Talk of allowing its airstrips to be used in a military strike against Iran thrust Azerbaijan into the spotlight. It doesn’t want to be there ...
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Let Iran save face
The ongoing nuclear standoff with Iran in part stems from its deliberate exclusion from the regional decision-making processes ...
Kadima: Not yet another centrist casualty
In Israel’s fractious politics, parties poised as ‘centrist’ have repeatedly proven themselves long on well-meaning rhetoric but short on survivability ...
Rehabilitating the war on drugs: Central America and the legalisation debate
The illicit drugs trade and the militarised government responses are the greatest threats to state and human security in the Americas. This policy briefing outlines a sustainable security alternative to the war on drugs.
Iranian parliamentary elections indicator of regime’s and Supreme Leader’s mounting anxieties
Khamenei’s chief challenge will be to preserve the status quo and his influence-patronage networks. This will be reflected in the individuals approved by him to head the key institutions, including the next presidency in 2013 ...
Dossier: Eta announces definitive cessation of armed activity
On 20 October 2011, the separatist group Eta announced a cessation of its violent campaign for Basque country independence and requested negotiations with the governments of Spain and France...
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As US bombs fell on Baghdad, my friend and I were locked in disagreement. No matter how I marshalled my arguments I could not persuade him that...
As the dust settles: Avoiding the mistakes of Oslo and Utøya in future media coverage of suspected terrorist attacks
On 22 July 2011 a car bomb in Oslo and a mass shooting in Utøya claimed the lives of 77 people and left 151 injured. In the hours after the attack...