A new report from Medact and the University of Warwick reveals the extent of new non-traditional methods of surveillance and counter-terror policing in health, education and social care. The Counter Terrorism Clinical Consultancy Service (CT CCS) raises serious ethical questions for potentially vulnerable members of society, their rights and agency – fundamental components of human security. Report author Charlotte Heath-Kelly outlines how the CT CCS came about, how it works and the ethical issues it raises.
Finding Clues amid the Wreckage of Contemporary Wars
In their new book, Wreckonomics, David Keen and Ruben Andersson explore the Cold War, and the fights against terrorism, migration and drugs, analysing why disastrous policies live on even when it has become apparent that they do not work. In this written interview, Larry Attree asks the authors to share key insights from this new work.
Racial Hierarchies and the War on Terror
Paul Higate argues that ‘counter-terrorism’ strategy in Afghanistan and elsewhere has been grounded in persistent ideas of racial hierarchy that value the lives of ‘deserving’ British troops well above those of contracted foreign personnel, let alone ‘disposable’ local allies and proxies.