Machin looks at the UK’s response to the financial & housing needs of Ukrainian refugees, more than a year on from the Russian invasion, and argues that a stronger safety net is needed.…Read more

Ӧzlem Altıok explains how gender politics is intrinsic to the most critical election in Turkey’s history. …Read more