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Pakistan tilts towards democracy
This curbs the power of the military to control the activities of government and the judiciary. In historical terms Pakistan has only recently separated from democratic India. Many Muslims supported...
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Israel, Gaza and the world
Following the IDF’s disastrous raid of the Mavi Marmara, the existing blockade regime on Gaza looks untenable. Hillary Clinton has said as much, William Hague has called for the lifting of the...
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From Rolls-Royce to Primark?
It is unprecedented for the foreign office to leak the fact that they tried to stop the prime minister’s attack on Israel in his Ankara visit. Towards the end of a political reign the foreign office...
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Is Turkey part of the problem in the Middle East?
He said that Pakistan, Iran and Turkey had a common future together while also attacking the US for its continued support of Israel. Lack of progress on Turkey’s EU membership has also created strains...
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Ireland and the Commonwealth
I was perhaps premature in proposing this but the widely acknowledged success of the Queen’s visit to Ireland opens up the possibility. Many Irish people have seen the Commonwealth as associated with...
View ArticleAmerica – the indispensable nation
Through my work in the unions I have known Denis MacShane for over 30 years – he is well informed, with an erudite, although possibly Eurocentric, view of the world. That is why I was not surprised by...
View ArticleThe other reason we should worry for Malala
Why did the Taliban shoot Malala Yousafzai? So far that’s the question everybody has been afraid to ask, mainly because we already know the answer. The Taliban tried to murder young Malala because...
View ArticleRethinking counter-terrorism: drones and targeted killings
Malala Yousafzai recently told Barack Obama that drone attacks are fuelling terrorism in Pakistan. There are few people more opposed to the Taliban than Malala. They tried to deny her an education, and...
View ArticleRethinking counter-terrorism: small wars
Modern terrorism has shown itself to be a borderless and unyielding threat to us all. 9/11 confronted us with this uncomfortable truth, as we witnessed attacks that were planned and orchestrated in...
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