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October 20, 2010

How to Negotiate with the Taliban

The war against the Taliban is passing the nine years mark and NATO forces are waning their commitment to a never-ending counterinsurgency war. Is time ripe for negotiating a deal…

October 20, 2010

The Roma and the European Abyss

A European issue par excellence, the Roma issue has undisputed potential to rouse nationalism. It can kill the European dream. Unless and until the EU is committed to urgently imp…

October 20, 2010

Henry Patterson

Henry Patterson is a professor of politics at the University of Ulster, where his chief research focus is on the contemporary history of Northern Ireland. He is the author of Irel…

October 20, 2010

Mark Duffield

Mark Duffield is Professor of Development Politics at the University of Bristol, UK. He is a specialist on war-related emergencies and reconstruction issues. Trained in anthropolo…

October 19, 2010

Catherine Besteman

Catherine Besteman is a professor of anthropology and African studies at Colby University. Her teaching interests focus on the roots of violent conflict and the forces that sustai…

October 19, 2010

Tim Huxley

Dr. Tim Huxley is Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-Asia. He is an expert on Southeast Asian states' security and defence policies.

October 19, 2010

Friedrich Wu

Dr. Friedrich Wu is Adjunct Associate Professor of International Political Economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies of the Nanyang Technological University in…

October 19, 2010

Andrew Tan

Andrew Tan is Associate Professor and Convenor for International Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The author, editor or co-editor of 13 books publi…

October 19, 2010

Alan Collins

Dr. Alan Collins is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Swansea University, UK. He is a specialist on security and international relations, focusing on East and Southeas…