After last week’s discussion of small-scale, interest-based political cooperation at the national level, I thought it might be interesting to move to the international level, where there is in any case a lot of confusion about multilateral and transnational political activities and what they mean. I’m going to concentrate especially …

Exclusive: Israeli air force commander Tomer Bar received a “special mission” certificate for his secret trip to the UK, protecting him from arrest for war crimes. The UK government has admitted that Israel’s air force chief Tomer Bar was given special diplomatic immunity to visit Britain earlier this summer. The …

Press freedom groups condemn organiser’s last minute decision to deny Declassified entry. A major arms fair has been criticised by press freedom groups for refusing to let Declassified enter the event, which is being held for the first time since Labour took power. The biennial Defence and Security Equipment International …