Mark Urban
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- All good things come to an end - 14:51 UK time, Monday, 23 May 2011
- The tangled reality of US/Pakistan relations - 13:56 UK time, Tuesday, 17 May 2011
- Could Britain have carried out Bin Laden raid? - 19:21 UK time, Thursday, 5 May 2011
- How US agents will exploit left overs from Bin Laden raid - 19:48 UK time, Tuesday, 3 May 2011
- Change at the top comes at difficult time for US military - 17:55 UK time, Wednesday, 27 April 2011
- The task of forming a more effective anti-Gaddafi army - 15:44 UK time, Friday, 15 April 2011
- Libyan rebel mood changes after Nato bombing error - 19:36 UK time, Friday, 8 April 2011
- Nato conflicted over desire to intervene in Libya and underlying pacifism - 18:06 UK time, Friday, 25 March 2011
- The political dance choreographing who takes lead against Libya - 17:55 UK time, Sunday, 20 March 2011
- How Cameron's Libya coup could turn toxic - 16:44 UK time, Friday, 18 March 2011
- Libya: Time to shift from the rhetorical to the practical - 16:22 UK time, Monday, 14 March 2011
- In Helmand province to assess claims of progress - 18:23 UK time, Monday, 21 February 2011
- The political process that is underway in Egypt - 16:46 UK time, Monday, 7 February 2011
- Mubarak gets a crackdown which he can deny - 18:16 UK time, Wednesday, 2 February 2011
- Egypt's oligarchy determined to prevent true revolution - 19:02 UK time, Monday, 31 January 2011
- Bargaining over political shibboleth of Palestinian right of return - 18:03 UK time, Tuesday, 25 January 2011
- The legacy of North Africa's past monarchies - 18:32 UK time, Monday, 17 January 2011
- Hezbollah escalate campaign against UN tribunal - 16:24 UK time, Wednesday, 12 January 2011
- What China stealth plane response reveals about US - 15:56 UK time, Friday, 7 January 2011
- What does 2011 hold for the world? - 17:16 UK time, Tuesday, 4 January 2011
- Add to wish list: HMS Invincible - 17:22 UK time, Wednesday, 8 December 2010
- Wikileaks saga is not the David and Goliath tale one thinks - 18:24 UK time, Monday, 6 December 2010
- Winners and losers of Wikileak 'two-faced diplomacy' - 15:14 UK time, Monday, 29 November 2010
- Duping of MI6 reveals Afghan coalition flaws - 16:50 UK time, Friday, 26 November 2010
- START to Stop? - 17:18 UK time, Friday, 19 November 2010
- A historical turning point for France and Britain? - 17:39 UK time, Tuesday, 2 November 2010
- Is the government soft on soft power? - 17:35 UK time, Thursday, 21 October 2010
- Cuts in the best traditions of the Conservative party - 20:46 UK time, Tuesday, 19 October 2010
- The difficulties of predicting future threats - 19:40 UK time, Monday, 18 October 2010
- Ahmadinejad's defiance could increase chances of war - 18:01 UK time, Thursday, 14 October 2010
- Military honours hint at many extraordinary stories - 13:18 UK time, Friday, 24 September 2010
- On the Sangin handover - 19:35 UK time, Monday, 20 September 2010
- Obama, Iraq and the use of the 'V' word - 14:54 UK time, Wednesday, 1 September 2010
- Kandahar's security gets lost in translation - 11:21 UK time, Wednesday, 4 August 2010
- A meeting in Kandahar with a former general turned MP - 18:48 UK time, Thursday, 29 July 2010
- Why the British are Leaving Sangin - 18:05 UK time, Wednesday, 7 July 2010
- Hague's blueprint for British foreign policy - 18:02 UK time, Thursday, 1 July 2010
- PR blunder costs 'Runaway General' McChrystal job - 10:33 UK time, Thursday, 24 June 2010
- What's behind McChrystal Obama 'Rolling Stone' row? - 16:00 UK time, Tuesday, 22 June 2010
- What has been achieved in Afghanistan? - 18:21 UK time, Monday, 21 June 2010
- Careful use of language over easing of Gaza blockade - 18:17 UK time, Thursday, 17 June 2010
- West Bank development strategy begins to bear fruit - 17:38 UK time, Wednesday, 9 June 2010
- Will Jerusalem settlement freeze thaw relations? - 12:07 UK time, Thursday, 27 May 2010
- Drawing historical parallels with today's coalition - 12:28 UK time, Friday, 21 May 2010
- Iran nuclear deal indicative of new multi-polar world - 16:19 UK time, Tuesday, 18 May 2010
- The seasonal flow of Helmand violence - 15:23 UK time, Tuesday, 4 May 2010
- Have Helmand troops been told to lie low during election? - 17:58 UK time, Thursday, 29 April 2010
- Why the Trident debate is (largely) one about symbolism - 14:53 UK time, Wednesday, 21 April 2010
- False Start - 12:35 UK time, Thursday, 8 April 2010
- Sangin tour takes its toll on Green Howards - 15:59 UK time, Wednesday, 17 March 2010
- The ingredients making Sangin so lethal - 12:19 UK time, Tuesday, 9 March 2010
- How life is changing inside Sangin security bubble - 13:45 UK time, Friday, 26 February 2010
- British and Afghan soldiers' evolving relationship - 15:23 UK time, Wednesday, 24 February 2010
- Why Moshtarak might succeed where Soviet army failed - 18:24 UK time, Monday, 15 February 2010
- I'm reviewing the situation on Iran - 22:11 UK time, Monday, 1 February 2010
- The challenge of supporting Afghans without breeding dependence - 19:35 UK time, Thursday, 28 January 2010
- The rationale which drives journalists to the front - 18:21 UK time, Monday, 11 January 2010
- Operation Angry Cobra - 12:11 UK time, Friday, 18 December 2009
- A show of strength - 13:01 UK time, Monday, 7 December 2009
- Taking the offensive - 11:30 UK time, Friday, 4 December 2009
- Tell me how this ends - 11:18 UK time, Wednesday, 2 December 2009
- Helmand marines focus on job in hand not surge - 18:45 UK time, Monday, 30 November 2009
- The struggle to maintain a reputation - 13:04 UK time, Friday, 27 November 2009
- In search of a good writer - 14:32 UK time, Wednesday, 25 November 2009
- An Afghan Exit Strategy - 18:57 UK time, Thursday, 19 November 2009
- But will it work in theory? - 17:36 UK time, Monday, 16 November 2009
- Dissatisfaction at US failure to make troop decision - 17:38 UK time, Friday, 6 November 2009
- Rudimentary nature of Afghan IEDs makes them so lethal - 17:36 UK time, Tuesday, 3 November 2009
- Tarnished Karzai knows he is indispensable once more - 15:30 UK time, Monday, 2 November 2009
- Endemic EU backroom dealing could scupper Blair - 18:42 UK time, Thursday, 29 October 2009
- A diplomatic breakthrough with Iran? - 16:13 UK time, Thursday, 22 October 2009
- Karzai and Obama in a battle of wills - 15:43 UK time, Monday, 19 October 2009
- Why Gordon thinks he is on a promise - 18:50 UK time, Wednesday, 14 October 2009
- Generals as politicians - lessons from history - 18:06 UK time, Wednesday, 7 October 2009
- Afghanistan indecision reveals Obama uncertainty - 15:36 UK time, Tuesday, 6 October 2009
- Trident reduction offer remains hypothetical for now - 18:22 UK time, Wednesday, 23 September 2009
- The real weakness in US foreign policy - 17:37 UK time, Tuesday, 22 September 2009
- No closure in Afghan election row - 18:26 UK time, Tuesday, 8 September 2009
- How new Army chief will fight for resources - 18:00 UK time, Friday, 28 August 2009
- Soldiers' deaths will not guarantee Helmand success - 11:03 UK time, Tuesday, 14 July 2009
- Pakistan's 'loose nukes' - 19:15 UK time, Thursday, 11 June 2009
- 'Palestine' and the personal - 20:47 UK time, Thursday, 4 June 2009
- Shift to the right for rural Hungary - 17:26 UK time, Tuesday, 2 June 2009
- Germany's new dividing lines - 11:40 UK time, Thursday, 28 May 2009
- China in the driving seat over North Korea - 15:49 UK time, Tuesday, 26 May 2009
- Obama works to own Middle East timetable - 15:02 UK time, Tuesday, 19 May 2009
- Obama's Middle East Plan - 14:41 UK time, Monday, 18 May 2009
- How Modern Generals Come Unstuck - 17:54 UK time, Tuesday, 12 May 2009
- US disquiet over 'Af-Pak' strategy - 18:32 UK time, Wednesday, 6 May 2009
- Is Brown's Afghanistan strategy too broad? - 18:34 UK time, Wednesday, 29 April 2009
- Towards a common language - 17:44 UK time, Monday, 27 April 2009
- The Price of Division - 16:29 UK time, Tuesday, 14 April 2009
- The Paradise of Investment - 17:32 UK time, Tuesday, 7 April 2009
- Obama's Afghan plan: comprehensive and campaigning - 21:51 UK time, Friday, 27 March 2009
- When Irish eyes are smiling - 16:18 UK time, Thursday, 19 March 2009
- Hillary has been quick off the blocks - 17:53 UK time, Monday, 9 March 2009
- Business as usual after Brown's visit - 16:05 UK time, Thursday, 5 March 2009
- Gaza war graves - a personal pilgrimage - 12:09 UK time, Wednesday, 25 February 2009
- A Plan for Afghanistan - 18:37 UK time, Thursday, 19 February 2009
- Pause for thought in Atufah - 19:38 UK time, Thursday, 12 February 2009
- Tapping into the national mood in Israel - 18:08 UK time, Tuesday, 10 February 2009
- Obama could come unstuck in Guantanamo's legal treacle - 16:52 UK time, Wednesday, 21 January 2009
- Israel's Gaza news management - 18:53 UK time, Wednesday, 14 January 2009
- Bethlehem - 20:32 UK time, Wednesday, 7 January 2009
- Israel's critical timing - from start to finish - 19:10 UK time, Monday, 5 January 2009
- Lessons from 2008 - 18:00 UK time, Thursday, 18 December 2008
- Pakistan's dept for reconciling the irreconcilable - 18:40 UK time, Monday, 8 December 2008
- Is Obama's honeymoon really over already? - 18:24 UK time, Tuesday, 2 December 2008
- A milestone and progression... with conditions - 18:34 UK time, Friday, 28 November 2008
- Mumbai - rumour and misinformation - 14:15 UK time, Friday, 28 November 2008
- Iraq, Afghanistan and the re-deployment problem - 20:51 UK time, Thursday, 13 November 2008
- Have we failed to learn lessons of Iraq WMDs? - 18:48 UK time, Wednesday, 12 November 2008
- Global recession and global leadership - 19:04 UK time, Tuesday, 11 November 2008
- Foreign policy challenges for next president - 15:32 UK time, Tuesday, 21 October 2008
- A defence review by another name? - 18:26 UK time, Wednesday, 15 October 2008
- Redefining the US-Iraqi relationship - 17:31 UK time, Thursday, 25 September 2008
- National interest v global good - 13:54 UK time, Wednesday, 24 September 2008
- Iraq - black gold brings risks and opportunities - 15:19 UK time, Monday, 15 September 2008
- Iraq - what kind of light is at the end of the tunnel? - 12:03 UK time, Thursday, 4 September 2008
- 19th century attitudes still at work in Russia - 22:40 UK time, Tuesday, 26 August 2008
- American presidents and their top brass - 22:42 UK time, Thursday, 7 August 2008
- Can international justice be free of politics? - 18:44 UK time, Thursday, 31 July 2008
- How to escape international justice for 13 years - 18:35 UK time, Tuesday, 22 July 2008
- Opportunistic peace-making in the Middle East - 16:45 UK time, Tuesday, 15 July 2008
- Litvinenko killing 'had state involvement' - 16:51 UK time, Monday, 7 July 2008
- Charles Wheeler, a personal reflection - 17:12 UK time, Friday, 4 July 2008
- Royal Navy keen to be seen as "serious player" - 18:41 UK time, Thursday, 3 July 2008
- Pakistan: Has the ceasefire with militants collapsed? - 15:45 UK time, Monday, 30 June 2008
- Radiohead, Zimbabwe and the spirit of '68 - 16:56 UK time, Wednesday, 25 June 2008
- Why don't we put Robert Mugabe on trial? - 22:25 UK time, Friday, 20 June 2008
- How to win Helmand - 14:00 UK time, Thursday, 19 June 2008
- Two decades of diplomacy - 09:00 UK time, Thursday, 19 June 2008
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I'm Mark Urban, and I'm Newsnight's diplomatic and defence editor. I deal with war and peace around the world, so with apologies to Leo Tolstoy, that's what this blog will be called. No literary pretensions, just an attempt to drill down to the key issues - people around the world struggling for peace and security.