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, Koraki
Oct 7, 20199 min read
Turkey and Northern Syria part one: Invasion?
i. Turkey to be ‘allowed’ to enter/invade Northern Syria The US’ White House Press Spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham announced this morning...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Jul 16, 201915 min read
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
Jun 27, 201920 min read
The United Nations Does Not Exist: notes on the UN and humanitarianism for aid workers and other int
The United Nations does not exist. More to the point (though ‘more to the point’ may seem counterintuitive here), the UN Security Council...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Mar 30, 201833 min read
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
Jan 29, 20188 min read
Politicians, and the problem we face
Rob Wilson, the former UK Charities Minister, has used his column in the national newspaper the Daily Telegraph to attack an...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 21, 20173 min read
UN rejects US' declaration of Jerusalem as Israeli capital
The United Nations has voted – overwhelmingly – to reject the US’ recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. Of the 193...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 20, 20174 min read
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 14, 20173 min read
US advice on Turkey risks wild misunderstandings; skirts with disaster
US national security advisor HR McMaster has claimed that Turkey is ‘funding and encouraging’ extremist Islamic and terror organisations....
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 10, 20172 min read
'Defeat' of IS does not end Syria's war
Syrian journalist and activist Bahia al Mardini dismisses claims that Bashar al Assad has ‘won’ the war in Syria, and calls for democracy...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Dec 3, 20174 min read
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 30, 20174 min read
Sahel force; an exercise in folly
The UN meets today to discuss the formation of a five-nation, 5,000 soldier armed force to operate across the Sahel and into Libya. The...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 27, 20171 min read
Assad 'used gas against Syrian civilians' - UN
The United Nations’ Joint Investigative Mechanism reports that Bashar al Assad launched sarin gas projectiles at Khan Sheikun, a...
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Rory O'Keeffe
Oct 24, 20173 min read
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 9, 20175 min read
The UN: defined by structural flaws
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Joanathan has told the Rhodes Forum that far from preventing wars, the UN has ‘only succeeded in...
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