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*Baiting the bear - Georgia plays Russian roulette
Fighting in Georgia between 7 and 12 August was the most intense since a series of conflicts between 1991 and 1993 witnessed the creation of...
14-Aug-2008
*Club Med - Mediterranean states form new union
When French President Nicolas Sarkozy presided over a summit of 43 heads of state or government to launch the new Union for the Mediterranean (UMed) ...
13-Aug-2008
*High resolution - Trying to tame Somalia's piracy problem
On 2 June 2008 the UN Security Council (UNSC) approved Resolution 1816, permitting mandated countries to enter Somali waters for the purpose of combating piracy. ...
17-Jul-2008
*Fourth dimension - US revives its Latin American fleet
In April 2008, the United States announced it was re-establishing its Fourth Fleet, which had been deactivated since 1950. Admiral Gary Roughead, United States chief ...
14-Jul-2008
*Middle ground - Lebanon plays buffer as Syria and Israel simmer
The simultaneous announcements in Syria and Israel on 21 May that both countries have been engaged in secret peace talks for more than a year ...
12-Jun-2008
*Terms of endearment - South Korean president eclipses sunshine
Amid signs of engagement with the US and the six-party process, North Korea's relations with its southern neighbour have severely deteriorated. On 28 March, Pyongyang...
15-May-2008
*Feeding frenzy - Shortages dish up trouble around the world
Since early 2007, increases in food prices have gone from being a mild inconvenience for consumers to being the cause of rioting in various different...
08-May-2008
*Hot spots: the threat of emerging disease
A probable human-to-human case of H5N1 avian influenza was reported by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in April. The case, which ...
17-Apr-2008
*Into Africa - Peacekeeping challenges in 2008
In March 2008, some 68,000 international peacekeepers were based in Africa, including 69 per cent of the UN's global deployment. While the result is that...
10-Apr-2008
*Transferred hostility - Ethiopia and Eritrea's unregulated tensions
On 14 March 2008, a blast demolished a bus in northern Ethiopia killing eight people and wounding 26. The government was quick to blame Eritrea,...
09-Apr-2008
*Troubled triangle - Achieving security in the Karamoja region
Two peace deals in eastern Africa in early 2008 appear to suggest an improvement in the region's stability. On 17 March, Kenya's parliament accepted a...
04-Apr-2008
*Identity crisis - Split looms over NATO's Afghan operations
As the preparations for NATO's 20th summit get underway in Bucharest, the future of the alliance is being tested far from Europe in the Afghan...
10-Mar-2008
*Gulf of distrust - Naval stand-offs and the Persian Gulf
The incident on 6 January between five Iranian small craft and three United States vessels has once again highlighted the strategic importance of and tense ...
15-Feb-2008
*The $100 question - Security implications of rising oil prices
Oil prices have been steadily rising since 2004, evoking comparisons with the two oil price shocks of the 1970s. Prices surpassed the USD100 per barrel...
09-Jan-2008
*The final countdown? - Beginning of the end for Venezuela's president
In the space of a few hours on the night of 2 December, the vision of an invincible President Hugo Chávez remaining in power in...
13-Dec-2007
*Commanding presence - Africom's uncertain mission statement
Officially launched on 1 October 2007, US Africa Command (Africom) is a sub-command of US European Command (Eucom) that will become the sixth US unified ...
12-Dec-2007
*Pragmatic power - Russia's assertive foreign policy
For the US and many European states, Russia's current assertive foreign policy appears both obstructionist and on occasion hostile. Governments in these countries worry that...
05-Dec-2007
*Shield of safety? - The role of private security companies
The alleged killing of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater on 16 September 2007 and subsequent repercussions, have once again highlighted the role of private security...
15-Nov-2007
*Renegade threat - Stability in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
One year ago, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) finally seemed to be about to justify the first word of its name. Democratic elections, the ...
19-Oct-2007
*Mission improbable - Could Israel attack Iran?
The 6 September Israeli air strike in Syria led to a rash of speculation that the Jewish state had struck a target of strategic significance....
19-Oct-2007
*Inside-intelligence - Reforming the US intelligence community
Nearly three years have passed since US President George W Bush signed into law the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (IRTPA) on 17 December...
20-Sep-2007
*Phantom menace - Expounding security myths in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian orders for submarines and advanced generation fighters like the Sukhoi Su-30, as well as plans to purchase new weapons systems such as the...
20-Sep-2007
*Outside assistance - Is Iran supporting the Afghan insurgency?
In an unusual move, the US government is set to designate the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organisation for allegedly providing support...
17-Aug-2007
*Land of the rising gun - Japan's shifting security identity
Despite a setback for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the 29 July upper house election, Japan is still on course to fundamentally alter...
14-Aug-2007
Kingdom come - Saudi Arabia asserts its position as regional actor
While Saudi Arabia traditionally prefers a more low-key foreign policy profile, the first half of 2007 has seen a flurry of diplomatic activity from ...
19-Jul-2007
*Oiling the axis - Ties between Iran and Venezuela
Venezuela and Iran could barely be two more culturally distant countries, with very few obvious motives to become allies. Yet their two current governments, ...
09-Jul-2007
*War on film - The often fraught relationship between military and media
The media and the military inevitably find multiple points of friction during war. Opposing goals, namely the military's desire to control all aspects of ...
14-Jun-2007
Choosing sides - Afghan-Pakistani cross-border tensions rise
With the exception of five years of Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001, relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been largely antagonistic since the ...
14-Jun-2007
*Mission fatigue - The future of military interventionism
Four years after the US-led invasion of April 2003, the war in Iraq is arguably a major contributor to a shift in public and ...
18-May-2007
*Fissures in the force - Multilateral co-operation can only go so far
Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has existed as the world's unrivalled international collective defence organisation. Famously stating in Article Five of ...
17-May-2007
*Insecure environment - International implications of climate change
In April 2007, China agreed to participate in negotiations for a framework for limiting climate change after 2012, the year the Kyoto Protocol expires. ...
19-Apr-2007
*Blurring the line - Involving the military in humanitarian affairs
In early March, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) opened Operation Achilles in Helmand. Involving 4,500 ISAF troops, led by the UK and supported ...
11-Apr-2007
*Breaking out? - Russia flexes muscles as US moves in
When the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty was signed in 1987, it was heralded as a landmark initiative for the Cold War. It was ...
08-Mar-2007
*Standing alone - Isolated Syria holds secret talks with Israel
On 16 January, Israeli newspaper reports revealed that secret back-channel talks had taken place between Syria and Israel between September 2004 and July 2006. ...
09-Feb-2007
Sea change - Resolving East Asia's maritime disputes
International co-operation in East Asia is often superficial. The second East Asia Summit (EAS), held from 14 to 15 January, was no different. The ...
05-Feb-2007
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