openDemocracy features articles on a large variety of themes, including peace building. Below you will find a selection of current articles that may be of interest for ISFIT participants. This
Somalia: beyond the quagmire
Gerard Prunier
A new alignment of forces is a moment of opportunity and danger in the shattered country
24/25 Feb 2009
The AfPak war: Obama&
Many of us in the UK will have felt a twinge of envy when Barack Obama, in his Inaugural speech, affirmed "the ideals of our forbears" and the
Unfairness fuels sentiments of anti-globalisation. Domestic support for open economies comes from equitable wealth distributions
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Iran and the Gaza War
Sadegh Zibakalam
Tehran's most bitter criticism during Israel's assault was directed at leading Arab states, says Sadegh Zibakalam.
Turkey-Israel relations
An array of global problems is pressing on the European Union in the first weeks of 2009 - from the crisis of the global financial system and a threatened worldwide economic
There is no purpose and no hope in this war: there is no purpose to the mutual annihilation and to the approaching silence of death afterwards
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