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“Dear George…” – a reminder to Galloway of his support for “brutal Arab dictators”

By Carl Packman | Published: January 31, 2013

Carl Packman writes a letter to George Galloway, reminding him of his record as, to quote the the prime minister, a supporter of “brutal Arab dictators”.

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Comment: 2013 – ever changing dynamism in the Middle East, part one

By Guest | Published: January 7, 2013

Peter Lesniak is an independent foreign affairs analyst, concentrating on the Middle East and North Africa. Having previously worked in parliament with the  All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues he currently works in the LibDem International Office. Peter is also a Director of Communications at Bite the Ballot Ltd. Some say that it’s been a rather unusual start of [...]

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Comment: Iran, nukes, Ahmadinejad… What is to be done?

By Daniel Wickham | Published: December 14, 2012

What is the Iranian threat? Daniel Wickham looks at the validity of Israel’s fear of Iran, the possibility of nuclear weapons and the parallels with Iraq.

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Lessons from North Korea: There is a safer way to engage Iran

By Kate Hudson | Published: March 5, 2012

CND’s Kate Hudson assesses the lessons we can learn from North Korea engagement with the West after the accession of Kim Jong-un.

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Why haven’t we intervened in Syria? Is Iraq to blame? Is Libya?

By Ben Mitchell | Published: February 27, 2012

Ben Mitchell argues that the examples of Iraq and Libya are scaring western governments from intervening in Syria – and maybe that’s a good thing, he says.

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Liberal intervention shouldn’t be confined to the West

By James Hallwood | Published: February 20, 2012

The Fabian Society’s James Hallwood argues for a worldwide responsibility for liberal intervention.

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Egypt: A vindication for liberal interventionism?

By Guest | Published: February 19, 2011

Liberal Democrat blogger Daniel Furr looks at whether the Blair/Bush doctrine of liberal interventionism has been vindicated by the revolutions sweeping the Middle East.

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Long term, cablegate will harm intel-sharing and US counter-terror efforts

By Marcus Roberts | Published: November 29, 2010

As bloggers, foreign diplomats and freedom of information evangelists revel in what twitter invariably named #cablegate, concern should also be expressed for the long term consequences of the leak by a disillusioned US military officer.

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Media needs to improve its reporting of Iraq and Afghanistan

By Patrick Bury | Published: October 27, 2010

Forced to walk a path between support for the troops and reporting the evidence emanating from theatre, most outlets chose to portray the lack of resources in terms they understood and thought their audiences would too.

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Ed M again dodges question on why his opposition to Iraq etc. wasn’t more vocal

By Claire French | Published: August 24, 2010

Ed Miliband again side-stepped the question of why he hadn’t been more vocal in his opposition to unpopular Labour policies in an interview with Yoosk.com.

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