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oD Drug Policy Forum: Front Line Report - Week of October 18th 2010, Mark Weiss and Charles Shaw "Neither the resources nor political will” – As Holder Holds firm on Proposition 19, Critics Point to Practical Flaws of his Strategy "We will vigorously enforce the CSA against those individuals and organizations that possess, manufacture or... Read more » Russian attendance at Nato summit confirmed , Luke Heighton Russia has accepted an invitation to attend next month’s Nato summit meeting in Lisbon, according to press reports this week. The announcement was made following two days of talks between President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and German Chancellor... Read more » Wen Jiabao: the verdict of history, Li Datong Wen Jiabao, China’s prime minister, is a different kind of Chinese politician. Most of his peers in the current generation of communist leaders share an administrative style so lacking in individuality and flair as to make them appear almost... Read more » The intolerance of the tolerant , Cas Mudde The entry of the Sweden Democrats into the Swedish parliament after the elections of 19 September 2010 means that Europe’s last "bastion of tolerance" has fallen. When radical-right parties were making significant electoral gains elsewhere in the... Read more » Chile: after the rescue, the test, Carlos Huneeus I have been asked to write about the possible impact on Chilean society of the accident that trapped thirty-three miners in Chile deep underground, their two-month ordeal, and successful rescue. This is not easy to predict; it was, after all, a... Read more » The Armenia-Turkey protocols: a year on , Vicken Cheterian A historic ceremony on 19 September 2010 cast a significant light on the evolution of the process of Turkish-Armenian reconciliation, symbolised by the signing of a diplomatic agreement - consisting of two protocols - between these peoples’ modern... Read more » Tales of the lionesses: the third African Feminist Forum, Jessica Horn An old proverb advises that until the lions have their own historians, histories of the hunt will glorify the hunter. In the complex history of Africa hunters’ stories are always audible, not least in the powerful and persistent narratives of a... Read more » Tajikistan’s marginalised youth, John Heathershaw and Sophie Roche Islam and Islamism In Kamarob, Islamic education is central to every person, whether man or woman. Most young people have received a basic religious education, which consists of learning the Arabic alphabet and reading the basics of hanafi law. An... Read more » More Recent Articles Conflict in Tajikistan – not really about radical Islam, John Heathershaw and Sophie Roche Brazil's prospect: consensus vs division , Arthur Ituassu openDemocracy RECOMMENDS The Return of the Public Dan Hind openDemocracy NEWS London event: The Return of the Public - Journalism and Democracy in the 21st Century Dan Hind will be in conversation with Professor Natalie Fenton next Monday (London) about media and democracy in the 21st century, the subject of his new book. Tony Curzon Price, editor-in-chief of openDemocracy will be chairing the discussion and there will be a Q&A afterwards. Book tickets online.     • View comments •
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