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Even when guns are silent, the ideas behind them threaten. Warfare and conflict resolution urgently need to be explained, their causes clarified, and creative solutions explored.

View Larger Map The historical record of Israel's dealings with Gaza sheds essential light on its true aims there   
Two elected governments are at war in Gaza. What does this do to the faith that <em>vox populi vox dei</em>?
Gaza: outlines of an endgame Ghassan Khatib An outcome to Gaza's war in which both sides claim victory is becoming visible The bombing of Gaza Daniele Archibugi When two elected governments are at war, what does this do to the cherished faith that vox populi vox dei? Déja vu in Gaza Vera Gowlland-Debbas Do events in Gaza show the "responsibility to protect" to be nothing but pious buzz-words? Gaza: hope after attack Paul Rogers The rocket attacks must be stopped. But war won't do that. What is Hamas? Sara Roy Controversial and polemic, a book review by Harvard scholar presents Hamas as a complex and evolving organisation.
Do events in Gaza show the "responsibility to protect" to be nothing but pious buzz-words?
Israeli women's organisations demand immediate peace talks, not war: that words and actions be conducted in another language
As Iraq takes control of the Green Zone, Big Think videos Michael Walzer on Unjust War in Iraq.
Controversial and polemic, a book review by Harvard scholar presents Hamas as a complex and evolving organisation.
The Somali conflict is entering a new phase. After two locust years, three possible outcomes
Why the Afghan insurgents are reaching out beyond their heartlands 
The group allegedly behind the Mumbai attacks is dangerous in its capacity for innovation and adaptation
A neglected dispute seems to resemble the Caucasus-Balkans - but close-up looks different
The serial blasts against Indian cities expose the infirmity of the country’s institutions 
Pakistan’s military elite and its ostensible US-Nato allies are engaged in a different power-play
The hijacking of international vessels off the Horn of Africa reflects the world's neglect of Somalia
Twenty-one top scholars, experts and diplomats say: end the myths about Tehran, and open doors
The ripples of the vicious south Caucasus war continue
An eruption of war is rooted in the complex recent politics of an unsettled region
The currents of solidarity and fissure in the Caucasus mosaic elude Russia's control
The United States president-elect promises to withdraw troops from Iraq. Will he deliver?
The democratic process is an opportunity for India’s politicians to foment ethnic tensions for gain
  Average Russian simply thinks that his country must pursue a hard line in the fight for its place in the sun. In this penetrating overview Dmitri Travin examines the current growth of anti-Americanism and how the situation might develop in the future.
The aftershocks of war with Russia are stirring Tbilisi's opposition into life
A neglected "frozen conflict" needs a shared not a unilateral solution
A tense region and authoritarian domestic politics limit the space for progress in Yerevan
Is this a new cold war - and could it go nuclear?
The fiery Preah Vihear crisis fuses historical tensions and domestic politics
  Only four years ago Viktor Yushchenko and Yulia Timoshenko were close political allies. Their Orange Revolution impressed the whole world. Their bitter rivalry now led to snap parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 December.
A larger Europe-Russia crisis lights the fuse of Kyiv's bitter political rivalries (archive)
Anwar Sadat was killed on this day in 1981. What has changed in Egypt since? (archive)
The next American president, together with the efforts from European allies, must address failed strategies of the past in order to prevent the West (and Georgia for that matter) from stumbling into an expanded war in the Caucasus. 
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