Living robots and the meaning of life
By Khaled Diab The advent of ‘living robots’, or biobots, not only poses grave risks for which we must be
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Alt-jihad – Part I: Dying to kill
In the first of a series of articles exploring the disturbing parallels between radical Islamic and White/Christian extremism, Khaled Diab examines whether far-right suicide attackers could become a phenomenon.
Read morePost-ISIS Mosul, pt 1: The final death of a city?
Its building turned to dust, its citizens traumatised and impoverished, Mosul may have been ‘liberated’ from ISIS but it has become a graveyard. Can this razed and devastated city ever be free again?
Read moreIsrael declares war on peaceful activism
By Khaled Diab The Israeli government fears and combats peace and rights activists with greater gusto and urgency than armed extremists.
Read moreAnzac Day and the birth of three nations
Anzac Day, which recalls the horrors of modern warfare, marks the birth of modern national conscience in Australia, New Zealand and Turkey.
Read moreNatural born warriors
Does scientific evidence that war is hardwired into human society mean that we are doomed to live in perpetual conflict?
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