Theater of Cruelty

Iraq

Coercion, murder and prosperity

Documents from Saddam Hussein's archives show a completely different Iraq than the usual story tells.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

Looking beyond the borders

Danish The Distant Barking of Dogs depicts a ten-year-old boy growing up on the frontline of Ukraine, while Swedish The Deminer is about a mine-raiser in IS-ravaged Iraq. 
Aleksander Huser -

The war without a front line

Who are the jihadists in the Syrian war? 
Francesca Borri -

Need to tell

A Norwegian film finally won at the world's largest documentary film festival in November – documentation of everyday life in Iraq, seen through the camera lens of an ordinary citizen who ends up as a refugee himself.
Bernard Dichek -

Iraq: Ferris wheel and big politics

Rarely have I seen such high density of amusement parks, and rarely have I experienced such a strained silence.
Tori Aarseth -

World Crisis?

ISIS 'good growth conditions were the most relevant topic at the big Middle East conference in Berlin.
Hans-Georg Kohler -

30 years in the service of peace

Propaganda, manipulation and other psychological tools are invaluable in both war and foreign policy strategies.
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