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global securityInternational Security Correspondent Paul Rogers provides weekly commentary on the 'war on terror'. His acute commentaries are an indispensable guide to explaining the present conflict's development and mapping the future.
The conflict in Gaza can be seen in the light of a decade of "war on terror"
Watch the arc of tension that stretches from Somalia to Pakistan test the new administration
The renowned management consultancy advises Barack Obama's transition team
Human security ought to be the goal of any Obama surge in Afghanistan, not defeat of Al Qaeda.
The renowned management consultancy advises Barack Obama's transition team
The assaults on India’s financial capital are part of a local and global pattern
Tel Aviv's plans for Tehran - and the vacuum in Washington - are causing high-level worries
The US's refocus on Afghanistan highlights the crucial role of Iraq as a jihadi training-ground
The world's leaders must address endemic global inequality and insecurity, or pay a heavy price
How will Obama change al-Qaida's prospects? The renowned management consultancy advises
Economic crisis should be a prelude to an IT-rich era of fairness, security and clean
energy
Washington's strike on Syria reflects both military concern and political calculation
The global financial shock should lead to real reform. But will world leaders learn from history?
The world's financial turmoil is a rare opportunity to reform global governance
A flailing western policy seeks to fight the Taliban to a settlement. It may not work
The long post-9/11 war has no end in sight. What happened, and how can the damage be repaired?
The first of a two-part retrospective: mistakes made, lessons learned and paths not taken
Washington’s military strategy in the Afghan border region expands its range of enemies
The al-Qaida movement again seeks advice from the renowned
management consultancy
A United States pressed by Iraq and Afghanistan now faces an even larger
strategic challenge
The Taliban's new tactics are taking them nearer to Kabul. Washington's response: redouble failure
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 tide of discontent and insurgency places the viability of the world's economic model in question
The United States remains
trapped by a military logic that guarantees an unwinnable
campaign
The cautious optimism over Washington's dialogue with Tehran may be premature
If Britain is serious about controlling nuclear proliferation, it has to take a lead
The elements of the global war are shifting faster than the strategy of America and its allies
The revived talk of war with Iran is tied to the unfolding race for the United States presidency
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