Articles by Archie Bland

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HOW WIKILEAKS SHONE LIGHT ON WORLD’S DARKEST SECRETS
Archie Bland – The Independent, 12 Apr 2010

Against all of that criticism, Wikileaks can set a record that carries, as Abu Dhabi’s The National put it, “more scoops in its short life than The Washington Post has in the past 30 years”. By earning its place as the natural destination for anyone with sensitive information to leak who does not know and trust a particular journalist – so far, despite numerous court actions, not a single source has been outed – Wikileaks has built up a remarkable record.

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THE BIG QUESTION: WHY HAS PIRACY EXPLODED OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA, AND HOW CAN IT BE STOPPED?
Archie Bland, 19 Nov 2008

Hijackings off the coast of Somalia this year have posed a grave threat to the lives of sailors taking cargo ships through the region – and captured the attention of the world’s exporters by vastly increasing the costs of global trade. An already dramatic problem had its profile raised still further this week by the […]

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