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Published in: oDRRussian unemployment: massaging the stats
The economic crisis has hit Russian regions hard. Natalya Zubarevich deems government solutions to the resulting...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWriting the constitution: An open letter to Sir Gus O'Donnell
In his speech on Tuesday, the Prime Minister announced that he had asked the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O’Donnell,...
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Published in: HomeIraq's shadow over Afghanistan
The Barack Obama administration’s plans for subduing the Taliban are endangered by continuing insecurity in Iraq
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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: openDemocracyUKBabar Brown and the "new politics"
If we needed to know that Britain's political system is a wreck, Gordon Brown's speech yesterday was confirmation....
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Published in: HomeBettino Craxi’s legacy, Italy's misery
The commemoration of a discredited Italian prime minister exemplifies the political decadence at the country’s...
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Published in: HomeGao Zhisheng and China's question
The disappearance of a Chinese lawyer after his arrest by China’s security agents amplifies the wider dilemma of the...
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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: HomeEurope's role in losing Ukraine
On the eve of the crucial run-off in Ukraine's presidential election, Fabrizio Tassinari argues that enlargement...
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Published in: HomeChile: the right in power
Sebastian Piñera has ended two decades of centre-left rule in Chile. The new president now faces the tough challenge...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKSpeak Easy launches Wednesday night at the Oxford Union
Over at Next Left, Stuart White is promoting what looks like an excellent initiative bringing Compass, the Lib Dems...
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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: openDemocracyUKPresident's questions
Watch a riveting and almost unprecedented exchange between President Obama and the congressional Republicans
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Published in: oDRThe wilting petals of Georgia’s rose revolution
There were such hopes for the future in Georgia after the Rose Revolution in 2004, but history is running backwards,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFrom Lloyd George to Tony Blair
As Tony Blair's testimony to the Iraq Inquiry reveals his informal style of sofa cabinet, Daniel-Joseph...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
