conflicts: all articles

The critics of the Yerevan-Ankara protocols neglect their potential benefits

A new assessment illuminates the roots of conflict in Africa's most complex region

A bad agreement cannot turn old adversaries into good neighbours

The Armenia-Turkey accord entails a pragmatic and dangerous silence over the events of 1915

The rhetoric of the new Moldovan government is not music to the Kremlin's ears. However the powers that be in Chishinau have no choice. Immediately after the present summit of the Community of Independent States, the government has to move ahead with the hard work of serious reform of the economy, judiciary, media and bureaucracy.

Ankara is renegotiating its pro-west commitments and its Islamic family-ties

An al-Qaida militant calls on Germany to leave Afghanistan. But why does he wear a suit and tie? 

During the attack on Gaza, Israeli mental health professionals could be trapped between Israeli identification with government policy, and Palestinian citizens of Israel, then considered ‘the enemy’

"History is politics in all countries." Nowhere more than between Moscow and Warsaw

Moldova's long-ruling communists, having recently been dethroned by the four-party Alliance for European Integration (AEI), are struggling to win back lost ground. The frantic activities of communist ex-President Voronin suggest he is not finding democracy easy

The Qur'an as training-manual in a war on unbelief. Plus: Omar al-Qattan tours Disneyland Islam, Murat Belge tracks the fundamentalist mind (archive)

Colonel Gaddafi's domain, now opening to the world, is more protection-racket than modern state

The value of elections to the Afghan people should not be underestimated, and fraud must be investigated

Israeli understanding of the Jewishness of Israel is complex, and it makes the right of return the most contentious issue on the negotiating agenda

Britain should secure its own disenfranchised Muslim community rather than sustaining a major expeditionary campaign in Afghanistan, argues John Mackinlay.

The pre-election games avoid Iraqis' real needs - but light in Kurdistan shows the way

The time is right to get the threat or use of weapons of mass destruction defined as a crime

Is the law taking sides?

An uncertain election and rising insurgency make Washington's vital policy choice even tougher

A case against the dismantling of Israel's West Bank communities has surprising consequences