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Pashtun secularists in Pakistan's northwest begin negotiations with Islamists, including the Taliban
Afghanistan's hope of progress and security is withering. It's now or
never for Europe
Tags: | rule of law | insurgency
The science, politics and ethics of a post-invasion count
Tags: | democratic society | rule of law
A guide through the fall-out of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Tags: | democratic society | rule of law
What's in store for Pakistan? Anatol Lieven forecasts. Listen now
Dialogue and understanding are the sharpest weapons in fighting terrorism, according to a Commonwealth study
A night-time police-check in Sweden, and a
wider lesson
Tags: | democratic society | rule of law
Washington will miss yet another opportunity if it fails to support Iran's deal with the IAEA
Tags: | multilateralism | rule of law
A slip-up in US nuclear weapons controls is cause for global concern
Tags: | multilateralism | rule of law
Europe risks irrelevance if it doesn't soften its approach to Iran
Tags: | multilateralism | rule of law
The battle of ideas requires policies and serious dialogue, not just rhetoric
Gordon Brown's visit to the United States sees a change in style and substance
Tags: | multilateralism | rule of law
The new Human Security Act allows the Philippines to combat terrorism while preventing human rights violations
Morocco's proposed plan to grant Western Sahara autonomy is a poor solution to Africa's forgotten conflict.
As a London court delivers its verdicts on the 21/7 bombers, toD looks at the UK's recent history of terrorism trials
With sentencing scheduled for October, the procedural phase of Europe's largest terrorism trial ends.
The second in toD's roundtables on the state of the so-called "war-on-terror".
Scholars and policy-makers probe the conduct of global counterterrorism.
Manfred Nowak, UN special rapporteur for torture, criticises the Bush administration's use of "extraordinary rendition", warning that torture spreads "like an infectious disease."
Tags: | rule of law | human rights
Lawyer and human rights activist Geoffrey Bindman argues against impending additions to Britain's already cumbersome and problematic baggage of anti-terrorism law.
Tags: | rule of law | human rights
Spanish language experts grapple with problems of translation as the Madrid bombing trial nears its end.
Martin Scheinin, UN special rapporteur on human rights and terrorism, warns the Bush administration that its policies may do more harm than good.
Farooq Siddiqui argues that the European Union must remind India of its democratic hypocrisy in Kashmir.
As it continued its meticulous and methodical work, the Madrid bombing trial endured an unexpected hunger strike by 14 of the 29 defendants.
Peter Neumann reports on the proceedings of the Council of Europe's "Why terrorism?" conference in Strasbourg.
The Madrid bombing trial continued this week with testimony from imprisoned ETA terrorists and from other convicted Islamist militants.
With her return from exile imminent, Benazir Bhutto reminds Kanishk Tharoor of the dismal state of Pakistani politics.
Follow the recent activities of the United Nations Security Council, presided over this month by the British ambassador to the UN, Sir Emyr Jones Parry.
Tags: | multilateralism | rule of law
This week, witnesses dealt with a range of subjects, including the plot of the Asturias explosives and the first testimony from victims of the attack.
With Islamist violence on the up in Algeria and across the Maghreb, democratic institutions are likely to come under increasing external and internal pressure.
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