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open Democracy News Analysis - Comments opendemocracy on "Gaza: hope after attack" - So ... you ended your first comment with the thought that "the Arabs must lay down their arms for peace." You start this one with "Hamas cannot lay down ...

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http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/kaldor/secure-afghanistanA great overview, empirically, of the dire situation in Afghanistan, and very much worth reading.

Read it;  fine analysis: http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-fukuyama/revisited_3496.jsp

^ Dieter Helm (2006-12-12). “Russia, Germany and European energy policy”. openDemocracy.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.

openDemocracy has a primer on why the current climate-change conference in Poznan matters.

In the wake of the attacks on Mumbai, former Indian army officials have called for a shift in strategy and training to enable the army to better combat urban terrorists. Saskia Sassen is a professor of sociology at Columbia University working on a project about cities and war. She writes at OpenDemocracy about the growing phenomenon of urban warfare, which puts cities and their residents on the front lines.

From Open Democracy If You Had A World Without Doctors And Only Drug Companies - That Is How The Rich Feel When Their Financial Advisers Also Sell Them The Products - The Subprime Packaged Derivatives. Why Would One Wonder About The Present Malaise? Posted on Sustainabilitank.info on November 28th, 2008 by Pincas Jawetz (PJ@SustainabiliTank.com) Shiller’s ‘no shill’ solution, Tony Curzon Price Robert Shiller was at London’s ippr talking about the subprime crisis and another prescient book of his:

Dan Sperber: Claude Lévi-Strauss at 100: echo of the future (Lévi-Strauss was the pioneer of a true “cognitive anthropology” - OpenDemocracy, 28.11.08)

Will ID cards keep the Iraq switchers with the LDs?

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Nicolas Sarkozy: world leader, local problem Written by Patrice de Beer    Wednesday, 12 November 2008 17:22 The ambitions of France's president extend to a dominant role in Europe and a powerful position on the global stage. But he is bound to discover that all politics is local, says Patrice de Beer.

Transnationalism http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization/umma_2904.jsp"Transnational Umma: Reality or Myth?By: Fred HallidayWritten: June 10, 2005

One year after re-introducing the Tridentine Mass and two years after the Regensburg address, Benedict XVI's popular new traditionalism has re-ignited the Catholic culture wars. By John Casey for openDemocracy.net

G20's world: join a group read , Tony Curzon Price $(".sort").hide();                     opendemocracy.net 21 hrs ago 62 related          The G20 communique from their November 15th Washington meeting isreproduced below. Join me in doing a group read/comment of the text. Isit what we need from our leaders? Are the principles right? What ismissing? What does it mean? To join in, follow these steps: 1) get a diigo account 2) join the oD-G20-communique group 3) start using diigo to add notes and comments to any part of the text below. I recommend you do this either through the diigolet functionality, or, my preferred option, through installing the diigo toolbar. When viewing the communique, select "View Comments" from the diigolet button or the toolbar to see what is being said or asked about the document. When viewing the communique, select "View Comments" from the diigolet button or the toolbar to see what is being said or asked about the document. ======== 1.... [read full story]                     Add Comment There are also 62 related articles View all news articles about*:

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