Jane's Intelligence Review

Interview

Changing the guard - Fehmi Mujota, Minister for the Kosovo Security Force
As part of Kosovo's ongoing process of establishing independent institutions, the Trupat e Mbrojtjes së Kosovës (Kosovo Protection Corps: KPC) was disbanded in January...
26-Jun-2009

*Meeting of minds - Mehmet Ali Talat, president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Thirty-five years of division do not make for an easy reconciliation process. However, Mehmet Ali Talat, president of the internationally unrecognised Turkish Republic of ...
21-May-2009

*Silver lining - Norberto Gonzales, Philippine national security adviser
"The era of armed struggle for achieving political change is over", Philippine National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales tells Jane's. Gonzales is referring mainly to ...
14-May-2009

Million mile patrol - Vice-Admiral William Gortney, commander of US forces Central Command
The US has been pushing for tougher measures to respond to attacks on shipping from pirates operating out of Somalia. Vice-Admiral William Gortney, commander ...
26-Mar-2009

Secret weapon - Tim Manhire, executive director of MAOC (Narcotics)
Europe's secret weapon in its war on cocaine trafficking is hidden in a discreet building near the Tagus River estuary in Lisbon - the ...
19-Feb-2009

*Second sight - Michael Heimbach, assistant director of the FBI's counter-terrorism division
For Michael J Heimbach, the last few months have been particularly busy. Since the 26 November 2008 attacks in Mumbai, the entire US homeland ...
19-Feb-2009

*Predator and prey - Pietro Grasso, Italian national anti-mafia prosecutor
Italy's National Antimafia Prosecutor Pietro Grasso has one of the most difficult jobs in law enforcement, but he is still optimistic about the battle ...
19-Dec-2008

Separation anxiety - Temur Iakobashvili, Georgian minister of state
"For Russia, things need to be made very black and white. If they do not co-operate, there will have to be a cost for ...
21-Nov-2008

*Renaissance man - Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian opposition leader
"We have the numbers. But it is also important to find a way to have a smooth and problem-free transition of power," Anwar Ibrahim,...
06-Nov-2008

*A window of unity - Jibril Rajoub, former chief of Palestinian Preventative Security in the West Bank
"W ithout unity, the Palestinian cause will go to hell", Jibril Rajoub, the former chief of Palestinian Preventative Security in the West Bank told...
16-Oct-2008

*Under a cloud - Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, former Pakistani nuclear scientist
After Pervez Musharraf's resignation from the Pakistani presidency in August, questions concerning his legacy will include his involvement with the nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer...
18-Sep-2008

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

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