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Published in: openSecurityBorder zones and insecurity in the AmericasBorder zones are potential incubators of conflict. Criminal gangs exploit weak state presence to forge a parallel...
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Published in: openSecurityLinks between the Taliban and al Qaeda have grown stronger
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Published in: openSecurityRwanda’s human rights failings exposed in Commonwealth bid
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Published in: openSecurityThe Afghan anvil: breaking the Indo-Pakistani deadlock?
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Published in: openSecurityBeijing implicated in US cyber espionage report
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Published in: openSecurityReopen negotiations or face sanctions, Obama tells North Korea and Iran.
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Published in: HomeLiberal peace transitions: a rethink is urgent
A significant shift is required if international statebuilding and peacebuilding projects around the world are to...
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Published in: HomeBrazil's "southern effect" in fragile countries
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International Alert supports a series of small post-conflict initiatives in Burundi. And some of the values that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIreland's lost revolution
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Published in: openSecurityVice-president's veto leaves Iraqi election law in disarray
Iraqi vice-president’s veto threatens Iraqi elections. Seven out of ten Afghans blame poverty and corruption for...
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Published in: openSecurityKarzai launches Afghan anti-corruption force
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Published in: openSecurityIran warned time running out for negotiated nuclear settlement
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Published in: openSecurityThe twilight of the middle east peace process
The promise of a reinvigorated peace process in the middle east which accompanied Barack Obama to power is likely to...
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Published in: openSecurityIraqi Doctors in Britain and the War on Terror
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Published in: openSecurityUS ambassador's opposition to troop increases in Afghanistan revealed
The US Ambassador to Kabul cables the Whitehouse expressing his reservations about troop increases. President Obama...
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Published in: openSecurityUN sanctions in Iran's post-election era
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Published in: openSecurityOpenness and security: an editorial introduction
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Published in: HomeVictims are not sacrifices
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