The Red Cross and secrecy, or how to deal with a changing world [Financial Times]
A particularly thorough and insightful article on how the ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), based as it is on 19th and early 20th century paradigms, is coping with a changing world. It analyses the simple question raised by Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo: has confidentiality become obsolete in the face of modern warfare?