Michael Burleigh's Blog, page 2

Will Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Erdogan spark a new World War?

Syria is now the battleground for a proxy war between two regional powers, Russia or Turkey, and it is an international conflict which has the potential to become a Third World War.

Saudi Arabia's decision to execute 47 prisoners examined by MICHAEL BURLEIGH

Barely has the New Year started than Saudi Arabia has confirmed its reputation for barbarity. This weekend, at 12 separate prisons, 47 convicts were executed by beheading or firing squad.

A stark warning to Britain as ISIS orders 'volcanoes of terror'

Britain must act at home as well as abroad to take on the threat of ISIS, starting with a ban on fighters from Syria returning to this country.

A stark warning to Britain as ISIS orders 'volcanoes of terror'

Britain must act at home as well as abroad to take on the threat of ISIS, starting with a ban on fighters from Syria returning to this country, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH.

Why Cameron's army of Syrian moderates to defeat ISIS is a deadly fantasy

When David Cameron stands up in the Commons today and urges his fellow MPs to vote to bomb Syria, he will do so with deep conviction. There are few more momentous decisions, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH.

It's right to to use these spies on the sky says MICHAEL BURLEIGH

By all accounts the drone strike in Syria on the two British jihadis Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin – as well as a third person in their vehicle – was ruthlessly clinical writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH.

Migrants could be biggest threat to Europe since the war, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH

Yesterday, we revealed the Mediterranean boat crisis has now reached Britain, with police figures showing a 200 per cent increase in the number of migrants making it to our shores over the last year.

MICHAEL BURLEIGH: It's when, not if, the extremists hit Britain

Ramadan is a time of fasting and reflection for Muslims everywhere. It also seems to be the time when terrorist groups strike, as they did in France, Kuwait and Tunisia yesterday.

Can ANYONE stop ISIS tearing the Middle East apart?

The U.S has conducted 20 air strikes around Ramadi in the past few days, But it is clear their £430m F-22 Raptor fighters do not have the capability to stop the jihadis' advance, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH.

We must reclaim Europe's borders, by MICHAEL BURLEIGH

The deaths of up to 1,000 EU-bound migrants at the weekend has focused minds on the appalling human tragedy unfolding in the Mediterranean, writes MICHAEL BURLEIGH.