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Cover Story
"We must envelop our environment in a dense fog, to prevent our enemies learning anything about us," late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is once...
11-Jan-2012
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*Painful extraction - Regulating the DRC's minerals trade
At face value, significant progress has been made since 2010 in cleaning up the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) lucrative but conflict-prone minerals sector. First,...
27-Jan-2012
*Trafficker signs - Illegal trade across the China-North Korea border
Isolated from the vast majority of global trading markets, the North Korean economy is heavily dependent on trade with its neighbour and ally China. Nowhere...
27-Jan-2012
*Coming clean - India's export control regime
Australia's 5 December 2011 decision to lift its longstanding ban on exporting uranium to India is testament to the country's growing reputation as a responsible...
20-Jan-2012
*Mersey heat - gang culture in Liverpool
Gangs in Liverpool have been documented since the mid-19th century and probably date back well before the Victorian era, in part because of the port's...
12-Jan-2012
*Power struggle - Iraq's political deadlock threatens security
Three weeks after the last US troops left Iraq, a series of major bomb attacks provided an unwelcome reminder of the fragility of the country's...
12-Jan-2012
Japanese government relaxes arms export ban
Japan's domestic defence industry has been given the opportunity to gain access to cutting-edge foreign technology, lowering weapon procurement costs, thanks to a government ...
12-Jan-2012
Hungarians hold protest against new constitution
Thousands of demonstrators staged a rally against Hungary's new constitution on 2 January. The constitution came into effect on 1 January and replaces the ...
12-Jan-2012
Bissau-Guinean government pledges inquiry into foiled 'coup' attempt
A commission of inquiry is to be set up by the government of Guinea-Bissau to investigate the attack on the army's headquarters on 26 ...
12-Jan-2012
*Taliban to open office in Qatar as US increases pressure for talks
The Taliban is ready to establish a political office outside Afghanistan in an effort to come to an understanding with other countries, the group ...
12-Jan-2012
*Libyan leader warns of civil war after clashes
Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of Libya's Transitional National Council (TNC), warned on 4 January that armed militias that remain in the country following the ...
12-Jan-2012
North Caucasus militancy remains Russia's greatest security threat
The Russian Ministry of the Interior has outlined the scale of its security operations against Islamist militants in the North Caucasus over the past ...
12-Jan-2012
*Drug-related murders in Mexico show sign of fall during 2011, unofficial statistics reveal
Mexico may be experiencing a year-on-year drop in drug-related murders, with unofficial statistics reported in three leading Mexican newspapers on 31 December 2011 or ...
12-Jan-2012
*After the storm - Côte d'Ivoire in the wake of the 2011 conflict
The December 2011 legislative elections in Côte d'Ivoire were unusually peaceful, albeit with a low turnout of 37%. This came about despite the political crisis...
12-Jan-2012
*UPDATE: Shadow play - Boko Haram names political 'sponsors'
A wave of co-ordinated attacks on churches and government targets in Nigeria on 25 December 2011 underlined the growing threat from the Islamist militant group...
10-Jan-2012
*Absolute beginner - North Korea after Kim Jong-il
"We must envelop our environment in a dense fog, to prevent our enemies learning anything about us," late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is once...
11-Jan-2012
*Cross over - The new Mexico-US border strategy
In July, Mexico will vote for a new president, replacing incumbent leader Felipe Calderón. The defining feature of Calderón's presidency has been the security crackdown...
05-Jan-2012
*Police state - China's community-based policing
While international media attention is likely to remain focused on the high-profile leadership transition in North Korea, 2012 will see a no less significant shift...
05-Jan-2012
Shadow play - Boko Haram names political 'sponsors'
Recent allegations that some Nigerian politicians have previously sponsored the militant group known as Boko Haram ostensibly suggest the violence in northeast Nigeria is a...
23-Dec-2011
*Deep impact - Trouble hits the Philippine mining sector
At around 09:00 local time (o1:00 GMT) on 3 October 2011, more than 200 communist New People's Army (NPA) guerrillas drove commandeered trucks into the...
23-Dec-2011
*Power brokers - Qatar and the UAE take centre stage
When Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced in March 2011 that they were sending military forces to join the UN-sanctioned effort to protect...
21-Dec-2011
*Attack of the drones - The dangers of remote-controlled aircraft
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on 28 September that it had disrupted a plot to attack the Pentagon and Capitol building with...
16-Dec-2011
*Filling the void - AQAP attempts a takeover in Yemen
Fighting for its credibility at a critical juncture, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is promoting itself as an integral part of a popular uprising...
16-Dec-2011
*Malena Rembe, Chief analyst, counter-terrorism, Swedish Security Service
As Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto and past history were uncovered, it became clear that Nordic security services lacked the systems to detect this kind...
14-Dec-2011
*A tumultuous year - Political and economic upheaval spreads
A number of major global events took place in 2011, leading to sharp falls in the political and economic stability of the many countries affected....
09-Dec-2011
*Follow the leader - The FARC's future under Timochenko
For the first time in 47 years of fighting, Colombia's main insurgent group lost its commander-in-chief in combat on 4 November. Within days, the Revolutionary...
09-Dec-2011
*Family planning - The Calabrian mafia spreads northwards in Italy
A court in Milan on 20 November 2011 convicted 110 members of the 'Ndrangheta, issuing cumulative sentences of more than 1,000 years in prison. The...
09-Dec-2011
*Fist of iron - Guatemala's strategy against the drug gangs
On 14 January 2012, retired General Otto Fernando Pérez Molina will become the first military officer to hold Guatemala's presidency since the end of military...
09-Dec-2011
US Congress labels Boko Haram as an 'emerging threat'
A report released on 30 November 2011 by the US House of Representatives' Committee on Homeland Security warned of the increasing threat posed by ...
08-Dec-2011
*Serbian negotiators reach border deal with Kosovo as EU status deadline approaches
On 3 December 2011, Serbian President Boris Tadic confirmed that Serbian and Kosovan negotiators under the auspices of EU mediators had reached an agreement ...
08-Dec-2011
*Honduran president backs army role as police crisis continues
Honduran President Porfirio Lobo on 28 November 2011 received congressional backing to use the Honduran army for civilian policing amid a crisis in the ...
08-Dec-2011
Maoist militants kill 10 security personnel in India
Suspected Maoist militants killed at least 10 members of the security forces in the central Indian state of Jharkhand on 4 December 2011. The ...
08-Dec-2011
*Space relations - Preventing an arms race above the Earth
Unlike its terrestrial counterpart, outer space has been an environment largely free from offensive military action and weaponry. This has allowed the extensive development of...
08-Dec-2011
*Gulf apart - Bahrain faces political and sectarian divide
Nine months after Bahrain's Shia-led uprising was crushed with help from nervous Arab Gulf neighbours, resolution of the country's underlying political conflict remains as elusive...
08-Dec-2011
Afghanistan confirms next security transition areas
The next phase of security transition in Afghanistan was confirmed by the Afghan government on 27 November 2011. As recommended by the joint Afghan-NATO ...
08-Dec-2011
*Iran threatens to cut Hamas funds after the group fails to support the Syrian regime
According to Palestinian sources cited in the Israeli press on 5 December 2011, Iran is intensifying pressure on Hamas over its refusal to publicly...
08-Dec-2011
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