Pakistan is in ferment. Pervez Musharraf, the general-president, insists that national stability transcends democracy, and that he is still the man to guarantee it. Musharraf's term as head
In spring 1972, two United Nations conferences were held on successive months in an effort to articulate and find answers to the problem of the deep divisions and inequalities in
There is a full year before the United States presidential election of 4 November 2008, but the nomination campaigns are already being run at an intense pace. This, against the
These are cautiously optimistic times for proponents of the United States military effort in Iraq. The "surge" is in its ninth month and on the surface is showing
In the third week of October 2001, the operation to terminate the Taliban regime in Afghanistan was getting underway. United States air-strikes were attacking Taliban military forces, and the CIA
A notable speech by Britain's defence minister Des Browne on 24 September 2007 accepting the need to negotiate with Taliban groups in Afghanistan appeared to be a signal
Almost exactly six years ago, on 7 October 2001, the United States started the war to terminate the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. By mid-November the regime had disappeared from Kabul,
Among the many consequences of George W Bush's "war on terror" around the world, it is easy to forget that two of the most important have
The two most recent columns in this series have focused on the increasing tensions between the United States and Iran, evident in the belligerent statements coming out of Tehran and
The fallout of the war in Iraq has helped to make the George W Bush administration one of the least popular in US political history. The domestic political repercussions are
A war of position in Washington is well underway in advance of the status report on the United States military "surge" in Iraq being prepared by the military
The approaching submission of General David Petraeus's report on the progress of the United States's military "surge" strategy in Iraq refocuses attention on American
