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Lukashenko: Russia’s new Yushchenko?, Mikhail Zakharov

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev recently drew attention to the state of Russian-Belarusian relations when, appearing in a videoblog, he severely criticized his Belarusian counterpart. Medvedev, it seems, had become concerned by the way Alexander...

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Ayodhya: verdict and consequence, Deep K Datta-Ray

The high court in Allahabad in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh made an important judgment on 30 September 2010 on the long-running Ayodhya saga, where the ownership of a site sacred to both Hindus and Muslims has been bitterly contested in...

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Iran blames Stuxnet worm on western powers, Luke Heighton

Iran has detained several “spies” in connection with last week’s 'Stuxnet' cyber attack on the country’s industrial computer systems, according to Iranian intelligence minister, Heydar Moslehi. Moslehi did not give...

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A Jihadist census: ‘Al Qaeda-Affiliated and ‘Homegrown’ Jihadism in the UK: 1999-2010', Luke Heighton

Almost all potentially serious terrorist plots involving British citizens or British-based Islamist terrorist can be linked to Al Qaeda.

Just one of a number of conclusions reached in a report published on 27 September by the independent London-based...

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Chinese dragon versus Indian tiger, Rajeev Sharma

China’s resurgence in recent years has jolted the leading powers of the world out of their stupor – and India’s case is no different. Today, forward-looking Indian mandarins are no longer obsessed with Pakistan. New Delhi has started...

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Amartya Sen and the Idea of Justice, Charles Barclay Roger

What is justice? What does a just society look like? And what principles should guide us there? These questions have occupied an entire tradition - the dominant tradition - of political philosophy, led above all by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke,...

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On equal terms, please, Zainal Abidin Bagir

The Chicago Council Report, Engaging Religious Communities Abroad, is a must read. It advances a good analysis of the role of religion (religious actors, individuals, organizations) in today’s world, in domestic and international politics, social...

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