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Published in: HomeIran: a phantom victory
The Iranian state has won a round in the battle against the opposition "green movement". But the war of survival...
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Published in: HomeIran: from protest to politics
The contest between Iran’s state and the opposition movement that arose after the presidential election of June 2009...
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Published in: oDRCould partition solve Ukraine’s problems?
In the light of Ukraine’s election result, Ethan S. Burger offers a proposal for the creation of a new Ukrainian...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShock: Unlock Democracy supports an elected second chamber
Peter Facey responds to Gareth Young and David Rickard
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Published in: openDemocracyUKManifesto, Manifesto, Manifesto
Strange times bring forth strange fruit, what will the wine-making be like.
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Published in: HomeIran: a time to rethink
Iran’s opposition movement must draw the lessons of its months of activism since the 2009 election and map a...
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Published in: HomeThe case for pragmatism: a view from Estonia
The complex realities of international politics make a wise and patient foreign-policy approach the only sensible...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: what it’s like
The ground-level realities of western military involvement in Afghanistan - including a few dozen soldiers in an...
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Published in: HomeThe return of realpolitik: a view from Georgia
The promise of an international order based on principle rather than the exercise of power is exposed as an...
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Published in: HomeNepal: torture vs democracy
Nepal’s path to development remains hostage to the lack of accountability over human-rights violations during the...
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Published in: openSecurityBangladesh government accused of crackdown on Burmese refugees
Bangladesh accused of crackdown on Burmese refugees. Obama meets the Dalai Lama despite Chinese criticism; Maoists...
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Published in: HomeObama and Latin America: curse of the 'local'
The United States’s policies in Latin America are shaped by its domestic politics. The result is failure, discredit...
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Published in: openEconomyTea Party history: it was anti big-business
The Boston Tea Party's history of trying to properly separate government and business holds serious lessons for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBrown says he wants a written constitution - here's one we made earlier...
A proposal for a Model Constitution for the UK.
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Published in: openSecurityMossad accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai
Mossad is accused of complicity in assassination of top Hamas official in Dubai. Russia and Abkhazia sign deal to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe servants spy on their masters
OK in depth: Stephen Taylor describes the 'Transformational Government' agenda and the National Identity Register,...
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Published in: openSecurityInternal reform in international limbo: Kosovo celebrates its second birthday
Two years on, the Pristina government is on a tightrope-walk to independence. Between the pitfalls of intenational...