democratic society: all articles

Thursday 24th July

IslamExpo: building bridges or burning them down?

Josef Litobarski, 24 July 2008
Was Europe's largest Muslim cultural event an extremist rally in disguise or a genuine cultural festival?
Tuesday 8th July

Ugly geopolitics surface in Kabul bombing

Kanishk Tharoor, 8 July 2008
Pakistan should draw the right lesson from the carnage of yesterday's blast at the Indian embassy in Kabul
Friday 18th April

Hamas: talk to them

Jeroen Gunning, 18 April 2008
It's not risk-free but it must be done: talk to them
Friday 4th April

Relighting the peace pipe

Kanishk Tharoor, 4 April 2008
Pashtun secularists in Pakistan's northwest begin negotiations with Islamists, including the Taliban
Monday 21st January

The dimensions of terrorism

Anthony Barnett, 21 January 2008
Experts and practitioners meet to explore a range of responses to terrorism
Friday 11th January

Deaths in Iraq: the numbers game, revisited

Michel Thieren, 11 January 2008
The science, politics and ethics of a post-invasion count
Thursday 27th December

Benazir murdered: what next?

Kanishk Tharoor, 27 December 2007
A guide through the fall-out of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Saturday 15th December

The resurgence of the neo-Taliban

Antonio Giustozzi, 15 December 2007
Why the Afghan insurgents are reaching out beyond their heartlands 
Monday 3rd December

The perils of oversight

Kanishk Tharoor, 3 December 2007
Fighting radicalism by regulating mosques is a problematic strategy
Wednesday 28th November

India: states of insecurity

Ajai Sahni, 28 November 2007

Uttar Pradesh bombs and West Bengal protest expose a polity's failures

Wednesday 21st November

Pakistan: prospects and perils

Anatol Lieven, 21 November 2007
What's in store for Pakistan? Anatol Lieven forecasts. Listen now
Thursday 15th November

The so-called "war on terror"

15 November 2007
Dialogue and understanding are the sharpest weapons in fighting terrorism, according to a Commonwealth study
Friday 9th November

Walled in?

Jared Malsin, 9 November 2007
By resisting the wall, Palestinians defend their right to politics
Wednesday 7th November

Europe and terrorism: the wrong path

Mats Engström, 7 November 2007
A night-time police-check in Sweden, and a wider lesson
Tuesday 6th November

Europe, terrorism and the internet

Johnny Ryan, 6 November 2007
The EU's counter-terror strategy is lost in cyberspace
Saturday 3rd November

Pakistan: farewell to democracy

Shaun Gregory, 3 November 2007
Pervez Musharraf's game is power and survival. How long can it last? (archive)
Friday 26th October

"Overcoming Extremism"

Kanishk Tharoor, 26 October 2007
A conference in Washington suggests the US policy establishment is opening itself more to the world
Thursday 25th October

Secularism confronts Islam

Olivier Roy, 25 October 2007

The debate about Muslims and the west must connect ideas to living realities

Friday 12th October

Afghanistan: necessity and impossibility

Philip Jakeman, 12 October 2007
Geopolitics will make needed negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban impossible
Friday 24th August

Brown's moral offensive

Olivia Allison, 24 August 2007
The battle of ideas requires policies and serious dialogue, not just rhetoric
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