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Friday 4th April

Relighting the peace pipe

Pashtun secularists in Pakistan's northwest begin negotiations with Islamists, including the Taliban
Tuesday 22nd January

Europe’s Afghan test

Afghanistan's hope of progress and security is withering. It's now or never for Europe
Friday 11th January

Deaths in Iraq: the numbers game, revisited

The science, politics and ethics of a post-invasion count
Thursday 27th December

Benazir murdered: what next?

A guide through the fall-out of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Wednesday 21st November

Pakistan: prospects and perils

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

The so-called "war on terror"

Dialogue and understanding are the sharpest weapons in fighting terrorism, according to a Commonwealth study
Wednesday 7th November

Europe and terrorism: the wrong path

A night-time police-check in Sweden, and a wider lesson
Tuesday 9th October

The IAEA escape route

Washington will miss yet another opportunity if it fails to support Iran's deal with the IAEA
Friday 21st September

One mistake too many

A slip-up in US nuclear weapons controls is cause for global concern
Wednesday 19th September

Diplomacy unbound

Europe risks irrelevance if it doesn't soften its approach to Iran
Friday 24th August

Brown's moral offensive

The battle of ideas requires policies and serious dialogue, not just rhetoric
Tuesday 31st July

A changing relationship

Gordon Brown's visit to the United States sees a change in style and substance
Thursday 26th July

A necessary act

The new Human Security Act allows the Philippines to combat terrorism while preventing human rights violations
Wednesday 18th July

More harm than good

Morocco's proposed plan to grant Western Sahara autonomy is a poor solution to Africa's forgotten conflict.
Wednesday 11th July

Britain's terror trials

As a London court delivers its verdicts on the 21/7 bombers, toD looks at the UK's recent history of terrorism trials
Monday 9th July

The Madrid bombing trial draws to a close

With sentencing scheduled for October, the procedural phase of Europe's largest terrorism trial ends.
Thursday 5th July

Is the "war on terror" being won? (II)

The second in toD's roundtables on the state of the so-called "war-on-terror".
Wednesday 4th July

Is the "war on terror" being won?

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

Thursday 21st June

From the archive: An absolute right

Manfred Nowak, UN special rapporteur for torture, criticises the Bush administration's use of "extraordinary rendition", warning that torture spreads "like an infectious disease."
Friday 8th June

Does the UK need more anti-terror laws?

Lawyer and human rights activist Geoffrey Bindman argues against impending additions to Britain's already cumbersome and problematic baggage of anti-terrorism law.
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