PRIVACY POLICY

News focus has leaned toward military outcomes, oil prices, and US involvement. Yet beyond strategic analysis lies a more urgent philosophical question: can the deliberate use of force, in the absence of an actual armed attack, ever be morally justified? And what precedent does this strike set for the international community? Dabbagh argues that accepting Israel’s rationale risks legalising a doctrine of first-strike coercion globally.

The need for an Israel/Hamas ceasefire transcends the immediacy of political gains when anchored by longtermist moral imperatives.

As protests continue to unfold in Iran, Hossein Dabbagh asks: what responsibilities do international citizens have towards Iranians?

Russian assets have been frozen by western governments. What should be done with them? Should they be used to compensate Ukrainian victims?

Can powerful individuals really empathise with those in weaker positions? Should we rely on their empathy, or instead ask for solidarity?

How ought we adjudicate between the discomfort of those who feel statues represent oppressive views, and those who value attachment to them?

Does the closing of borders due to CoVid19 signal states are inherently nationalistic? Or are globalists right to emphasise interdependence?

In response to the CoVid-19 crisis, the US has responded with unfair blaming and scapegoating. Why is this, and, when is blame justified?

What does it mean to be patriotic? The left are criticised as being nationalistic when they adopt the concept. This is an unfair confusion.

The left has experienced much recent success but is this at the sinister cost of committing to the right's restrictive immigration stance?

Coronavirus anywhere is a health threat everywhere. We face a common threat, so why is the lure of nationalist policy so tempting?