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A US report raises hard questions about the west's nuclear diplomacy
Dialogue and understanding are the sharpest weapons in fighting terrorism, according to a Commonwealth study

The PKK challenge should unite Ankara, Washington and Iraqi Kurds

A conference in Washington suggests the US policy establishment is opening itself more to the world
Geopolitics will make needed negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban impossible
Washington will miss yet another opportunity if it fails to support Iran's deal with the IAEA
A slip-up in US nuclear weapons controls is cause for global concern
A fashionable case for a post-neocon alliance is flawed
Europe risks irrelevance if it doesn't soften its approach to Iran
The battle of ideas requires policies and serious dialogue, not just rhetoric
Gordon Brown's visit to the United States sees a change in style and substance
The second in toD's roundtables on the state of the so-called "war-on-terror".

Scholars and policy-makers probe the conduct of global counterterrorism.

Islamabad grows anxious as New Delhi wields soft power in Afghanistan.

Martin Scheinin, UN special rapporteur on human rights and terrorism, warns the Bush administration that its policies may do more harm than good.
Peter Neumann reports on the proceedings of the Council of Europe's "Why terrorism?" conference in Strasbourg.
Follow the recent activities of the United Nations Security Council, presided over this month by the British ambassador to the UN, Sir Emyr Jones Parry.
With Iran at once resolute in its foreign policy and fragmented in its internal politics, the US cannot approach Tehran crudely.
Stephanie Flechtner argues for a European security policy based on international law, not "offensive defence".

Afghanistan expert Ahmed Rashid discusses negotiations with the Taliban and Pakistan's central role in the crisis.

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