Henry Jackson Society

Originally published by The Telegraph Last week, as David Cameron’s decision to intervene and protect the citizens of Benghazi from Colonel Gaddafi’s murderous attentions was heavily criticised, future British intervention in overseas conflicts suffered another setback as a policy tool. Unfortunately, ...

This is why Isis prefers to use home-grown terrorists over foreign jihadis

By Emma Webb Originally published by The Independent Recently three women were arrested for allegedly plotting an Isis directed attack on Paris after French police found a car filled with gas cylinders near Notre Dame Cathedral. It is easy for this to ...

After suffering military defeats and the loss of several leaders, is this the beginning of the end for Islamic State?

Isis’s statelet is faltering. But unfortunately, the way Isis is losing its urban strongholds is legitimising it, laying the groundwork for a military recovery. Isis is waging a revolutionary war that prioritises politics and focuses on the long term, exhausting its ...

The menace of Choudary is at last behind bars

Originally published in the Express. After years of convening, inspiring and inciting radical Muslims across Britain, Anjem Choudary has finally been found guilty in a British court of encouraging support for ISIS. He is now facing up to ten years in ...

The Burkini Is A Problem, But Banning It Is No Solution

Originally published by Huffington Post. Reports of Islamist terror attacks in Europe have become so common that they are now coming in at roughly two a week. The minor ones barely receive any international news coverage at all. France has been ...

From Cannes to Bavaria, politicians fiddle with burkini bans while Europe boils

Originally published in the Telegraph. Until a few years ago, nobody had heard of a burkini. After this summer, it is unlikely many people will want to hear about the garment ever again. The fact that this item of beach clothing ...

Bashar al-Assad has normalised the use of chemical weapons in Syria – and we rewarded him for it

Originally published in the International Business Times.  This week, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed what everyone already suspected: the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad had lied repeatedly about its adherence to a deal worked out in ...

The burkini ban is a political ruse

Originally published in the Spectator. Private Eye used to run a column called the ‘Neo-philes’, listing some of the endless cases of hacks saying ‘X is the new Y’ (‘This season green is the new black’ and so on). So let ...

UK: Clerics Who Threaten Reformers and Praise Murderers

Originally published by the Gatestone Institute.  The conviction of radical Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary — the most prominent extremist in Britain — has been widely welcomed in the UK. For years his followers and he have infuriated the vast majority of ...

Is jailing Anjem Choudary the best idea?

Originally published in the Spectator. Don’t let off your celebratory party poppers just yet! Anjem Choudary may be facing jail, but he is a slippery man – an ex-lawyer always careful to push the boundaries of the law he despised without ...