Iran’s unfinished crisis, Nazenin Ansari
The political crisis in Iran is far from over. The regime has used brutal power to curb the great popular demonstrations sparked by the stolen presidential election of 12 June 2009, but it faces a far greater task in restoring its lost legitimacy...
Afghanistan: limits of military power, Paul Rogers
Both the main western combatants are increasingly acknowledging the scale of their military problems in Afghanistan. In the United States, the chair of the joint chiefs-of-staff Admiral Mike Mullen told Congress on 15 September 2009 that more...
Russia, Poland, and history wars, Rodric Braithwaite
A senior Russian official once asked me why Poland needed to join NATO: after all, Russia wasn't about to invade the place. I agreed that he was probably right. But the Poles didn't know that: three partitions in the eighteenth century; two...
10:10 and climate-change politics , Andrew Dobson
On 1 September 2009 a new climate-change campaign called "10:10" was launched at the Tate Modern gallery in London. The campaign aims to commit individuals, organisations and businesses in Britain to a 10% reduction in Co2 emissions by...
South East Asia’s ‘most wanted’ killed in raid, Sarah Gallagher
Noordin Mohammed Top, one of the most wanted terrorists in South East Asia was killed this morning in a raid on a militant hideout in central Java, Indonesian officials claimed. The raid, which resulted in the deaths of Top and three associates,...
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