It will be interesting to see exactly which customs the Vatican is going to allow from the past rich five centuries of Anglican worship, life and thought.
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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.
The spreading
Naxalite insurgency in India - not al-Qaida - may show the world its
future
Washington's escape-route from crisis lies not in military escalation but in a change of thinking
Will be a factor in negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme, warns Paul Rogers
The US is preparing to escalate and retool in Afghanistan. But Pakistan shows why it can't win
A change in the Afghan war's character has momentous implications for Washington
States are not so much declining, failing and yielding as transforming their very nature. The network is the right metaphor to grasping the new state's complexity
The dispute over Iran’s nuclear plans creates a perilous three-way dynamic that may lead to war
The world is embracing nuclear diplomacy anew. Britain is a case-study in an evolving process
After dropping the missile defence system in Eastern Europe, remaining American weapons in Europe should come next
The key to progress in Afghanistan - or just to avoiding disaster - is to see through the "other's" eyes
The global crises of violence, inequality and climate make fresh approaches to security essential
Responding to oD Russia's recent article by Denis Corboy et al the distinguished Russian commentator Sergei Markedonov disagrees profoundly. Better to pay attention to the threat political Islam poses to our common values and come up with a joint strategy
A flawed election and a sophisticated Taliban campaign deepen Washington's problems
An uncertain election and rising insurgency make Washington's vital policy choice even tougher
The decision to pursue leading drug-operators in Afghanistan is a defining moment in the entire war
A new alignment creates space for movement towards nuclear disarmament. Now for the wisdom...
The best military analysts see the dangers of climate change. But their old view of "security" is a trap
Medvedev's Bush-era dreams of a new regional security architecture appear to be on hold as a result of Obama's "reset". Is there anything left for Europe to respond to in the Russian president's once grand plans?
A "jungle" of growing security threats is provoking US military analysts to serious reflection
The war's roots lie in 9/11. Its lesson is a colonial one. But it could still last another decade
Military cooperation between India and Afghanistan is bad news for the US-UK war effort
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
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