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Afghanistan: a phantom endgame, Paul Rogers openDemocracy - Latest articles from openDemocracy Afghanistan: a phantom endgame, Paul Rogers Britain's election: backing into the future, David Hayes President Medvedev’s score at half time, Dmitri Travin Remembering Gaidar, man of many talents, Marek Dabrowski Reinventing public service communication, Petros Iosifidis Please let laissez-faire go, Jeremy Fox Identity drag, Travis Jeppesen Afghanistan: a phantom endgame, Paul Rogers The first months of 2010 have seen a large-scale military campaign by thousands of United States and Afghan forces to take control of the Taliban-dominated district around Marjah in the centre of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, backed... Read more » Britain's election: backing into the future, David Hayes When visiting journalists first encountered the bewildering complexities of Northern Ireland’s politics at the height of the “troubles”, a kindly piece of advice was on hand from local informants: “If you’re not confused here, you... Read more » President Medvedev’s score at half time, Dmitri Travin Medvedev has not changed Russia. This is an extremely important conclusion, as ever since Medvedev became head of state, and even today, many people in Russia have been hoping that Putin’s successor would review Putin’s policy. They have been... Read more » Remembering Gaidar, man of many talents, Marek Dabrowski The sudden death of Yegor Gaidar on December 16, 2009 came as surprise to many of his friends, myself included, well aware though I was of his serious health problems. Over some twenty years, I was fortunate to collaborate with Yegor very... Read more » Reinventing public service communication, Petros Iosifidis This edited collection addresses one of the most challenging debates in contemporary media studies: the transition of the traditional public service broadcasters into public service media - that is, widening their remit to be available in more... Read more » Please let laissez-faire go, Jeremy Fox The prevailing neo-liberal ideology to which the UK is wedded rests on the idea of completely open borders to trade and capital flows. It is a dog-eat-dog world that places market competition as the prime motif of economic policy-making. Companies... Read more » Identity drag, Travis Jeppesen With the advent of post-structuralist philosophy and the spread of issue-based political activism in the latter half of the 20th century, the problem of identity arguably emerged as the most pressing ideological issue of the Zeitgeist. While it also... Read more »