A world held hostage

An interesting article in the Huffington Post appeared this week, penned by former UK diplomat Carne Ross. Ross talks about the problem with hostage crises around the world and how we should be dealing with them. While I don’t agree with every point he makes in the piece, I do think he is on target when he writes that instead of making ransom payments or secret deals, governments should “start to reward those who don’t use violence” as a way forward.