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Divided they stand - Rafiq Husseini, chief of staff of the office of the Palestinian president
Hopes that the 19 June ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would allow the latter some breathing space to repair its relations with rival Palestinian faction...
13-Aug-2008
*In denial - Is Indonesia's security policy working?
"Indonesia is certainly a safer country today than it was four years ago, when we were elected," Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia's 66-year-old vice-president, told Jane's ...
25-Jun-2008
Walk the line - Myanmar opposition group backs constitution
"Something is better than nothing," says Tu Ja, the third ranking member of Myanmar's Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), when asked why the group is supporting...
12-Jun-2008
*Applying pressure - Tackling Afghanistan's insurgents
"Most people want to say 'well you can just steamroll all over them', but that is difficult to do when you realise that the...
13-May-2008
*Strait talking
"We have one thing we call bikini defence, like the lady with the bikini at the swimming pool," claims former Taiwanese lieutenant general Shuai ...
07-Apr-2008
*Standing firm - East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão
"I can tell you, before this, we never saw this group as a serious threat. Now, after these events, you ask me if I see...
07-Mar-2008
*All eyes on Iraq - Saudi Arabia's Major General Mansour Sultan al-Turki
"If Al-Qaeda had kept its vertical order, then it would have been totally finished by now," Major General Mansour Sultan Al-Turki of the Saudi Arabia...
13-Feb-2008
*Poppy purge - Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Counter-Narcotics General Khodaidad
The record opium crops currently being witnessed in Afghanistan, which according to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reached 8,200 tonnes in ...
09-Jan-2008
*Ever-decreasing circles - Israel's former head of Mossad Danny Yatom
For Israeli security services, the recognisable map of the Middle East is transformed into a series of concentric circles, representing geographical threats. Danny Yatom, ...
11-Dec-2007
*Talking tough - Chief of the Palestinian General Intelligence Department Major General Tawfiq Tirawi
"No dialogue is possible with those who imposed de facto control." With these words, Major General Tawfiq Tirawi, chief of the Palestinian General Intelligence Department...
26-Oct-2007
Looking west - Estonian Minister of Defence Jaak Aviksoo
Estonia's Minister of Defence Jaak Aaviksoo is in no doubt about the seriousness of a string of attacks against his country's internet systems in May....
17-Sep-2007
*Fighting for justice - East Timorese military mutineer Alfredo Reinado
"I do not want to start a revolution, but I cannot just let injustice continue," the 40-year-old Major Alfredo Reinado told Jane's in July. ...
03-Aug-2007
SOCA, so good? - Director-general of the Serious Organised Crime Agency Bill Hughes
The UK has never had a law enforcement agency like this," says Bill Hughes, director-general of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). Established in April...
05-Jul-2007
Destination: victory - Colombian Combined Forces Chief of Staff General Padilla de León
It is fitting that General Freddy Padilla de Len's first statement in the interview is a quote from Carl von Clausewitz that "war is merely...
13-Jun-2007
Command and control - Brigadier General Buster Howes
"Much is being made by the international media of the up-coming, so-called spring offensive by the Taliban. Let me assure you that we have our...
04-May-2007
Biding time - Supreme Council of Islamic Courts Executive Committee member Omar Idiris
'The courts were seen as a new generation of Somalis against the rage, against rape, against pillage' "Mogadishu is an occupied city, occupied but,...
03-Apr-2007
*Missions abroad - Latvian Minister of Defence Atis Slakteris
'Because of its size, Latvia cannot afford to be everywhere' "From the Latvian perspective, the mission in Afghanistan is of utmost importance because it...
01-Mar-2007
*Balancing act - Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian
According to Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian, balancing Armenia's relations with both the West and Russia is the country's main foreign policy challenge in ...
15-Feb-2007
Changing Intelligence - Director-general of the Agencia Brasileira de Inteligencia Marco Paulo Buzanelli
Brazil may seem an unlikely target for international terrorists of any ideological conviction. However, Marcio Paulo Buzanelli, director general of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency ...
26-Jan-2007
Defending Venezuela - Venezuela's General (retd) Alberto Muller Rojas
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has invested much political and financial capital in ambitious plans to improve the country's national defence. The man behind the ...
04-Dec-2006
Interview : Mahn Sha, General secretary, Karen National Union (KNU)
The ethnic insurgent Karen National Union (KNU) has "no intention of surrendering", according to its general secretary, Mahn Sha. Similarly, he said that Myanmar's...
17-Nov-2006
*INTERVIEW - Serge Sargsian, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia
Situated in a volatile part of the world and facing what it perceives as direct military threats, Armenia is looking for ways to safeguard ...
24-Oct-2006
INTERVIEW - Anselme Enerunga, Minister of the Environment, Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo's transitional government has not had sufficient time to prepare elections since it has been in power, according to Minister ...
25-Sep-2006
INTERVIEW: Kasturi Mahkota, Foreign affairs spokesman, Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO)
Kasturi Mahkota, foreign affairs spokesman of a reunited Patani United Liberation Organisation (PULO), confirmed to Jane's that the insurgency in the majority Malay-Muslim provinces ...
08-Aug-2006
*Habibullah Qaderi - Minister for counter-narcotics, Afghanistan
The political will exists to tackle Afghanistan's increasingly organised drug smugglers, according to Habibullah Qaderi, Afghanistan's minister for counter-narcotics. However, he identifies the need ...
17-Jul-2006
INTERVIEW: Brigadier-General David Fraser
Brigadier-General David Fraser is commander of the Canadian-led Multinational Brigade for Regional Command South in Afghanistan. Speaking to Jane's about the security situation in southern...
02-Jun-2006
INTERVIEW: Andrés Peñate, Director of Colombia's Department of Security Administration
Andrés Peñate, appointed in October 2005 as director of Colombia's Department of Security Administration (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad: DAS), has a major task on his...
09-May-2006
INTERVIEW: Ali Bayanouni, leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood
Ali Bayanouni has been the leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, the outlawed Islamist movement, for the past decade. He has been living in exile...
07-Apr-2006
INTERVIEW: Farhat Asa'd - Hamas political leader, West Bank
Now that Hamas has a majority in parliament, what are the movement's priorities - social services, security, the economy, health, reducing political corruption? "The ...
15-Mar-2006
*INTERVIEW: Antonio Maria Costa - Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
Costa's words reflect a growing convergence at many levels between the 'wars' on narcotics trafficking and terrorism - a convergence that can be seen across...
17-Feb-2006
*INTERVIEW: Ronald K Noble - Secretary-General of Interpol
He says: "There should be systems in place at the international level that work like systems at the national level. At a national level, when...
25-Nov-2005
*Interview with Max-Peter Ratzel Europol Director
"We also have to draw up the Organised Crime Threat Assessment, [which] we will deliver in the second quarter of 2006. [The third] high priority...
19-Oct-2005
*Interview with Avelino J Cruz Jr Philippine Secretary of National Defence
Jane's Intelligence Review spoke with Avelino J Cruz Jr, Philippine Secretary of National Defence, at his office in Camp Aguinaldo in Metro Manila, on 18...
13-Sep-2005
*Interview with Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat
Sitting in his predecessor Rauf Denktash's old office in northern Nicosia (or Lefkosa as it is known in the north), Mehmet Ali Talat, the Turkish...
19-Aug-2005
*Interview with Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos
In late July, Tassos Papadopoulos, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, was in London for 'fence-mending' talks with the British government. His visit followed...
19-Aug-2005
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