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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conflictsEven when guns are silent, the ideas behind them threaten. Warfare and conflict resolution urgently need to be explained, their causes clarified, and creative solutions explored.
The great events in Europe in 1989 had a worldwide impact - and it was in many ways destructive
The spreading
Naxalite insurgency in India - not al-Qaida - may show the world its
future
A rethinking that enlarges understanding of the events of 1948 can help find solutions sixty years on
A massacre in Thailand's Muslim-majority south symbolises the state's lack of accountability
The fragmentation of Bosnia reflects the long afterlife of the Bosnian Serb leader's political project
The state’s post-election violence has led Iranians to seek new channels for their anger and hope
A coherent shift towards a civilian, Afghan, regional, and UN-led policy can still rescue a failing strategy
The recognition of Kosovo damaged the UN and set a bad precedent
Thomas de Waal laments the destuction of irreplaceable archives in the post-Soviet warring
The tensions of international politics could yet work in favour of progress over Iran's nuclear plans
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
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
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
An uncertain election and rising insurgency make Washington's vital policy choice even tougher
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