Political settlement

...information. Johnston is also the author of "Religion: The Missing Dimension of Statecraft." "Whatever political settlement emerges, if you want it to be lasting in nature, religious leaders must feel some ownership in that," said Johnston,...

In this article: Douglas Johnston, NPR, E mail, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, Middle East, and Pakistan

...of the continuing links between the Quetta Shura and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence security agency. If these links are real, a political settlement guaranteed by the Pakistani state, which also means its army, would use those...

In this article: Taliban, Afghanistan, Al-qaida, Hamid Karzai, US, Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, Kabul, and British troops

...end." He said Britain was ready to commit more soldiers to Afghanistan, but stressed military action had to be backed by a lasting political settlement. He argued that most Taliban supporters were not ideologically committed to a...

In this article: David Miliband, Taliban, NATO, Afghanistan, Al-qa'ida, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, British troops, and Jihad

...insurgents but to persuade them to lay down their arms and enter politics. Britain's goal in Afghanistan is "not a fight to the death" but a political settlement, he said. Mr Rasmussen's intervention came as it emerged that a British...

In this article: NATO, Afghanistan, Jihad, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Gordon Brown, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Britain, and Taliban insurgents

...the Opposition Leader said. "Most people have expected for a long time that Copenhagen would result in a political agreement or a political settlement and any treaty - binding international agreement - would take some time to...

In this article: Copenhagen, House of Representatives, Mitch Fifield, Coal, Climate change, Platinum, and Copper

...stabilise Afghanistan. He added: "Progress on weakening the Taliban and strengthening the Afghan state will create the conditions for a new political settlement in the country. The President's options: Four scenarios rejected by Obama 1.

In this article: Afghanistan, Taliban, Oxfam, UK, War in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, London, Kabul, Douglas Alexander, and Hamid Karzai

...at what now seems to have been the nadir of the expenses crisis, 5,000 Guardian readers contributed their ideas on the shape of a new political settlement. More than four-fifths put voting reform at the top of their priorities. The...

In this article: Labour, Conservative Party, Democracy, Liberal Democrat, John Denham, YouGov, and Tessa Jowell

By M.R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi, Nov 13 : Now that the Tamil Tigers have been defeated, it is 'very important' to have a political settlement to end Tamil grievances, a senior Sri Lankan minister said here. Home Affairs and Public...

In this article: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka, India, China, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Pakistan, Colombo, and Potato

...gave a speech at Nato in which he called the insurgency a "wide but shallow coalition of convenience" and called for a "long-term inclusive political settlement in Afghanistan" involving the drawing away of conservative Pashtun nationalists...

In this article: Taliban, Hamid Karzai, UK, Ideology, NATO, Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, UN, and Jihad

...Chellaney said democracies such as Australia and India should be working together to exert pressure on Sri Lanka to reach a peaceful political settlement with its Tamil population because "only then will they be able to deal with their refugee...

In this article: Brahma Chellaney, India, Sri Lanka, Democracy, Australia, Unicef, and Centre for Policy Research