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Published in: HomeIslamic State: from the insideThe west must understand the Islamic State's worldview, and accept its own failings, if it is to meet the challenge.
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Published in: HomeIslamists without a bookMost doctrines, political or religious, are embodied in sacred texts that act as guide and inspiration to their...
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Published in: HomeBrazil's vote, Marina Silva's chanceA charismatic environmentalist is now leading Brazil's presidential race. Can she win and create the new politics...
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Published in: HomeIsrael's security after Gaza
Israel's military forces have embraced new tactics, weaponry and a network-centric strategy. But the latest conflict...
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Published in: HomeIraqis and Kurds: a question of responsibility
Iraq's escalating crisis highlights the contrasting attitudes to the United States of politicians in Baghdad and the...
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Published in: HomeAmerica and Islamic State: mission creeping?
The United States is increasing support of its Iraqi and Kurdish allies and escalating attacks on its jihadist...
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Published in: HomeIslamic State, Iraq, America: a new front
A military escalation in Iraq depends on Washington's assessment of the Islamic State's power and intentions. But...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt’s cover-up
The military-backed authorities in Egypt refused entry this week to two top officials of Human Rights Watch, seeking...
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Published in: HomeAzerbaijan: a dual offensive
Azerbaijan’s strategy over the disputed, Armenian-held territory of Karabakh is also aimed at eliminating domestic...
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Published in: HomeGaza, and an Arab civil war
Behind the Arab rhetoric of unity over Gaza - and Syria or Iraq - lie deep and dangerous fractures.
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Published in: HomeWhy Israel lost
After its four-week bombardment, a three-day ceasefire reveals that the ground has shifted under Israel.
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Published in: HomeDefault or not default? That is the (Argentine) question...
Argentina's president, Cristina Kirchner, refuses to accept that the country has defaulted on its debts. But her...
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Published in: HomeAlgeria, football, and France's "black box"
The political misuse and misreading of events involving Algerians in France are an obstacle to true understanding.
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Published in: openSecuritySlow and steady: Hungary’s media clampdownThe Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, sent a frisson across the EU with his boast last weekend that he is...
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Published in: HomeBoycotting Israel: the situation has changed and I have changed my mind too
The latest Israeli assault on Gaza is for one scholar an occasion to rethink the fundamental arguments for and...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: state of insecurity
A revived Taliban insurgency and alarming military revelations cast a new shadow over United States strategy in Afghanistan.
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Published in: HomeIraq-Syria: roots of disintegration
Iraq's fragmentation and Syria's implosion are the long-term outcome of the follies of their Ba'athist and other...
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Published in: HomeA new, Eurasian, world order
China and Russia are at the heart of the world's shifting power-balance. But current cooperation between them is...
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Published in: HomeBa'athism in Iraq-Syria: out of time
The influential nationalist-modernist ideology once attracted religious-sectarian support. Today that process is...
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Published in: HomeIsrael vs Hamas, a war of surprises
The shock to Israel's system from the intense conflict in Gaza is profound.
