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A risky trial that offers little reward

The decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged 9/11 conspirators in a civilian court in New York City, rather than before a military commission in a far-off place involves a needless risk, writes Clive Crook

Van Rompuy is the right man for the job

Wolfgang Münchau on the Belgian prime minister‘s abilities

Could sovereign debt be the new subprime?

Finance officials must be aware of new dangers, warns Gillian Tett

Put space at the heart of US-India relations

Karl Inderfurth and Raja Mohan on the two’s strengthening ties

Europe risking irrelevance as world moves on

Appointments appear at odds with EU arguments, writes Tony Barber

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Inside the dreams of Mullah Omar

The Taliban leader’s actions are often determined by night visions, making the future of fighting in Afghanistan hard to predict, writes Kenneth Ballen

Time for the greening of global trade

New international agreements that put environmental challenges at the centre of the world trading system are long overdue, writes Chandran Nair

Prepare yourself for Palin-Dobbs

Jurek Martin

Lou Dobbs, who resigned as America’s chief prime-time xenophobe last week, is hinting that public office beckons. Perhaps Sarah Palin should take note, writes Jurek Martin

EDITORIAL COMMENT

Having their cake and eating it too

Britain’s Conservative party faces a trade-off between fiscal restraint and public service reform

Aftermath of the Fort Hood atrocity

The reluctance to consider the Fort Hood atrocity a terrorist act is both striking and bizarre

A pitiful exercise in Euro-minimalism

By lasering in on the lowest common denominator in this way, leaders of the big member-states are united in their unwillingness to be overshadowed by figures of calibre and clout

DEBATES & POLLS

What is the military for?

UK defence

Can Britain afford a cold war-era nuclear deterrent? New aircraft carriers? Typhoon fighter aircraft? Have your say about Britain’s role in defence on the Arena Blog

New chapter of MBAs take oath to do better

Graduates

No single group can be blamed for the economic meltdown, a number of high-profile MBAs have been implicated. Are MBA programmes useless?

Book review

Going rogue

Video: Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin’s best-seller sheds little light on how she became one of the US’s most high-profile and divisive politicians