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Published in: oDRMoldova - the Switzerland solution?At the OSCE summit 10 years ago this week, Russia and NATO agreed a deal on troop and armament withdrawals from...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: new strategy, old problem
Barack Obama’s fresh military approach in Afghanistan may only compound the United States’s predicament there - and...
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Published in: openSecurityUnited Nations Security Council extends sanctions against Congo rebels
The UN Security Council renews its sanctions against rebel groups in the eastern DRC. Indian government announces...
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Published in: openSecurityObama outlines eighteen-month, 30000 troop surge in Afghanistan
Obama announces 30,000 troop build-up in Afghanistan. Sri Lanka must help refugees leaving camps, say UN and rights...
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Published in: openIndiaHonour killing: India's continuing shameThe number of love marriages might have increased in India's cities but the reality remains different in many of its villages
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Published in: HomeNot all hybrid structures are created equal: Some thoughts on bottom-up peacebuilding
Afghanistan has long experience of complex arrangements with local/traditional forms of governance. It is possible...
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Published in: openSecurityIran announces plans for more enrichment facilities
Iran intends to continue its uranium enrichment programme. Somali pirates take America-bound oil vessel. Israel...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan PM warns Obama on Afghan escalation
The prime minister of Pakistan has warned the Obama administration against increasing troop levels in Afghanistan....
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Published in: HomeLiberal Peace is dead? Not so fast
Eight years, billions of dollars and thousands of Afghan lives require accountability. The international community...
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Published in: 50.50“We have failed. We have nothing to celebrate”
There is a growing wave of unrest among young women at the failure of governments to recognise and implement...
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Published in: openIndiaMumbai - one year onOn the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, Priyal Sanghavi looks at the trial of the sole surviving terrorist...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKUK complicity in torture in Pakistan
Human Rights Watch publishes a disturbing new report, "Cruel Britannia: British Complicity in the Torture and...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: next test, last lesson
The war in Afghanistan may now be beyond the point where any military-centred United States strategy can work.
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Published in: openSecurityPolitical crisis deepens as Pakistan faces amnesty deal turmoil
Pakistan faces amnesty deal turmoil. US security firm Blackwater is accused of running covert operations in...
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Published in: openSecurityObama to announce Afghan troop increase within days
President Obama to make crucial decision on Afghan war soon. Israel, Hamas close to prisoner exchange deal....
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Published in: HomeSri Lanka: what happens next?
International pressure may be closing the Tamil internment camps now. But it must be sustained, or the cycle of...
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Published in: openSecurityThe Afghan anvil: breaking the Indo-Pakistani deadlock?
Can India and Pakistan resolve their differences and follow a course of enlightened self-interest in Afghanistan?
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Published in: openSecurityBeijing implicated in US cyber espionage report
A report to the US Congress accuses Beijing of increasing online espionage, the Prime Minister of Belgium has been...
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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: HomePhoto essay: refugees from Bhutan
In Bhutan, a Himalayan country famed for its focus on Gross National Happiness, the Nepalese minority has been...
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