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Published in: openSecurityIraq and the fig-leaf of just war theoryDissension over the legality of the Iraq war, and the history of western military interventions since 1945, reveals...
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Published in: HomeIraq's shadow over AfghanistanThe Barack Obama administration’s plans for subduing the Taliban are endangered by continuing insecurity in Iraq
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Published in: openSecurityFears of influx of militants prompts Kenya to tighten security on Somali border
Kenya tightens security on its north-eastern border with Somalia. Troops deployed as violence intensifies in...
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Published in: openSecurityAf-Pak: what strategic depth?
Pakistan's military and political class have obsessed over gaining 'strategic depth' in Afghanistan for years, but...
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Published in: openSecurityUS military personnel killed in Pakistan school blast
US military personnel die in bomb blast in Pakistan as a record rise in drone attacks and militancy grips the...
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Published in: openSecurityIran takes critical stance on US missile defences
Iranian officials attempt to discredit US missile defence deployments. China warns Obama over meeting with Dalai...
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Published in: 50.50Meeting in monochrome: women and the Afghanistan conference
The picture said it all; an expanse of suits broken only by Hillary's blonde bob floating in their midst. The London...
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Published in: openSecurityIsrael admits to using white phosphorous in Gaza
Israeli government disciplines soldiers responsible for the white phosphorous attack on a UN compound in Gaza....
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Published in: openDemocracyUKChecking Blair's 'calculus of risk' - WMDs and regime changeAt the Chilcot inquiry, Blair claimed the risk of terrorists being supplied WMDs by rogue states justified a policy...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: the politics of war
The American-led effort to map Afghanistan’s future neglects the role of the country’s neighbours – and could yet be...
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Published in: 50.50Negotiating with the Taliban: the view from below
While the only official woman delegate in the Afghan mission to the London Conference pleaded that women’s rights...
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Published in: openSecurityHizbollah prepares for war
Hizbollah upgrades its military capability as Israel is accused of assassinating a senior Hamas commander....
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Published in: HomeBritain and genocide
The official annual commemoration of a century of genocide and its victims should be accompanied by a responsible...
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Published in: oDREU and Russia: an Eastern Partnership Muddling on?Moscow’s attitude towards the EU fluctuates. There are deep-seated doubts that the EU is attempting to undermine...
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Published in: openIndiaSri Lanka votes against compromiseSri Lanka’s opposition talked of giving concessions to the country’s defeated Tamil minority. The Sinhalese majority...
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Published in: openSecurityWorld leaders debate the future of Afghanistan
World leaders debate the future of Afghanistan at London summit. Bangladesh executes independence leader’s killers....
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Published in: openSecuritySri Lankan president re-elected
Mahinda Rajapakse claims Sri Lanka election victory. North and South Korea trade fire. Taliban moderates taken off...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRevisiting Blair and Campbell on Iraq
Anthony Barnett goes back to the openDemocracy archives
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Published in: openSecurityDebaathication vs. reconciliation? The decision to ban Saleh al-Mutlaq from standing in the Iraqi election
The Iraqi Accountability and Justice Commission's decision to ban former Baathist Saleh al-Mutlaq from standing in...
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Published in: openSecurityYemen rebels offer truce to Saudi Arabia
Houti Shi’ite rebels in Yemen want ceasefire with Saudi Arabia. Student killed in riots over Venezuelan media....
