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Institutions: International Order

A collection of 10 posts

No Solutions to British Muslim Problems without Mutual Respect

Identity: Diaspora

No Solutions to British Muslim Problems without Mutual Respect

From the archive (2015): answering Quilliam — no solutions without mutual respect; partnership with communities’ own institutions, not suspicion.

Archive: Palestine

Obama on the Wrong Side of History on Palestine

From the archive (2011): the Palestine UN bid and the veto — multilateral institutions seen from the Global South, and the case for building standing in them.

Institutions: International Order

The Myth of Moderation

The Washington Post published a poll-induced barely comprehensible laundry list of what a ‘moderate’ Muslim should be [http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2011/02/will_the_real_moderate_muslims_please_stand_up.html] . Let us pick it apart one by one. With apologies to the author of the said

Institutions: International Order

OIC Intra-trade Vital (courtesy theStar.com.my)

PUTRAJAYA: There is a vital need for meaningful and reliable information directories for intra-trade to flourish among the 57 member countries of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. The Prime Minister said information directories like the OIC trade directory, released in conjunction with

For the Record: Hans Blix, Chief Weapons Inspector, UN

From the archive (2003): Hans Blix, for the record — the UN’s chief inspector saw nothing to justify war, and said so at the time.

Archive: Pakistan

Treaty of 1931 & Amal Kasi's funeral

From the archive (2002): Aimal Kasi’s funeral and the Treaty of 1931 — the particular detail that archives preserve and summaries erase.

A Modest Proposal: Let Iran "Liberate" Iraq by NOAM CHOMSKY

From the archive (2002): Chomsky’s satirical inversion of the Iraq war logic — the case tested by argument before events tested it.

Institutions: International Order

U.S. Ties Military Aid to Peacekeepers' Immunity

From the archive (2002): aid conditioned on ICC immunity — a precise record of how international institutions are weakened by leverage, not argument.

Archive: Afghanistan

the 9/11 Retaliation: the Corporate War:

From the archive (2001): a real-time response to the first days of the Afghanistan war and the language used to report it — an early case study in narrative power and who holds it.

Archive: Afghanistan

Law Professor: Say what you want, but this war is illegal

From the archive (2001): law professor Michael Mandel’s case that the Afghan war was illegal — the legality question raised precisely, from the first weeks.