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Published in: Home: AnalysisThe Global North caused the climate crisis. Now is the time to pay its duesExtreme weather changes are causing havoc in African states such as Zambia but they can’t afford a Green New Deal...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDeadly clashes in Beirut show Lebanon is a country of no accountabilityAt least six killed and dozens injured in outbreak of heavy gunfire that will also create further obstacles to port...
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerHow journalists around the world are taking action to help Afghan colleaguesFrom Italy to India, media workers have launched new initiatives to support colleagues from Afghanistan since the...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsMaria Ressa becomes second woman journalist to win Nobel Peace Prize‘Holding power to account – the mission of journalism – has never been as important as it is today’
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureIn search of a COVID-19 vaccine in YemenConspiracy theories, misinformation and Houthi refusals to vaccinate people in areas under their control mean that...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEscape from Kabul: a government official’s storyAn Afghan government official narrates the story of his escape from Kabul in the midst of the chaos surrounding the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionDominic Raab didn’t anticipate Kabul falling. He should have bought some binocularsThe Afghanistan issue was on Dominic Raab’s desk for years. If he’d paid it more attention, he might have realised...
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Published in: Home: ReviewBook review: ‘The Spoils of War’A chilling account of how corruption has become institutionalised at the heart of America’s war machine – with...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThis century’s major battles are upon us. Can we act before it’s too late?Dark days lie ahead as a perfect storm of social and climate breakdown swirls closer. Great loss looms unless we...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureBefore Kabul, a Yemeni city was taken over by Al Qaeda. This is its storyFive years after its liberation, the city of Mukalla still suffers from the scars left by a year of darkness
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionGood religion or bad religion? Secularism and the Afghan questionEmpowering religious groups to become political actors does not constitute freedom of religion for all and violates...
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Published in: Home: OpinionReflecting on 1,000 columns over 20 years: the predictions that came trueOn an openDemocracy milestone for Paul Rogers, he gives an insight into the late 20th-century landscape that shaped...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsHow the West is failing Afghan women under threatThe evacuation effort has been patchy at best – but it’s not too late to step up assistance
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcomeNobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe counterinsurgency mythUS failure in Afghanistan was not the result of a plan poorly executed. Rather, it reveals the violent logic at the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe 9/11 advice that Tony Blair didn’t takeBefore the invasion of Afghanistan, openDemocracy’s security expert briefed the UK government on what could happen....
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsLiverpool rises in opposition to arms fair as legal challenge is mountedPressure mounts on council to cancel international electronic warfare conference that was blocked from Spanish city last year
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in IraqThe occupation of Iraq drained the country’s resources and left a legacy of economic crisis, energy shortages,...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionYemenis are being starved, and not enough is being done to stop itThroughout Yemen’s brutal war, parties to the conflict have deprived civilians of the food and water they need to...
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Published in: Home: FeatureThe psychic hunt for Osama Bin LadenHow 9/11 rekindled the military’s obsession with psychic power and paranormal activity
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