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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: openDemocracyUKNews Corp's bid for BSkyB is a threat to British cultural expression
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Published in: HomeMisunderestimating the Tea Party
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Published in: HomeI Live in a Small World
At home, our author has been building, with a hunger for food, wholeness, and what reckless history there is in the...
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Published in: HomeVietnam to Iraq and AfPak: traps of history
The United States's prolonged counterinsurgency wars in Afghanistan and Iraq raise strong echoes of Vietnam. But new...
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Published in: HomeThe curious case of Mr Nada
Human rights are undermined in the war on terror by the widespread use of blacklists.
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Published in: HomeDealing with diversity the North-American way
Being ‘caste-blind’ in economically shining India might be a wonderful way to fight caste-demarcations in urban...
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Published in: HomeThe new food movement: politics and pleasure
The emergent movements around the politics of food are a vital component of debates on the planet’s future, says...
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