Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Turkey and Northern Syria part two: a ‘safe zone’ which will not long be either
We had intended to publish this yesterday, 7 October 2019, but as news broke of the Trump administration’s decision to ‘stand aside’ and...
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Rory O'Keeffe
- Jul 16, 2019
- 15 min
The St Valentine’s Day Charade: Khalifa Haftar, the cause of and main actor in, Libya’s second civil
In April this year, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar declared that he would ‘push the (Libyan government) out of Tripoli’. Since then, he...
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Rory O'Keeffe
- Mar 30, 2018
- 33 min
Open Arms? Closing borders and refusing to talk is handing Europe to the far-Right
The – justified – outrage over the impounding of the ship ‘Open Arms’ has its roots in Italy’s refusal to make a case for aiding...
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Rory O'Keeffe
- Dec 20, 2017
- 4 min
US threatens aid cut, aims to wreck international system, using Jerusalem
The US government has threatened to cut aid to states which vote against it tomorrow at the UN General Assembly. As noted here...
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Rory O'Keeffe
- Dec 3, 2017
- 4 min
US uses migration to further undermine UN
In yet another measure which signals both its withdrawal from actively participating in international agreements, and its ongoing desire...
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Rory O'Keeffe
- Oct 24, 2017
- 3 min
UN, Amnesty, call for Europe and US to do more to help refugees
The UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has visited Washington DC to request the US does more to ‘show leadership’ on...
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Rory O'Keeffe
- Oct 12, 2017
- 3 min
UNESCO - the US' attack on the UN
Israel and the US have announced that they will leave UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural protection body, with the latter citing...
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