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Mandela neither demanded nor received an entirely unconditional devotion; in power he expected his compatriots to behave as assertive citizens not genuflecting disciples

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Chris Smith

Chris Smith is a journalist, photographer and editor who has worked in the middle east, southern Africa, the Caucasus and the United States. His website is here.

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Baku-Ceyhan: the geopolitics of oil

The oil pipeline connecting Azerbaijan and Turkey via Georgia is operating after years of protest. Chris Smith asks whether it will heal or intensify the conflicts of the southern Caucasus.

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