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Published in: HomeIndia’s 21st-century warIn an age of climate change and deepening inequality, the spreading Naxalite insurgency in India - not al-Qaida -...
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Published in: HomeInternational law Is key
The Palestinians’ right of return challenges not only international law itself, but more so the political will of UN...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhose Side Are They On? How Big Brother Government is Ruining Britain
Alan Pearce, author of Whose Side Are They On? How Big Brother Government is Ruining Britain, explains why he was...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKKelly alone isn't enough - Power2010's open letter to party leaders
If any more evidence were needed that the Westminster system is itself sick and in dire need of treatment then the...
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Published in: HomeIn Bangkok: remembering the Tak Bai massacre
The deepening crisis in Thailand is symbolised by the lack of accountability for state violence in the country’s...
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Published in: openSecurityChina to 'strike hard' in Xinjiang
China launches crackdown in Xinjiang region. Iran urged to accept nuclear proposals. Karadzic attends trial for...
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Published in: HomeBarack Obama: reality time
A presidency born in hope of change is stuck. A year since Obama’s election, an anniversary assessment from Godfrey...
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Published in: HomeThe end and the beginning: lessons of 1989
The epic upheaval of 1989 was a time when east Europeans lost their fear, overcame their moral frustration and...
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Published in: Home1989: moment, legacy, future
How does the great uprising of 1989 look now, in the perspective of twenty years? Many questions still surround the...
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Published in: openSecuritySullied victory for Karzai after rival quits presidential race
Afghan President Hamid Karzai wins tarnished election. US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton sparks criticism for...
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Published in: HomeBrazil's new political identity
Brazil’s social and economic achievement during President Lula’s period in office is the foundation of its rising...
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Published in: openSecurityIran offers new terms for nuclear deal
Iran seeks alterations to an international agreement over its nuclear programme. The political stand off in Honduras...
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Published in: oDRAstrakhan’s election drama – the bloggers’ view
After the recent Russian local elections were won by the Kremlin-backed ruling party, United Russia, opposition...
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Published in: openSecuritySurge in piracy sees eighth vessel captured
Eight boats in the hands of Somali pirates following spate of hijackings. Zimbabwe calls UN human rights experts a...
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Published in: openSecurityScores dead in Peshawar blast
A powerful bomb blast in Peshawar leaves ninety dead, hundreds wounded. Six UN employees killed in Kabul. Guinea’s...
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Published in: 50.50A Powerful Women's Agency: will the UN deliver?
As the UN moves to create a strong women's agency led by an Under Secretary General, Charlotte Bunch argues that...
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Published in: HomeChimerica: Obama visits Beijing
Barack Obama’s achievement has been to improve the United States-China relationship while unsettling China’s elite...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: peacekeeping without peace
The international intervention in Afghanistan is beset by problems. But it can still be put right if the strategy is...
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Published in: HomeThe state and the body: a chemical-weapons test
The danger of security agencies and violent groups using “incapacitatant” chemical agents to disable armed or...
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Published in: oDRSt. Petersburg’s ‘gas-scraper’ saga: culture turns political
Gazprom's controversial decision to build a skyscraper in St. Petersburg had the support of Putin and governor...
