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Turkey’s election, and democracy's shadow, Gareth Jenkins

The third successive victory of Turkey’s ruling party confirms its domination of the country’s political landscape. But a close study of the AKP's evolving methods of rule reinforce grave doubts about the direction of Turkish...

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Pakistan: the hard reality, Anatol Lieven

Pakistan is too often portrayed in flawed and reductive ways that flatten its complexity and offer misleading guidance to policy-makers. This makes it all the more important to acknowledge some difficult truths about the country, says Anatol...

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Inner Mongolia: China’s turbulent secret, Kerry Brown

A protest in another of China’s ethnically mixed regions highlights both Inner Mongolia’s singular history and the Beijing government’s political neglect, says Kerry Brown.

Inner Mongolia is the least understood of China’s major...

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The foreign correspondent: James Cameron, 1911-85, David Hayes

A voice of wry observation and quiet authority that made humane sense of distant events to a domestic public helped James Cameron become the most respected international journalist in post-1945 Britain. But is there room for his...

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Iran, fire amid ashes, Nasrin Alavi

The persecution and resistance of Iranian campaigners for democracy are part of an enduring experience that is personal and familial as well as national, says Nasrin Alavi.

A daughter dies at the funeral of her father during a...

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Italy beyond Berlusconi: the "normal" solution, Geoff Andrews

Italy’s opposition has wounded Silvio Berlusconi. But it is still far from removing the prime minister - and even further from healing Italian democracy. Here, the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn offers important lessons, says Geoff...

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America’s presidential politics, Godfrey Hodgson

Barack Obama’s hopes of a second term are still bright. But twin policy crises and Republican stirrings are clouds on his re-election horizon, says Godfrey Hodgson.

The campaign for the United States presidential election of November...

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