The Falkland Islanders want to stay British; Britain still seems happy to have them. So does anyone else get to have a say in this?
Category: War and peace
Peace hopes for Kurdistan
There are renewed hopes this morning for peace prospects in one of the world's most significant ethnic conflicts.
The continuing saga of nuclear Iran
The supposed Iranian nuclear crisis never goes away, perhaps because it's in some people's interests for it not to go away.
Who lost Gaza?
If you were trying to promote peace, fostering civil war between Fatah and Hamas was a really silly idea. But who said the Bush administration was trying to promote peace?
A new angle on Israel’s dilemma
A comparison with the fate of the Germans in central Europe after the Second World War offers a new understanding of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Election preview: Cyprus
Cyprus's communist president is retiring, and his successor will face a big task in trying to reunify the divided country.
Why Lincoln matters
Spielberg's Lincoln is a great political drama. It also has a message for the modern Republican Party: one day they will have to choose whether they are the party of Lincoln or the party of the Confederacy.
Islands in an East Asian storm
What's going on in the East China Sea? Are China and Japan really on the brink of war? And whose side is Malcolm Fraser on?
Mission accomplished in Mali?
French forces are now in control of all the towns of northern Mali. But the Americans had an easy time of it in Iraq at first; the hard part comes later.
Failure in Afghanistan?
Australia's mission in Afghanistan is a failure, as Hugh White says, but that failure derives from a much larger failure of American policy.
The World is Not Enough 