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Progressive Internationalism Articles

Gone but not forgotten

Job Vacancy: Chairman of international terrorist network sought, must have inspirational vision of establishing worldwide caliphate, be expert in fundraising and happy to appear in promotional videos. Experience of weapons a bonus. Women and infidels need not apply.

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Labour’s Libya legacy

If Ed Miliband could have chosen his first foreign policy test as Labour party leader, an uprising and military action in Libya probably wouldn’t have been high on the list.

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The Jasmine Revolutions

As Tunisia and Egypt pass through the throes of transition, can ‘modernising authoritarian’ regimes really move towards democracy, managing the increasingly restless, young populations within their borders?

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Hope for Tunisia

Every story needs a beginning. The narrative of the ‘Jasmine Revolution’ began when Mohamed Boazizi sat down outside the governor’s office in Sidi Bouzid, calmly doused himself with petrol, flicked a lighter which engulfed him in the flames and sparked a series of protests that would bring down Tunisia’s sclerotic president in just three weeks.

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