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A United States pressed by Iraq and Afghanistan now faces an even larger
strategic challenge
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The Taliban's new tactics are taking them nearer to Kabul. Washington's response: redouble failure
The autonomy of local agents in a nationalist grip is a neglected element of international politics
A crisis between two old neighbours reflects both domestic politics and deep historical tensions
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
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