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SYRIA—NO EASY SOLUTIONS

Canberra, 4 October 2013 In something just over a fortnight, Syria has been pushed to the background in the collective memory of the world; the re-entry of the UN chemical weapons analysts into the country only rating a mention in the evening news. Two indisputable factors can be gleamed from this. One: the international community—read […]

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CRISIS IN MALI: THE FRENCH INTERLUDE

Canberra, 08 March 2013 On 8 January, the acting President of Mali formally requested French assistance to roll back the advance of rebel Islamic forces that had already overrun the entire northern part of the nation and was in the process of advancing on the town of Mopti, on the way to the capital Bamako. […]

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