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Published in: HomeTunisia, from hope to deliveryTunisia has turned a political corner. But great economic problems remain which require careful management and good...
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Published in: openSecurityAfter Snowden: UN takes first small step to curb global surveillanceThe debate on international electronic spying, blown open by the US National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward...
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Published in: openSecurityMandela: explaining the magnetismWhile the world stops for Nelson Mandela’s departure from it, his iconic status is unquestioned. Yet there is a more...
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Published in: HomeGulf states and Iran: don't moan, actThe international deal over Iran reveals the weakness of Arab Gulf diplomacy. It's time for a new approach, says...
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Published in: HomeTyphoon Haiyan: natural disaster meets armed conflict
The huge destruction in the Philippines in the November typhoon hit a poor region already long affected by violent...
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Published in: openSecuritySharing our future: how the world can avert climate chaosThe latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report calculated a ‘budget’ for greenhouse gas emissions if...
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Published in: HomeRevolution in the revolution: a century of change
A continuing cycle of revolutions, albeit irregular and unpredictable, is a feature of the modern world. But...
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Published in: 50.50Young Afghans in the UK: deportations in the dead of night to a war-zone
Each year around 400 children forced by war to leave their families and homes in Afghanistan seek sanctuary in the...
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Published in: 50.50The Rohingya: bargaining with human lives
One year on from the violence of June 2012, new empirical evidence about the treatment of the Rohingya in Rakhine...
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Published in: HomePaths to change: peaceful vs violent
The diverse experiences of the Arab spring renew the question of whether non-violent movements are more effective...
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Published in: HomeConvincing suicide-bombers that God says no
The dominant perception of suicide-attackers has paid too much attention to the unchallenged assumptions of past...
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Published in: 50.50Refugee studies: the challenge of translating hope into reality
It is one thing for rigorous research to influence policy, and another for that policy to then go an and achieve its...
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Published in: HomeThe 'politics' in Ethiopia's political trialsThe Ethiopian regime is using the legal system to eliminate dissident voices and drag protesters to court under...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia BurningWhen the rice harvest season finishes in a few weeks, fields in India will turn black as farmers burn thousands of...
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Published in: 50.50Stateless in Burma: Rohingya word warsIn order to understand how the ‘Rohingya crisis’ has come to pass we need to consider the narrative built by three...
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Published in: 50.50Through hell to limbo in a lorry“In my life I will forget lots of things, but I will never, ever forget those two small boys … left behind in the...
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Published in: HomeThe Taliban and Afghanistan’s war
The pattern of war in Afghanistan is changing amid evolving relationships within the Taliban, between the movement...
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Published in: HomeFred Halliday: an unfinished voyage
The core themes of a new book of Fred Halliday’s openDemocracy columns underline his work's enduring vitality, says...
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Published in: HomeThe Holocaust and genocide: loose talk, bad action
The dangers of genocide denial are widely recognised. But the politics of "genocide mobilisation" - and the legal...
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Published in: HomeSanctioning Iranian oil
With increasing geopolitical instability in oil producing states and the barriers that stand in the way of reaching...
