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New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments

Special Report | Turkey’s Kurdish question: an uncertain future

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses AK Party deputies during a parliamentary meeting. (Photo: AP)

In the second part of his special report on Turkey's Kurdish dilemma, Franco Galdini provides an overview of possible future scenarios. Sooner or later, he argues, Turkey will have to confront the effects of the Arab Spring at home.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, February 7, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments

Special Report | Turkey: The return of the PKK?

Civilians killed in an airstrike near Şırnak province were buried in an Ortasu village cemetery on Dec. 30, 2011. (Photo: Today's Zaman)

In the first instalment of an exclusive two-part special report, Franco Galdini explores the recent escalation of violence in Turkey's south-eastern region between government forces and those of the PKK, including its internal, regional and international dimensions.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 11:08 - 2 Comments

Analysis | Britain, Oman and “Our kind of guy”

David Cameron meets with Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said at his palace in Muscat; 24 February 2011 (Photo: PA)

Sultan Qaboos, Oman's ruler since 1970, is the world's longest surviving autocrat and Britain's closest ally in the Gulf. Elliot Murphy takes a look at the history and politics behind a very discreet, and troubling, relationship.

New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Friday, January 27, 2012 10:11 - 0 Comments

North African Dispatches | Western Sahara: a precarious status quo

In his latest column, Imad Mesdoua looks at the current situation in Western Sahara in the aftermath of the re-election last month of Mohamed Abdelaziz as chairman of the POLISARIO movement.

Irish Times, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, January 17, 2012 16:26 - 0 Comments

Irish Times | Sit-ins, Sabotage and Superdollars

In his latest column, Omayr Ghani reviews the latest news from across the Irish sea.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, January 13, 2012 13:49 - 1 Comment

Comment | Iraq – What was done in our name?

Baha Mousa, 26, with his wife and two children. The Iraqi hotel worker died after being detained by the British army for 36 hours (Photograph: Reuters)

Phil Shiner, one of the UK's leading human rights lawyers, argues we shouldn't forget that everything the world community abhors about US military actions, from Guantanamo Bay to this week's US Marines video scandal, is of a piece with UK policies and practices in Iraq, including, as he documents, the abuse, torture of killing of detainees.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Sunday, January 8, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments

Analysis | Defusing the US-Iran time bomb

Stefan Simanowitz assesses ways in which the latest tensions between the US and Iran might be resolved.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, January 3, 2012 8:30 - 1 Comment

Special Report | Why world peace needs women

Wazima Frogh at Care NO conference on women's leadership in Peace negotiations.

Awarding the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to three women could prove a turning point in acknowledging women's immense contributions to the field. Ceasefire's Pennie Quinton was in Oslo to hear some of the world's prominent female peacemakers, including Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, talk on the subject.

New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, December 28, 2011 19:06 - 0 Comments

North African Dispatches | What next for the African Union?

In the second instalment of a two-part essay, Imad Mesdoua reflects on the Arab Spring's implications for African Unity in the wake of this year's upheavals in Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire and Libya.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:00 - 2 Comments

Comment | Why aren’t we re-nationalising British railways?

This week's sharp increases in UK rail fares provide yet another reminder of the monumental failure of the privatisation project. And yet, as Musab Younis points out, the obvious solution, re-nationalisation, continues to be unmentionable.