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Where do we go from here? Part I: The frustrations of British politics, Gerry Hassan and Anthony Barnett

In the first of a wide-ranging three part conversation, Anthony Barnett and Gerry Hassan discuss the state of British politics and democracy and how the left - weak and disorganised in the face of a resurgent neoliberalism - can propose and build...

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US foreign policy and unsafe abortion in Africa, Chi Mgbako

United States foreign policy abortion restrictions have often hampered African NGOs’ efforts to reduce deaths and disabilities associated with unsafe abortion procedures. In a positive recent development, however, the fight for African women’s...

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Iraq: on the path to national salvation?, Mohammed Hussainy

The “Non-Dialogue” dialogue is still going on among the Iraqi political powerhouses in their attempt to form or rather “un-form” the government. As the election results were inconclusive in that they gave significant weight to all major...

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China’s unstable stability, Li Datong

China has since 1979 been developing at breakneck speed. During this thirty-year period, the growth in government revenues has far outstripped increases in everyday people's incomes. Moreover, political reform has never really made it out of...

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The financial sector needs a civil society watchdog, Ekkehard Thümler and Lorenzo Fioramonti

The global financial crisis has ravaged economies in Europe and North America, and has also severely affected many other regions of the world, including some developing and emerging countries. The long-term consequences of this crisis are hard to...

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Petraeus's militias: the risk of civil war, Carlo Ungaro

There was a surreal quality to July’s Kabul Conference on the future of Afghanistan. This also contributed to shedding some more light on the differences in approach between the military and civilian components of the Nato forces inside the...

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British prime minister's terrorism allegations anger Pakistan, Jamie Munn

The Pakistani government has summoned British officials in Islamabad for talks, following controversial comments from British Prime Minister David Cameron, whilst on a visit to India last week. The suggestions from Cameron that Pakistan was not...

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Khushboo: sex, movies, politics, Nandini Ramachandran

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Five years ago, the Tamil actress Khushboo said something innocuous in the course of an interview: she expressed surprise that adult men expected virgin brides, and went on to say that it was...

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oD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of August 2, 2010, Charles Shaw

We lead this week with two historic legislative developments in the US. Please parson the sarcasm, but it appears Congress was inspired last week to engage in a bit of rational thinking and actually do their jobs for once when they passed two...

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