The EU is Now Criminalising Refugees
‘The EU is Now Criminalising Refugees,’ The Nation, April 20, 2016
Is Kosovo the New European Hotbed of Jihadi Extremism?
‘Is Kosovo the New European Hotbed of Jihadi Extremism?’, The Nation, July 14, 2016
Death of neutrality
Review of Peter Gill, Today We Drop Bombs: Tomorrow We Build Bridges. Times Literary Suppliment, September 21st 2016.
This Film Shows Syria’s Civil War From the Victims’ Point of View
Think Iraq looks bad? You aint seen nothing yet’, op-ed for the Daily Beast, October 28th, 2016
Think Iraq Looks Bad Now? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Think Iraq looks bad? You aint seen nothing yet’, op-ed for the Daily Beast, October 28th, 2016
Justifying jihad
Review of Graeme Wood, The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. Times Literary Supplement, April 14, 2017.
Lydia Wilson: Understanding the Appeal of ISIS
The Islamic State, or ISIS, has proven to be persistently successful in attracting people from all over the globe to join in its state-building and state-defending enterprise. This article explores the messages it has crafted, from the utopian to the militarily defensive, and the techniques it uses.