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The Taliban's new tactics are taking them nearer to Kabul. Washington's response: redouble failure
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The autonomy of local agents in a nationalist grip is a neglected element of international politics
Moscow’s war in Georgia and Tehran’s nuclear project highlight the west's strategic failings
In Afghanistan, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Mexico, insurgents reinvent a politics of rage
A year after world finance's “debtonation day”: the wreckage, the culprits, the solutions
The ideals of the “8-8-88” uprising remain the foundation of Burma’s future
A tide of discontent and insurgency places the viability of the world's economic model in question
The mayor of Hiroshima's atomic-bomb anniversary peace-declaration looks forward
The pre-Olympic moment in China brings surprises as well as emotions
A entrenched ruling party and a fragmented opposition incubate longer-term problems
The United States remains
trapped by a military logic that guarantees an unwinnable
campaign
A Beijing conference finds that the world of Chinese NGOs has lessons for the west
Europe's capacious multinational initiative has rhetorical glitter but not enough political gold
A president’s neo-liberal reinvention has yet to win hearts or raise life-chances of poor Peruvians
The cautious optimism over Washington's dialogue with Tehran may be premature
The French president’s Mediterranean initiative is a perfect example of his image-led leadership
A new world-trade deal is vital to achieve fairness in global markets
A young governor might have been John McCain’s running-mate. Louisiana's voters had other ideas
Radovan Karadzic's detention is a moral lesson in political accountability
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