February 21, 2005

The Six Parties must act together

The North Korean nuclear problem may be rapidly approaching the point at which the US will have to develop a concerted policy, not just a posture. The so-called Six Party process, the much hailed multilateral approach to dealing with North Korea and its nuclear weapons programme, is many things - but it is not a policy.

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February 09, 2005

Bush's bid for a Wilsonesque legacy

Mulling over the substance of US President George W Bush's stylish State of the Union Address, an odd thought came over me: Could it be? Is Bush the Woodrow Wilson of our time?

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February 08, 2005

An Iron Curtain at Mount Ararat

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 gave birth to 15 independent states, from the Baltics to the Caucasus to Central Asia. Each state inherited both advantages and challenges that were largely absent when they were territories of a single union. For many of these new states, such as Armenia, independence brought with it a new set of predicaments linked to its recent historical past, its disadvantageous geography and its immense refugee problem that resulted from ethnic conflicts and natural disasters.

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