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Silvio Berlusconi: culture bites politics, Geoff Andrews

It has been clear for a long time that Silvio Berlusconi is a leader very far from the classic professional politician of the western liberal-democratic mould. Rather, Italy’s premier is a postmodern populist who employs a highly personalised...

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Paradise, Jim Gabour

This missive is going to ruin the quiet worth of my downtime, but I figure a report is required of me. What I am seeing needs to be communicated. I need to let someone further up the political food-chain know of one more effect of this spill:...

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China and America: the uses of vulnerability , Kerry Brown

A number of events in April-June 2010 has seemed to suggest that relations between the United States and China are back on track after a difficult period. They include Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington in May for the opening of the international

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Ex-hacker exposes suspected "Collateral Murder" wiki-leaker, Andrea Glioti

US Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning has been exposed by former hacker, Adrian Lamo, following a chat conversation in which he reportedly admitted having leaked classified information to the website Wikileaks. Last week, the Department of...

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A rose and a duck: labelling religious fundamentalisms, Juan Marco Vaggione and Cassandra Balchin

What do we mean when we speak of the phenomenon of “religious fundamentalisms”? Is the term even useful for people trying to advance a rights-based agenda? Who are the main fundamentalist actors in the contemporary world? Are women’s...

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