Meet the Taliban: not as bad as you think
25th August 2010 — Issue 174The west knows it can't win in Afghanistan. The only prospect for lasting peace is to negotiate with the Taliban, which we must learn to see through Afghan eyes
Nice to meet your big idea
25th August 2010 — Issue 174How useful are global gatherings that invite great minds to share ideas and innovations in person?
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Letter from Colombia
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
Colombia has emerged from anarchy. Nation-builders elsewhere should be taking note
Edinburgh fringe festival: struggling to surprise
The quality at this year’s fringe festival was high, but there were too few shocks. Now that comedy is part of the mainstream, has it lost its cutting edge?
Who guards the Guardian? The loss-making newspaper group chose to secure its future through risky financial wheeling and dealing. It should have taken the advice of its own columnists
Football’s new age of fan power?
As the football season unfolds, will Manchester United’s fans topple its US owners and set a pattern for returning English clubs to their communities?
Wanted: an old, new left
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
The centre-left must reinvent itself again by raising the stalled living standards of ordinary workers—and look beyond economics to shape a new social patriotism
Divided they stand
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
Fifteen years on from the end of the war, Bosnia is struggling economically and politically—and is more ethnically fractured than ever. Will the conflict return?
Who guards the Guardian?
24th August 2010 — Issue 174
The loss-making newspaper group chose to secure its future through risky financial wheeling and dealing. It should have taken the advice of its own columnists
Exclusive interview: Gaspar Noe
26th August 2010 — Issue 174
The enfant terrible of French cinema, director of the provocative film "Irreversible," talks about his long-anticipated new feature: "Enter the Void"
Is America going bust?
19th August 2010 — Issue 173
Obama has promised to halve the the US deficit by 2013, but nobody seems to know how he'll manage it
In defence of equality
10th August 2010 — Issue 173
In response to recent criticism, the authors of The Spirit Level defends its claim that there is always a link between social problems and inequality
Primary cause for concern
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
Rushing to introduce yet another type of school will not improve educational standards
Multinationals think local
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
The BP crisis showed that global corporations are not all-powerful. Now they must adapt to survive
A new passage to India
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
Labour saw India too much through the eyes of Britain's Asian diaspora. Time for a rethink
Picture this
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
Robots using radar could identify explosive devices more accurately than conventional minesweepers
The month ahead
19th August 2010 — Issue 174
Anjana Ahuja on bees, cities of the future and science's big festival
Edinburgh fringe festival: struggling to surprise
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
The quality at this year’s fringe festival was high, but there were too few shocks. Now that comedy is part of the mainstream, has it lost its cutting edge?
Imperfect spies
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
John le Carré’s righteous anger ignites his fast-paced new novel, but it can’t make up for a cast of unconvincing characters
How full is the glass?
25th August 2010 — Issue 174
Two “state we’re in” analyses by a pessimistic philosopher and an optimistic scientist are best taken with a tot of scepticism
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