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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida and the Arab spring: after bin Laden
The death of the al-Qaida leader is a symbolic moment. But far more important is that the future of his movement -...
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Published in: HomeMedia whizz-kids of the security state
The very idea behind Pakistan's security state is that civilians are expendable, that there is no need to build...
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Published in: HomeWhat did Pakistan know?
If America wants Pakistan on side; if it wants to see a stable Pakistan that is not a haven for terrorists and that...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaeda post-Bin Laden: what next?
The Salafi-jihadist movement is losing its recruitment pool in the Arab world. Its latest strategies look elsewhere,...
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Published in: HomeWill the falling dominoes reach Pakistan?
The wave of popular uprisings that has driven out Presidents Ben Ali of Tunisia and Mubarak of Egypt and is shaking...
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Published in: 50.50Two million dollars: a patriarchal bargain
The murder of two men by a CIA agent in Pakistan raised issues of masculinist national sovereignty and honour, and...
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Published in: openSecurityPedagogy of terror
The roots of fundamentalism in Pakistan lie in the education system and school curricula, which need to become more...
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Published in: openSecurityWho is behind the war on Sufism?
Sufism is under attack across the Muslim world. Ehsan Azari Stanizai traces the troubled but inspiring history of...
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Published in: openSecurityNorth Korea makes direct food aid appeal
North Korea makes direct appeal for food aid, highlighting worsening food security situation. Tensions ease on...
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Published in: HomeThe space between
Real change can only be achieved by responsible civic actors inhabiting the centre and reclaiming lost psychological...
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Published in: HomePakistan: the rising dangers
Pakistan’s society and government are under intense pressure from the growing influence of extreme religious...
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Published in: HomePakistan’s blasphemy law in context
The misuse of religion by the state and the fragmentation of Pakistan’s political society have both been evident...
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Published in: HomeThe non-reform of Pakistan's blasphemy laws tells a wider story about Zardari's failure to foster true democracy
The case of Aasia Bibi, a Christian farmhand who was sentenced to death in Pakistan, teaches us how difficult it is...
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Published in: openIndiaAfter protests, militancy in the Valley
The killing of a young Kashmiri heralds renewed militancy in the Kashmir valley after summer's protest movement.
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Published in: HomeA rage unquenched: AfPak, Iraq, and the west
A pattern of attacks in the United States and Europe by individual jihadists is deeply connected to both the effects...
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Published in: openSecurityConfusion over US-Israel settlement deal
The US and Israel deadlocked over settlement negotiations. The speaker of the Lebanese National Assembly has said...
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Published in: openSecurityObama reaches out to Muslims on visit to Indonesia
Obama calls for building bridges with Muslim world. Pro-democratic parties concede defeat in Myanmar. Afghans upbeat...
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Published in: openSecurityNew reports allege extensive Iranian involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan wars
Further accusations of Tehran’s deep involvement in two ongoing wars. Tibetan student unrest over proposed language...
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Published in: openSecurityIsraeli-Palestinian peace will isolate Iran, suggests Peres
Israeli President calls for Israeli-Palestinian peace as a means to isolate Iran. As the US and Pakistan foreign...
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Published in: openSecurityChina blocks UN report on the use of Chinese arms in Darfur
China attempts to block UN report on Chinese arms in Darfur. Ten killed in Mindanao bus bombing. Pre-election...