The lightning advance of Islamist fighters across northern Iraq has dangerous echoes of the founding event of the "war on terror" .
The Damascus regime is winning its war for survival; Syria's conflict will continue and even escalate. In the morass, diplomacy remains vital to any progress.
A Shanghai worker imprisoned following the Tiananmen events remains haunted by her experience, finds Kerry Brown.
In an increasingly unequal Sweden, the far right has been able to capitalise on growing insecurity for its xenophobic ends—but it faces strong public resistance as Swedes go to the Euro-polls
Arabs' fixation on Europe contrasts with their neglect of India, whose experience is far more relevant to their own, says Hazem Saghieh.
The jihadist campaigns, from Syria and Iraq to Kenya and Nigeria, have a religious focus. But their deeper trigger is the marginalisation created by a failing economic system.
What role does money play in European elections, and how is it regulated? Such questions need to be addressed to ensure the integrity of Europe's democratic processes, says Samuel Jones.
What do events in Syria-Iraq, Egypt, Somalia-Kenya and Nigeria reveal about al-Qaida's condition? The movement has again commissioned advice from its preferred management consultancy, whose unrivalled sources inform a stark analysis.
The European Union's interlocking crises have had an especially severe impact on its southern states, from Spain and Portugal to Greece and Italy. A perspective from there can also be the springboard to Europe's recovery, say Francesc Badia i Dalmases & Oleguer Sarsanedas.
The interrupted campaign to eradicate polio worldwide reflects the spread of conflict and insecurity since 2001.
Bosnia’s protest movement is already receiving less media coverage, with some declaring the end of the ‘Bosnian spring’. But the causes behind the ongoing protests are complex, and neither the causes nor the protests have disappeared. Heather McRobie interviews Jasmin Mujanović.
If important new studies of social and economic failure can be fused with awareness of environmental and security trends, the chances of progress will be multiplied.
