Society must combat extremism at sourceTerrorism, particularly in the form of Islamic extremism, will not be solved through application of security solutions alone, writes Declan Power
London attacks: It takes village policing to stop terrorist attacksA security crackdown only does the terrorists’ work for them by polarising neighbourhoods. Instead, the security services need to get back to working from the bottom up
Comment: French police set sights on our safetyFans need to take into account the heightened state of alert
COMMENT: Question of Ireland being attacked is a real oneTerrorists will always go for the soft and most available target
Moving towards more military cooperationThe Defence White Paper acknowledges that we cannot defend ourselves alone
Irish troops under increasing threat as tensions rise in SyriaIrish Army teams play key supportive role giving covering fire and defusing bombs.
Guerin Report a body blow for the governmentChanging the management structure and culture of An Garda Síochána is now imperative to restore public confidence in the state’s police force.
US targets already clear ahead of attackSatellite drones, human intelligence and electronic eavesdropping have picked out Syria's biggest targets, writes Declan Power.
UN is central to ensuring that Syrian ceasefire holdsThe role of the UN's military observers as effective ceasefire referees can be vital, allowing the deployment of humanitarian agencies, writes Declan Power.
Fatal lack of intelligenceLast week’s shootings could have been prevented if intelligence gathering had not been removed from the PSNI, writes Declan Power
Israeli offensive will alienate the WestIsrael’s objectives have largely been achieved in Gaza, but its violent actions can’t go on
Confusion in Chad over UN mandateThe recent criticism of Irish troops in Chad has demonstrated a lack of understanding of the UN mandate and the principles under which the troops and humanitarian agencies have to operate.
Resolve is key to EU success in ChadThe European Union Force (Eufor) mission to Chad looks set to resume its deployment by the end of next week, as the rebel forces have been dealt a severe setback.
Time has come to arm our police force in a reasonable wayThe shooting of Garda Paul Sherlock this week has again raised the question of whether we should arm our police force.
Irish troops may feature in UN Darfur forceIrish troops could be sent to Darfur after the United Nations finally secured a resolution to deploy a 26,000-strong peacekeeping force to the region.
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Troop deployment to Lebanon is early test of EU battle-group conceptAt last European prevarication over a peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon has ended.
Intelligence success is not enoughThe psychological muscle of terrorism was flexed again last week when the news broke of a terrorist plot to attack US-bound airplanes.
Israelis fight on before US-French resolutionThe race has been on. The Israelis knew they had to try to achieve their objective in Lebanon before the US and French finally produced a resolution with which Israel and Lebanon both have to live.