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global politicsWar, globalisation, nationalism, revolution: Fred Halliday illuminates the forces shaping 21st-century world politics
Why do some countries achieve independence and not others? Blame "post-colonial sequestration syndrome"
Mai Ghoussoub and Parvin Paidar's humane, life-affirming example is missed and needed
The rise of "sovereign wealth funds" signals the end of the neo-liberal model. It's time for a coherent and long-term policy in response
Havana's official dialogues and critical whispers reveal the revolution's flaws (archive)
The recurrent political and media spasms over “sharia" or“Islamic law” too often avoid looking at the reality the terms purportto describe
Benazir Bhutto’s political life and death belongs to a wider pattern
Washington's power may be more enduring than it fears or its rivals hope
The Atocha massacre
trial leaves many questions unanswered
The Dutch are at the heart of Europe's
argument
The blockage of political progress in Cyprus since 2004 cannot last
The Basque country's political conflict remains unresolved after four decades
Britain needs fresh thinking about national security. A key decision by its new prime minister closes the door to it
The killing of seven Spanish tourists has propelled Yemen into the media spotlight, but its political history deserves attention on its own account
A triple eruption is the culmination of long-term shifts in the middle-east power-balance
The Iraq war’s reverberations will be as profound for the region’s future as were two epic dates in its past
The unnecessary conflict in the south Atlantic in 1982 between Britain and Argentina helped sow the seeds of more momentous and destructive wars, says Fred Halliday. Read the rest of this post...
The historic deal between the hardline representatives of Northern Ireland's two political blocs is an occasion to banish global sentimentalism about Ireland, says Fred Halliday. Read the rest of this post...
Al-Jazeera's achievement is to have become at once global brand, Arab window on the world, and challenge to western perspectives on the "war on terror". Fred Halliday, in his fiftieth openDemocracy column, visits the Qatar-based broadcaster. Read the rest of this post...
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