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global securityInternational Security Correspondent Paul Rogers provides weekly commentary on the 'war on terror'. His acute commentaries are an indispensable guide to explaining the present conflict's development and mapping the future.
What kind of country is Britain becoming? For the answer, watch two key military choices
The construction of a huge military facility in Jordan is a triumph of old thinking over new
A boom in hi-tech military spending in time of recession carves the world in two
After Barack Obama's Cairo speech, al-Qaida seeks advice from the famous SWISH consultancy
The global opportunity to reduce the nuclear danger may be greater than North Korea’s test implies
From Swat to Lahore, escalating violence is inflicting a terrible toll on Pakistan's poor and displaced
The United States’s military-spending plans are struggling to match the wars it is engaged in
Washington's problems in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq owe much to George W Bush's dreadful legacy
The climate crisis requires radical energy choices. In Europe, the opposite is happening
Pakistan's deep social divisions reinforce the perils of a military reponse to Taliban advance
A new generation of activists could make its political masters respond to global climate crisis
A report on violent deaths in Iraq may explain why "al-Qaida Central" is looking west
How will Obama affect al-Qaida? The renowned management consultancy advises
The "neo-Taliban's" change of tactics is posing new problems to Nato
Britain's counter-terror strategy can't face the effects of the Iraq, Afghan, and Gaza wars
The fate of the US's huge defence budget is a domestic drama with global resonance
A fusion of energy strategy and military policy in Washington could yet end the long war
The illusions, evasions, and distractions of 2002 help explain the crisis of 2009
The US predicament in Afghanistan and Pakistan is deepening. What will Barack Obama do?
The deepening recession is provoking widespread social discontent in the global south
The pressure to change United States policy in a key region is mounting
The global turmoil of 2008-09 is fuelling a potential revolution of frustrated expectations
Israel's leaders claim victory in Gaza. The evidence suggests otherwise
Israel's failure to achieve its key objectives is
rooted in an exhausted security doctrine
The context and meaning of Israel’s Gaza offensive are defined by forces beyond its control
Overwhelming force must not become the new normality of the middle east
The conflict in Gaza can be seen in the light of a decade of "war on terror"
The United States’s security policy under
Barack Obama may be less of a departure from that of his predecessor
than many hope
The renowned management consultancy advises Barack Obama's transition team
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