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Obama faces the toughest challenges since Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Adam Hug , Public Servant , November 2008
The Big Question: Who are the Elders, and can they do anything to resolve world crises?: Josephine Osikena, quoted in The Independent, Tuesday 25th November 2008
Turkey, Europe's future: Adam Hug, The Guardian, Comment is Free, Monday 10th November 2008
Making a case for Turkey's EU bid: Hurriyet Daily News.com, Monday 10th November 2008
UK politicians united behind Turkey accession: In the News.co.uk, Wednesday 5ht November 2008
UK politicians united behind Turkey accession: Turkish Digest, Wednesday 5th November 2008
US and Russia to talk missiles by year end: Adam Hug on CNBC, Monday 10th November 2008
Where to take the nuclear family: Alex Bigham, The Spectator, 24th June 2006
UN reform - Less is More: Alex Bigham, The Guardian Comment is Free, 20th June 2006
Good News Is No News: Newsweek, 19th June 2006
Shanghai grouping moves centre stage: BBC News Online, Andrew Small, 14th June 2006
Zarqawi's death 'very important' in Iraq's insurgency war - Blair: Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran), 8th June 2006
Analysis: Security and the energy end game: Monsters and Critics News, 5th June 2006
Oil and Politics Clash in Nigeria: Voice of America, 2nd June 2006
World powers agree on Iran nuclear package: Monsters and Critics News, 2nd June 2006
Rice calls Iran's bluff: Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, 1st June 2006
US talks offer with Iran widely welcomed in UK: Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran), 1st June 2006
US offer spurs Iran nuclear deal: Reuters, 1st June 2006
US powers aim to seal Iran package after US offer: Reuters, 1st June 2006
Going face to face: Alex Bigham, The Guardian, 1st June 2006
U.S. Plan to Limit Iran's Finances May Stoke Discord: Bloomberg, 31st May 2006
EU3 Acknowledges Security Guarantees as Key to Resolving Iran's Nuke Crisis: Fars News Agency (Iran), Friday, 21st May 2006
More than language divides the union: Sarah Schaefer, The First Post, 19th May 2006
EU Proposal to Provide Iran with Security Guarantees: Fars News Agency (Iran), Thursday, 18th May 2006
Nazi science is no way to react to the problem of drug abuse in Scotland: Sunday Herald (Scotland), 14th May 2006
Commission re-opens constitution wound: BBC News, Wednesday, 10th May 2006
Why Tehran ignores the UN resolution: The Daily Star (Bangladesh), Wednesday, 10th May 2006
Special Report: Only spies can stop the chaos: Hugh Barnes, New Statesman, Monday, 8th May 2006
Bush Administration: A Flawed Asia Strategy: Andrew Small, Asian Affairs, April 2006
Iranian confrontation fuelled by memories of humiliation: Sydney Morning Herald, 29th April 2006
China unbending on Iran: Reuters, 27th April 2006
A little silence, please: Khaleej Times (Dubai), 27th April 2006
"New Europe" Goes Global: Voice of America, 24th April 2006
Jumping the gun: Financial Times, 24th April 2006
Eastern Promise: Sarah Schaefer, The Parliamentary Monitor, 21st April 2006 (requires subscription)
Iran's enemy lies within: The Guardian, 20th April 2006
Blair and Straw at odds over US action in Iran: The Independent, 20th April 2006
British Report Analyzes West's Failure in Dealing with Iran's Nuclear Program: Asharq Alawsat , 20th April 2006
Children are the future - not cows: Sarah Schaefer, The First Post, 18th April 2006
Report: Blair will not back Iran strike: The Christian Science Monitor, 18th April 2006
Drumbeat of war is drowning out wiser counsels: Hugh Barnes, The Observer, 16th April 2006
So how close is a showdown over Iran?: The Observer, 16th April 2006
Quagmire and crisis: Scotland on Sunday, 16th April 2006
Blair refuses to back Iran strike: Scotland on Sunday, 16th April 2006
Blair Reportedly Won't Back U.S. Iran Strike: The Moderate Voice, 16th April 2006
Britain Won`t Back Military Strike in Iran: Monsters & Critics News, 15th April 2006
Poll seen as turning point for coup-prone Comoros: Reuters, 13th April 2006
If ever there was a nation not to drive to extremes, it is Iran: The Guardian, Wednesday 12th April 2006
Prodi declares victory by knife-edge: The Herald (Glasgow), 12th April 2006
Let's calm down. Messianic Bush isn't about to rain down nukes on Iran: David Aaronovitch, The Times, 11th April 2006
The 'al-Jazeera effect' and Arab democracy: The Middle East Times, Wednesday 12th April 2006
Italian elections: Foreign Policy Centre: Blair cool-off with Prodi: politics.co.uk, Tuesday 11th April 2006
Democracy & Stability in the Middle East: The Post Chronicle, 5th April 2006
The Feeble Helping the Unspeakable: The Times, 5th April 2006
No place for benign inactivity says Blair: The Zimbabwean, 3rd April 2006
The Gun or the Ballot Box? Hamas or Al Qaeda?: CounterPunch, 1st/2nd April 2006
Tony Blair: Terrorists "Play Our Own Media With A Shrewdness" Pols Would Envy: NewsBusters, 31st March 2006
How will the ventriloquist's dummy of History judge Blair's foreign policy?: Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian, 30th March 2006
Blair's speech on Islamic extremism and Britain's real responsibility: The New Anatolian, 30th March 2006
Americans, Europeans congratulate Olmert, call for progress: Israel Insider, 30th March 2006
Making terrorism a scapegoat: PakTribune (Pakistan), 29th March 2006
Active diplomacy for a changing world: The Guardian, 28th March 2006
Mr Blair is now, at best, a politician in remission: The Sunday Telegraph, 26th March 2006
Life at All Sins by the man from All Souls: The Independent on Sunday, 26th March 2006
As a matter of fact, sir, I do question your patriotism!: Pat Boone, WorldNetDaily, 25th March 2006
Blair's flawed defence of foreign activism: Financial Times, 25th March 2006
Fascist Flower: The Language of Mars: Peace, Earth & Justice News, 24th March 2006
Britain: Blair sets out ideological justification for new wars of aggression: World Socialist Web Site, 24th March 2006
Bush joins Blair in defence of war and says troops may stay for years: The Independent, Thursday, 23rd March 2006
The War At Home: openDemocracy, 23rd March 2006
Fury Over Prime Minister's 'Bigot' Comments: UTV (Ireland), Thursday, 23rd March 2006
Bush leaves future of Iraq 'in hands of his successors': Irish Independent, Wednesday, 22nd March 2006 (requires registration)
Tony Blair's speech to the Foreign Policy centre: The Guardian, Tuesday 21st March 2006
Blair defends interventionism: World Peace Herald, Tuesday 21st March 2006
Blair: Global intervention is vital: InTheNews.co.uk, Tuesday 21st March 2006
MoD ministers reject calls to discuss Trident replacement: The Guardian, Wednesday, 15th March 2006
Decision time on future of UK's nuclear armoury: The Scotsman, 15th March 2006
Our Nuclear Deterrent May Be Too Costly, Says Ex-Official: Western Mail (Cardiff), 15th March 2006
MPs review UK's nuclear weapons: BBC News, Tuesday, 14th March 2006
MPs to probe Trident replacement: Journal of Turkish Weekly, Tuesday, 14th March 2006
Focus: Britain's secret nuclear blueprint: The Sunday Times, Sunday, 12th March 2006
Revealed: UK develops secret nuclear warhead: The Sunday Times, Sunday, 12th March 2006
Iran's media battleground: The Guardian, Tuesday, 21st February 2006
Russia's Hamas Gambit: Christian Science Monitor, Tuesday, 21st February 2006
The British Government's Global Fake News Network: Scoop.co.nz, 17th February 2006
The propaganda we pass off as news around the world: Wednesday, 15th February 2006
Pakistan: No forceful closing of relief camps - Gen. Farooq: ReliefWeb, 13th February 2006
UK's Straw to underscore democracy in Nigeria: Reuters, 13th February 2006
Russia rates low on 'G8 scorecard': UPI, 31st January 2006
Xinjiang and the revival of the Silk Road: Asia Times, 26th January 2006
New service to help victims of violent crime in EU: Cheap Flights News, 9th January 2006
Turning to the Foreign Office for travel advice: Cheap Flights News, 4th January 2006
Blair: Britain will pay more for enlarged EU: The Guardian, 1st December 2005
Peace Journalism: A Must For Iraq: Mathaba.net, 1st December 2005
PM focuses on trade in new global initiative: The Independent, 14 November 2005
PM urged to pressure China over abuses: The Scotsman, 9 November 2005
The BBC should be starting an African TV service, not taking on Al Jazeera writes Philip Fiske de Gouveia: Media Guardian, 4 November 2005 (requires free registration)
China's Hu to tell Europe arms ban should go: Reuters, 4 November 2005
Dan Plesch: Britain's independent deterrent is purely a political myth: The Independent, 31 October 2005
Waiting for Europe, Wanting America: Richard Gowan, The Globalist, 24 October 2005
Blair and Brown agree on this: Europe isn't working: The Guardian, 24 October 2005
Johnson sets out his stall on trade: Epolitix, 20 October 2005
Ministers may call in the green police: The Scotsman, 17 October 2005
Britain might get "energy cops": Sunday Post, 16 October 2005
Defence of human rights must be our main foreign policy principle: The Independent, 14 October 2005
Nuclear option is not the answer to energy crisis: The Scotsman, 8 October 2005 (requires subscription)
Ex-minister says 'nuclear or bust' talk is dangerous: The Scotsman, 8 October 2005
EU-funded TV channel would preach to Arab world: European Voice (requires registration), 6 October 2005
We must not turn our back on our best Muslim ally: The Observer, 2 October 2005
Europe 'faces disaster' if it spurns Turkey: Sunday Telegraph, 2 October 2005
Empire without foundations: The Guardian, 28 September 2005
Tehran not ambitious in nuclear field: IRNA, 27 September 2005
Cook's final fight: the case for Europe: The Observer, 25 September 2005
Put that light out! Now Prescott plans to send in the 'energy police' to make us go green: Sunday Telegraph, 18 September 2005
Twice I have backed Schroeder, but no more: Sunday Telegraph, 11 September 2005
Clarke 'to stand on anti-war platform': The Guardian, 30 August 2005
Cameron woos Tory right with call to curb ethnic language: Daily Telegraph, 25 August 2005
Cameron schools answer to terror threat: The Guardian, 25 August 2005
Tory leadership hopeful sets out security agenda: The Times, 25 August 2005
Kasyanov Criticizes Putin Policies as False: Moscow Times, 23 August 2005
Let's not moralise over China: New Statesman, 18 August 2005
Africa needs an Al-Jazeera: Foreign Policy, June 2005
Counter-terrorism and human rights - is the EU on the right course?: European Voice, 30 June 2005
Which leader has right vision for Europe?: The Scotsman, 17 June 2005
Testing the Transatlantic Alliance: EU China Arms Ban: The Globalist, 16 June, 2005
Think tank calls for African Al-Jazeera: The Guardian, 31 May 2005
Uzbekistan: Unrest Likely to Resurface, Experts Say: Inter Press Service News Agency, 16 May 2005
Lifting of textiles quotas has fuelled protectionist backlash: Financial Times, 27 April 2005
Democratic deficit powers street protests: The Guardian, 27 April 2005
Eurosceptics may soon bless the French left: The Guardian, 20 April 2005
EU to dominate post election foreign agenda: Reuters UK, 14 April 2005
Paving the Way: The Telegraph Online 23 March 2005
Oxfam calls for EU subsidy reform: BBC Online March 23 2005
Rich Land owners scoop up crock of gold from EU: The Guardian March 23 2005
Chancellor's visit may yet prove a diplomatic move: The Financial Times Online 21 February 2005
Condaleeza Rice arrives in Europe singing a happy song. Will anyone sing along?: Time Magazine, 6 February 2005
Finance Minister raps West over globalisation: Rediff.com, 4 February 2005
PM moved to tears by tsunami disaster: The Guardian, 11 January 2004
West urged to drop textile tariffs for tsunami countries: The Observer, 9 January 2004
Putin, Yukos and Russia: The Globalist, 1 December 2004
Gloom dominant mood on eve of election year: The Observer, 28 November 2004
Mandelson wades into trade radicals: The Guardian, 23 November 2004
Blair seeks dividends for U.S. alliance: NBC News, 11 November 2004
Axis of failure: The Guardian, 3 November 2004
Labour goes to the shrink: The Times, 3 November 2004
Kerry Would Win Europe's Iraq Support, Officials, Scholars Say: Bloomberg, 2 November 2004
European puzzle: Prospect, November 2004
Keeping an eye on the competition: The Observer, 31 October 2004
Nuclear strike 'key terror risk': BBC News, 27 October 2004
Defusing Europe's demographic 'time bomb' to remain competitive: Radio Prague, 21 October 2004
Blair seen as liability in referendum on EU: The Times, 16 October 2004
Empire's mockery: Open Democracy, 12 October 2004
"The image of Europe" Exhibition: Art Daily , 3 October 2004
Too Much Consensus: Foreign Policy, September/October 2004
An Open Letter to the Heads of State and Government of the European Union and NATO: The Moscow Times, 30 September 2004
Redwood's plea for Labour help: BBC News, 30 September 2004
Vietnam-Iraq parallels play into public opinion: The Tufts Daily, 29 September 2004
Britain's Big Tent: Newsweek, 27 September 2004
New mindset at work in India: The Hindu, 20 September 2004
Europe: the barcode: The Guardian, 15 September 2004
The east is ready: The Guardian, 11 September 2004
Blair's Iraq venture could jeopardise winning EU vote: The Gulf News, 7 September 2004
Les Britanniques pourraient dire "oui" à l'Europe, mais sans Tony Blair…: Le Monde, 7 September 2004
Constitution: Tony Blair «doit» rester à l'écart: L'Economiste, 7 September 2004
Blair should stay out of Britain's EU referendum campaign: poll: Channel News Asia, 6 September 2004
Blair Should Stay Out: Iran Daily, 6 September 2004
Think Tank to Blair: Stay Away from EU Constitution: Deutsche Welle, 6 September 2004
Patten 'should lead' EU referendum campaign: EPolitix News Article, 6 September 2004
Blair urged to stay away from Constitution campaign: EU Observer, 6 September 2004
Blair's bad news: The Times, 6 September 2004
Blair 'is obstacle to Euro vote': BBC News, 6 September 2004
Blair urged to be low key on Europe: The Guardian, 6 September 2004
Blair may be obstacle to constitution: Washington Times (from United Press International), 5 September 2004
How China keeps defying the doomsayers: The Hindu Business Line, 27 August 2004
Russia's Newly Found "Soft Power": The Globalist, 26 August 2004
Darfur: Here's how to stop the killing: Toronto Globe and Mail, July 30 2004
War in Iraq 'preventing efforts to stop Sudan genocide': The Independent, 28 July 2004
A very American tour of duty: The Guardian, 24 July 2004
Early Transfer Welcomed, but Only as a 'First Step': Washington Post, 29 June 2004
European Idol: Newsweek, 28 June 2004
China, Britain push for stronger relations: China Daily, 10 May 2004
The Great Mall of China: Will Hutton, The Observer, 9 May 2004
The China and Globalisation Programme: Joshua Ramo in the FT, 8 May 2004
Europe and the Greater Middle East Initiative: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Arab Reform Bulletin, April 2004, Volume 2, Issue 4
Can there be a new compact between dipomats and aid agencies?: Bond News Letter April 2004
UK "must revive ethical foreign policy": BBC Online Thursday 22 April 2004
Warning Over Foreign Policy: The Guardian, Thursday 22 April 2004
L'Europe, Les Etats-Unis et Le Grand Moyen Orient: Le Monde, 12th April 2004
Reactions to the resignation of Beverley Hughes: The Guardian, 1 April 2004
A joint plan to help the Greater Middle East: International Herald Tribune, 15 March 2004
The Damage Done: The Guardian, 15 March 2004
The last thing Iraq needs is a US election campaign: The Guardian, 12 March 2004
Straw calls for more 'representative' Arab rule: The Guardian, 1 March 2004
Europe's Debt to Donald Rumsfeld: Mark Leonard, International Herald Tribune, February 28-29 2004
Unhealthy dose of ignorance: The Observer, 22 Februray 2004
Kidnapping and ransom on the rise: CNN, 19 February 2004
Iraqis don't need more propaganda: International Herald Tribune, 6 February 2004
Mighty Europe: Wall Street Journal Europe, 5 Februray 2004
Europe's grand folly: The Observer, 14 December 2003
Battle on now to stem tide of anti-Euro opinion: The Guardian 13 September 2003
The perverse logic that divides impoverished Africa: The Guardian, 16 June 2003
The African state and global governance: Open Democracy, 30 May 2003
Rewrite the rules: The Guardian, 20 May 2003
Has Tony Blair made Britain a pariah state?: The Observer, 30 March 2003
Winning the peace: The Observer, 2 March 2003
Blair 'could swing euro vote': BBC news, 20 February 2003
'Action needed to avoid euro botch': BBC news, 10 February 2003
The necessity and impossibility of taking sides: The Observer, 19 January 2003
Firms 'unprepared on terror threat': BBC news, 26 November 2002
Farmers told to end handout culture: BBC news, 6 November 2002
The price we pay for staying: The Observer, 3 November 2002
Could the left back an Iraq war?: The Observer, 11 August 2002
Dishonest and greedy? We still need business to do good: The Observer, 21 July 2002
Velvet fist in the iron glove: The Observer, 16 June 2002
Will the euro be a casualty of Blair's Iraq war?: The Observer, 14 April 2002
Why we still need empires: The Observer, 7 April 2002
Why military power is no longer enough: The Observer, 31 march 2002
Drugs policy 'a resounding failure': BBC news, 28 March 2002
Straw signals decisive new era for foreign policy: The Guardian, 26 March 2002
Why America isn't listening: The Observer, 10 March 2002