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Commentary: Why Brexit Britain should look to Turkey
By Paul Wallace In the long learning curve of Brexit a handful of countries outside the European Union have become shorthand for Britain’s options. Norway offers a c...
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Commentary: Five years after Rana Plaza, Bangladesh still needs $1.2 billion fix
By Paul Barrett Five years ago this week, just after thousands of garment workers had settled in behind their sewing machines, a poorly built eight-story Bangladeshi fa...
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Commentary: Is this the way to a peaceful world?
By John Lloyd Who will rule the world? It’s a subject that more and more becomes the conversation among Western politicians and policy makers – and its content dar...
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Commentary: Finally, Comey comes out of his trance
By Tim Weiner When we look back on the Age of Trump, we’ll remember a vivid chapter from James Comey’s new book. The FBI director is seized by “the strangest fee...
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Commentary: Syria strike leaves murky, risky aftermath
By Peter Apps The U.S.-led strikes on Syria may be over, at least for now, but the war that produced them – as well as the wider international confrontations that fue...
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Commentary: The elephant in the Trump-Abe room
By Robert Boxwell Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is visiting U.S. President Donald Trump this week, their
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Commentary: Is this database a bigger threat than Facebook?
By Matt Laslo The use of algorithms to track people’s online movements has generated lots of discussion in Washington in recent days. But while the headlines have fo...
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Commentary: In Syria strike, the real danger is Russia
By Peter Apps In deciding whether and how to strike Syrian government installations following last week’s
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Commentary: Orban and the autocratic spring
By John Lloyd It’s been a sweet spring for autocrats. Three of them – in power in China, Egypt and Russia – are outside of what is commonly thought of as the demo...
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