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Books & arts Desire denied Glenn Nicholls 31 May 2013 Glenn Nicholls reviews Cory Taylor’s novel about love in an Australian internment camp Britain’s military complex David Hayes 12 April 2013 The grim conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have dulled the instinct for armed intervention. But it still runs deep in British political culture, writes David Hayes International The Arms Trade Treaty: has a good idea already failed? Stephanie Koorey 14 March 2013 A treaty alone won’t make significant inroads into the global arms trade, writes Stephanie Koorey Books & arts Drones in the distance David Stephens 14 February 2013 Western policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan are based on an outdated imperial playbook and a modern but mistaken belief in “surgical strikes,” writes David Stephens