June2007 The World Today Volume 63 Number 6

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4 PROTEST, POLITICS AND POP Pop Goes Politics James Panton

7 CLIMATE AND THE G8 Climate for Agreement? Beverley Darkin

9 GERMANY WELCOMES THE G8 Sprinkled with Star Dust Vanessa Rossi

11 TURKEY Testing Democracy Soli Ozel

14 UKRAINE Oranges and Regions Andrew Wilson

16 RUSSIAN MILITARY Toothless Bear? Rod Thornton

18LETTERS

19 IRAQ ‘Iraq is Dead’ Gareth Stansfield

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22AFGHANISTAN Holding Helmand Ayesha Khan

24PAKISTAN The Judge, the Media and the General Ayesha Ijaz Khan

26EUROPE’S BIGGEST NAVIES Rule Brittania or Vive la France? Henning Gloystein and David Sheppard

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