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...military conflict—but certainly not everyday social conflict or even paramilitary conflict—descends into stasis, it is worth meditating upon what the war has been worth. Amidst all the rhetoric of doubts and redoubts, one practical concern should worry President Rajapaksa in particular: What are the chances of a legitimized nation-state if an entire ethnic group feels that it has, for the last 25 years, been a target for elimination or, as the more impassioned critics claim, genocide...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: The Means of the End | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...Kamal Dahal, more popularly known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, had been Prime Minister for just eight months and, while popular, has had to weather several political and economic crises. The concern over a break with the military was whether the Maoist rebels would then return to armed conflict - or that the military would stage a coup to avoid having to absorb them. Supervised by the United Nations, the guerrillas are increasingly restive, residing in military bases for two-and-a-half years now while awaiting integration. (See pictures of the Maoist insurgency at the height...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nepal's PM Resigns, in New Crisis for Maoists | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...Tunnels have been a factor in conflicts and escapes for millennia; only after the Vietnam War did the world came to appreciate the engineering marvel the Vietnamese Communists accomplished in the Cu Chi tunnel networks, which was as extensive as the New York City subway system. But in today's age of asymmetric conflict tunneling seems to have a new cachet. The US military is finding this out in Iraq and Afghanistan, where there have been numerous successful and nearly successful underground breaches at bases and prisons where suspected terrorists are held. "Protecting underground perimeters is the next capability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Underground Threat: Tunnels Pose Trouble from Mexico to Middle East | 5/2/2009 | See Source »

...pictures of Fatah-Hamas conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas: U.S. Diplomacy's Final Frontier | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...pictures of Fatah-Hamas conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas: U.S. Diplomacy's Final Frontier | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

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