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Published in: openSecuritySudan: nodding through a dictator’s re-electionNext week sees elections in Sudan. But there’s one thing wrong—we already know the outcome.
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Published in: openSecurityPalestinian options after the Israeli electionSix ways Palestinians can change the rules of the game after Netayanhu's comments during the election made a just...
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Published in: openSecurityLibya: the pressing need for dialogueThe western intervention in Libya in 2011 failed to recognise the complex warp and weft of its pre-democratic tribal...
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Published in: openSecurityMilitary immunity: Colombia's moment of choiceWill Colombia force its military to face up to its past human rights abuses?
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Published in: openSecurityUniversal rights, double standardsWhat is the difference between the human-rights shortfalls of Venezuela and Mexico? Objectively, not much, but...
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Published in: openSecurityEgypt’s political prisonersEgypt’s president has a simple solution for activists who protest against his draconian laws criminalising public...
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Published in: openSecurityIndonesia regresses with the use of the death penaltyThe prospect of execution of two Australians in Indonesia has caught international media attention, amid Australian...
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Published in: openSecurityTurkey and Armenia: genocide? what genocide?April 1915 saw the start of the genocide against Armenians and other minorities in the former Ottoman Empire....
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Published in: openSecurityMexico: active civil society key to ending culture of impunityA renewal of democracy should be the means to cleanse Latin America of its history of corruption and abuses of...
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Published in: openSecurityCrime and the state: Latin America’s season of scandalIn Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, major scandals have highlighted the murky links between serious crime and the...
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Published in: openSecurityWomen in Bangladesh: silenced victims of state terrorInternational outrage focussed on Bangladesh’s labour violations remains indifferent to a concurrent reality: the...
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Published in: openSecurityKarabakh truce shaken by gunshots and tough talkOSCE mediators urge an end to attacks after a month in which the 20-year-old ceasefire was broken in thousands of incidents.
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Published in: openSecurityIs there reason to hope for Minsk II?The last Minsk agreement on eastern Ukraine failed to bring peace. The latest looks similar—but the context has changed.
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Published in: openSecurityUkraine ceasefire announced at Minsk summit—what next?The ceasefire agreement in Minsk over Ukraine was better than no outcome at all. But only a little better.
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Published in: openSecurity“Frankly, I don’t think we know who we killed”A drone strike in Somalia highlights how the US is increasingly pursuing a strategy of remote-control warfare.
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Published in: openSecurityThe two big holes in the strategy against ISThe US-led campaign against Islamic State isn’t working. It won’t unless it addresses Shia sectarianism in Iraq and...
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Published in: openSecurityBlowback: the failure of remote-control warfareIt all seemed so convenient: remote-control warfare would minimise military casualties while rendering the civilian...
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Published in: openSecurityColombia: the year of peace?The unilateral ceasefire signed by the FARC last December is a historic and positive step towards a permanent peace,...
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Published in: openSecurityLebanon is cracking under the pressure from Syria and IraqHizbullah's attack today on Israeli forces near the Shebaa Farms area contested by Lebanon highlights how the...
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Published in: openSecurityMexico’s crisis: between accountability and criminal responsibilityEveryone is pointing fingers in the wake of the murder of 43 students, but who's to blame? From openDemocracy.
