There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The difference lies only in the fact that one stick of dynamite explodes only once, but one book explodes thousands of times
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A systemic financial crisis shows the need to rebuild the world's economic foundations
A hard-won norm to defend people from violation is more than ever needed
The Pentagon's analysis of Iraqi trends is trapped in misunderstanding of even basic realities
Globality shrinks great-nationhood. The "big lads" are in trouble. Time to phone home...
Anwar Sadat was killed on this day in 1981. What has changed in Egypt since? (archive)
Financial regulation should be flexible, pragmatic, local, not centralised, rule-bound, global
The far-right advance in Austria’s election is a test for the polity but a burden for the country
Alexander Lukashenka has won a total victory. But is that what Belarus's president wanted?
The pre-Olympics Tlatelolco massacre forty years ago remains a site of struggle (archive)
If the anti-bail-out-ers are``principled but mad'', what are the principles at stake?
Why it's time for the state to say that execution contravenes a deeper law
The use of school-students to pick cotton further tarnishes the record of a repressive state
In saying "no" to an establishment fix, Main Street America changed the terms of political debate
A clear referendum win maintains Rafael Correa’s radical momentum. But he is no Hugo or Evo...
The Caucasus war is Europe's opportunity for coherence vis-a-vis Moscow. Here's how to take it
Its astronauts span the cosmos while its children eat tainted sweets. Wanted: a state ruled by law
A diplomatic war damages regional solidarity and Caracas's own interests. Will Hugo listen?
The first of a two-part retrospective: mistakes made, lessons learned and paths not taken
US military strategists are debating a new security paradigm. But only politics can make it happen
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