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Iran's inner elite now seek to rule without and against its people
Plus: dialectic of revolution, Hazem Saghieh; Khamenei's role, Ali Reza Eshraghi; A stolen election, Farhang Jahanpour; A voice for Iran, Kamin Mohammadi; A coming storm, Hossein Bastani; A step back, Reza Molavi; Iranian voices on the crisis Tbilisi's leader-fixated politics highlights doubts over the idea of "transition to democracy"
The insecurity and violence of an ancient Arab land are creating a political implosion
The ousting of Manuel Zelaya exposes a regional faultline. But the coup's roots are local
Behind the transport of elephants in southern Malawi is injustice, conflict, and lost opportunity
Russia's prison system seeks to move out of the gulag's shadow
What kind of country is Britain becoming? For the answer, watch two key military choices
The fight against corruption should be the foundation-stone of a clean post-occupation Iraq
What kind of violence has the Sri Lankan state been committing against its Tamil civilian population?
The tide is rising around Italy's premier. But he is prepared to drag the country down with him
The tentacles of political power and corruption are recoiling themselves around a divided city
The treaty concluded on 28 June 1918 reverberates today from Iran and Iraq to the Balkans
The construction of a huge military facility in Jordan is a triumph of old thinking over new
A generation of neo-liberal policies feeds a serious democratic deficit inside the liberal state
The enigmatic urban artist Banksy's return to his home city is a triumph of liberating dissent
A gifted musician born of black American culture whose work reached beyond. Why did he matter?
Rwanda's genocide tribunal ends its life with a cloud over its honourable reputation
The date was fateful: 28 June 1919. The baptism was tough. The outcome: a multinational state
The Islamic thinker's "Radical Reform" reveals the skill and care that informs his search for influence
...and let light, air, ideas, energy and people into a modern parliament
A human-rights lens on corporate power as a path to a fairer world
The political leader of Africa's youngest state has transformed hope into nightmare
The stories told by Europe of its encounters with the Islamic world are driven by proxy politics
The UN has been slow in reacting to the global economic crisis. But it could yet play a key role
Fatah and Hamas officials on the search for a political future for Palestine
A boom in hi-tech military spending in time of recession carves the world in two
In the shadow of bankruptcy, Detroit is a city of ruins and endless decay
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