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The birth of a new world order
KIMBERLEY PROCESS SPECIAL REPORT. CHRISTINE JOJARTH explains why traditional institutional arrangements are no longer enough, and why the Kimberley Process is the first of a new kind of agreement which can more effectively tackle the challenges posed by globalisation and conflict.
Author: Christine Jojarth
Published: 24th October 2007
Filed Under: International Relations, Diamonds, International Trade, Kimberley Process
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Between a rock and a hard place
KIMBERLEY PROCESS SPECIAL REPORT. CHARMIAN GOOCH on the origins of the Kimberley Process and taking it forward.
Author: Charmian Gooch
Published: 24th October 2007
Filed Under: , Africa, Diamonds, International Trade, Kimberley Process, United Nations, Global Witness
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Good movie but a better story
KIMBERLEY PROCESS SPECIAL REPORT. The Kimberley Process is a model and an inspiration for tackling 'conflict resources'.
Author: Alyson King
Published: 24th October 2007
Filed Under: Africa, International Relations, Diamonds, International Trade, Kimberley Process
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The Relief of Kimberley
KIMBERLEY PROCESS SPECIAL REPORT. The Kimberley Process is not perfect, but a workable and effective system is essential.
Author: Andrew Bone
Published: 24th October 2007
Filed Under: Africa, Diamonds, International Trade, Kimberley Process
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Leadership built from the bottom up
KIMBERLEY PROCESS SPECIAL REPORT. CLIVE WRIGHT wonders whether elements of the KP's success can be transplanted into similar processes dealing with other trades and industries exploited to illegally finance civil wars.
Author: Clive Wright
Published: 24th October 2007
Filed Under: Africa, International Relations, Diamonds, International Trade, Kimberley Process, United Nations
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The foundation stone of our prosperity
KIMBERLEY PROCESS SPECIAL REPORT. Botswana is now the world’s largest diamond producer by value. Thanks to the government’s prudent management of revenues, Botswana has been and continues to be the best-performing economy in Africa, with average economic growth rates among the highest in the world.
Author: Ajay Garg
Published: 24th October 2007
Filed Under: , Africa, Diamonds, Kimberley Process, Botswana
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From fuelling war to fuelling development
KIMBERLEY PROCESS SPECIAL REPORT. The challenge now is to ensure that diamonds fuel sustainable development by addressing the inter-related issues of artisanal small-scale mining, illicit diamond trading from mine to export, and international money laundering.
Author: Alyson Warhurst
Published: 24th October 2007
Filed Under: Africa, International Relations, Diamonds, International Trade, Kimberley Process
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Certified, for now
KIMBERLEY PROCESS SPECIAL REPORT. IAN SMILLIE argues for more decisive action against non-compliance and criminality, which undermine the Kimberley Process and its objective.
Author: Ian Smillie
Published: 24th October 2007
Filed Under: Africa, International Relations, Diamonds, International Trade, Kimberley Process
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The economy, stupid
ANDREW ALDERSON argues that it is the economic failure in Iraq which has fuelled insurgency, and to that the Army is not the answer.
Author: Andrew Alderson
Published: 17th October 2007
Filed Under: , Iraq, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, Economy, Insurgency
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Losing the battle with Civvie Street
CHRISTOPHER DANDEKER on the man-power shortage facing Britain's Armed Forces, and why it is time for a new Strategic Defence Review.
Author: Christopher Dandeker
Published: 17th October 2007
Filed Under: Defence, Armed Forces, Security
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How could Britain think this shaky peace in Sudan is the model for Darfur?
DOUGLAS H JOHNSON with the lessons Britain should draw from one peace deal before making the same mistakes again.
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The land where they still love Blair
KATRINA MANSON reports on Sierra Leone seven years after Britain stopped the killings.
Author: Katrina Manson
Published: 17th October 2007
Filed Under: , , Africa, Foreign Policy, Blair, Intervention, Sierra Leone
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Keeping Britain's word to Northern Cyprus
MICHAEL STEPHEN on the moral duty owed by Britain to the quiet Muslims kept in purdah by the high priests of Cyprus.
Author: Michael Stephen
Published: 17th October 2007
Filed Under: , Cyprus, Turkey, Foreign Policy, Greek Orthodox Church
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Portcullis
After Blair, a cold wind blows across the Atlantic.
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A Bill no one is going to pay
CHRISTOPHER FORSYTH asks why Mr Benn goes on with the pretence that green targets can be written in law.
Author: Christopher Forsyth
Published: 17th October 2007
Filed Under: , Carbon Emissions, Climate Change Bill, DEFRA
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Your number is up
SIMON DAVIES on the spate of laws about which parliament is powerless to do anything.
Author: Simon Davies
Published: 17th October 2007
Filed Under: Data Retention, Information Security, Statutory Instruments
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The Next Stage of spin
ALAN MAYNARD looks at the Darzi NHS review and finds the evidence cited is not evidence but faith.
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Balls no one is likely to catch
EWART KEEP looks at what Prime Minister Brown's machinery of government reforms really mean for education and training policy and practice.
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The Gravy Train
IRVING YASS argues that Crossrail will ensure that London stays as the world's No. 1 financial centre, with more push and less shove.
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After Crossrail London, Crossrail North
DAVID BEGG on what needs to be done to maximise the economic potential of the North.