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A look behind the rhetorical war games between Washington and Pyongyang. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/2013489110725477.html 2013489110725477 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:59:07 GMT Beppe Grillo's movement is not capable of governing Italy, but it has shown how ungovernable it is under austerity. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/201333114218299969.html 201333114218299969 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:14:45 GMT The meeting in Kazakhstan next week between Iran and the P5+1 seems destined to fail. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/2013220122822678589.html 2013220122822678589 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:55:05 GMT Persuaded in Davos that Europe will not collapse, Western capitalism is free to focus on fabulous profits in Asia. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/2013130135225199222.html 2013130135225199222 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:09:38 GMT What the great and the good in business will not be discussing at the Davos summit. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/201312612182907642.html 201312612182907642 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:35:23 GMT North Korea's answer to South Korea's Gangnam style is a ballistic Young Kim. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/201212161059498123.html 201212161059498123 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:01:48 GMT A newly re-elected Obama must rethink his strategy with Iran if he ever hopes to break down the wall of mistrust. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012127112548497972.html 2012127112548497972 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:38:55 GMT The Chinese Communist Party dreams of a world trading in yuan - but first it needs to clean up its own house. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/2012112895215981884.html 2012112895215981884 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:39:44 GMT Hope and change, Chinese-style, erupts at the highly-choreographed Communist Party Congress. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/20121199259826349.html 20121199259826349 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:48:37 GMT Washington should get real and understand why Venezuela prefers Chavez. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/2012108131627841943.html 2012108131627841943 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:41:49 GMT The terrorist outfit Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) is now a 'democratic organisation'. Here's how they did it. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/201292654913421613.html 201292654913421613 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:13:34 GMT The US/NATO strategy to 'win' Afghanistan is now dead and buried, according to author. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/2012922165012821645.html 2012922165012821645 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:29:12 GMT Iran, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the US are all scrambling to get the upper hand across Eurasia. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/09/20129138245360573.html 20129138245360573 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 16:25:55 GMT As the Middle East is being remapped, this may be the Kurds' last shot at having their own state. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012828102534412824.html 2012828102534412824 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 05:31:55 GMT The trial of politician Bo Xilai's wife for murdering a British businessman has ended with only one winner: The Party. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/2012816103125160989.html 2012816103125160989 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:43:15 GMT This is a war of deals, not bullets. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/08/201285133440424621.html 201285133440424621 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:44:47 GMT The West is not exactly interested in encouraging an Arab Spring along the Silk Road. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/2012722133942605266.html 2012722133942605266 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:41:32 GMT Beijing invests billions in Iran while trying to reach consensus with its South China Sea neighbours. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/201271611508671548.html 201271611508671548 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:35:23 GMT Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has yet to understand the new deal struck between Russia and the US. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/20127581333324728.html 20127581333324728 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:45:54 GMT The Diamond Jubilee, a tabloid mafia, the Olympics and the eurozone crisis are all shaping Britain's future. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/2012616134812590255.html 2012616134812590255 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:30:23 GMT Turkey is positioning itself to be the transit country for energy due its location at the crossroads of east and west. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/201252993213510953.html 201252993213510953 Wed, 30 May 2012 11:20:29 GMT At the Chicago NATO summit it will be crucial to identify the backstage players and their long-term strategy. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012518111546481164.html 2012518111546481164 Sat, 19 May 2012 17:26:37 GMT Vladimir Putin is focusing on three key areas for Russia's future: the economy, development of eastern Russia, and NATO. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/20125610219314203.html 20125610219314203 Mon, 07 May 2012 21:52:41 GMT The bloc will account for almost 40 per cent of global GDP by 2050, signalling a change in world order. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/20125181256964221.html 20125181256964221 Sat, 05 May 2012 20:01:12 GMT North Korea has kept the world in thrall with its latest - failed - Space Odyssey, writes Pepe Escobar. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124139312915311.html 20124139312915311 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:13:26 GMT Millions refuse to lie down and see their lives smashed for the benefit of a few bankers, says Escobar. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124712153186201.html 20124712153186201 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:55:28 GMT The country's cautious oligarchy sacked a populist party secretary they saw as threatening to the system's stability. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/201232593324503913.html 201232593324503913 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:10:48 GMT The massacre in Kandahar won't mark the end of all elaborate plans for Afghanistan. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/201231491311254.html 201231491311254 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:50:08 GMT It's time to get reacquainted with the world according to Vladimir Putin. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/201235123116118932.html 201235123116118932 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:50:46 GMT Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei may control the nuclear programme, but he lacks a critical mass of Iranians. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012226892751941.html 2012226892751941 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:43:23 GMT When it comes to how to deal with China, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are not exactly oceans apart. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/201221691330988678.html 201221691330988678 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:05:47 GMT Despite some reforms, Myanmar remains a hardcore military dictatorship and lacks a civil society. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/201223141639797384.html 201223141639797384 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:57:04 GMT Officials in Tehran are welcomed across the global South, despite Washington's claims of international confinement. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/201211893514297629.html 201211893514297629 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:22:20 GMT Some Taliban may set up an office in Doha, but will all Americans actually leave Kabul? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/20121610014530356.html 20121610014530356 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:23:00 GMT Here's a new Cold War fable for an emerging multipolar world. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/2011121811848534778.html 2011121811848534778 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:59:46 GMT The old Kim is gone and the new Kim is in, but not much will change in the land of the Kim family dynasty. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/20111220749438866.html 20111220749438866 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:58:45 GMT Latin Americans should share their experiences with democratisation with other countries in the global South. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/201112694026340182.html 201112694026340182 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:10:18 GMT Both sides are staking out their territory across the Middle East as BRICS countries warn the West about interventions. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011112991711150824.html 2011112991711150824 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:38:42 GMT What's the real story behind Washington sending a bunch of marines to Australia? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/20111121134858987329.html 20111121134858987329 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:30:21 GMT While Rome burns citizens should not fiddle, but believe another world may be possible and work together for that world. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/201111875829175119.html 201111875829175119 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:13:59 GMT While Beijing tries to address the West's concerns, Hillary Clinton has a conflicting vision for the 21st century. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/10/2011102812222630653.html 2011102812222630653 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:51:07 GMT Iran's supposed 'threat' could simply be the US government's way of distracting Americans from problems at home. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/10/201110121715573693.html 201110121715573693 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:16:33 GMT China rises as the US declines, leaving the rest of the world wondering which economic model to attempt to emulate. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/09/201192611552536240.html 201192611552536240 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:41:01 GMT Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are worried about the world economy and they want fundamental reforms. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/09/201192292011236419.html 201192292011236419 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:06:00 GMT While the Sadrists want the end of the occupation, Washington would be happy to settle for a client state. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/09/2011914115920267606.html 2011914115920267606 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:39:26 GMT North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, an old-style political poker player, gets Russia to back his game. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/201183112377459935.html 201183112377459935 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:11:07 GMT The global race to grab a share of rare earth metals in Central Asia has begun. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/201181881418513391.html 201181881418513391 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:31:01 GMT China's policies towards the Uyghurs in Xinjiang may jeopardize its New Silk Road dream. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/08/20118782637916112.html 20118782637916112 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:04:50 GMT Asian powers jostle for position amid vast mineral reserves and strategic oil pipelines, while West keeps bombing. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/07/2011725135937812465.html 2011725135937812465 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:21:36 GMT Surge, bribe and run? Or surge, bribe and stay? How US military bases and the energy war play out in Afghanistan. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/07/2011711121720939655.html 2011711121720939655 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:03:16 GMT