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• Deepening Troubles in Kyrgyzstan

  Published 17 June 2010 | viewed 5,604 times

  Not only is southern Kyrgyzstan experiencing a refugee crisis, the region is facing a humanitarian disaster brought on by deepening shortages of food and medical…

• Trouble Brewing in South America Between Colombia and Venezuela

  Published 15 June 2010 | viewed 15,503 times

  In addition to floundering trade, deteriorating diplomatic ties between Colombia and Venezuela are exacerbating security risks at a fragile border. As rumors of an unlikely…

• War in the Middle East: Will Iran’s Nuclear Program Lead to Conflict with Israel

  Published 14 June 2010 | viewed 5,006 times

  Iran is at the centre of a global storm: targeted by new sanctions, suspected by Washington, defended by Brazil and Turkey. But the complex diplomacy…

• The Battle over Press Freedom in Azerbaijan

  Published 12 June 2010 | viewed 8,523 times

  With elections coming up, the government of Azerbaijan may have reason to fear new freedoms provided by the internet's social networking tools. International journalists’ groups…

• Al-Qaeda Thriving in Iraq Using Mafia Tactics

  Published 10 June 2010 | viewed 4,839 times

  The street emptied at the sound of gunfire, the men scattering in separate directions. A corpse was left behind, the lone victim of the shooting.…

• Poland’s Growing Military Power

  Published 06 June 2010 | viewed 16,740 times

  Experiencing anxiety following the halting of US missile defense plans in Poland, Warsaw uses US technology to make its air force the biggest by far…

• Georgia and Moldova Shocked at the Prospect of New EU Plan

  Published 02 June 2010 | viewed 6,798 times

  Officials in Moldova and Georgia are reacting with concern to speculation that the EU is poised to remove special representatives appointed to their regions. If…

• America and the Jungle of Serpants

  Published 02 June 2010 | viewed 10,883 times

  An official directive that grants the US army expanded counterinsurgency powers reveals Washington’s imprisonment in an exhausted vision of security. An early decision of Bill…

• Power Struggles in North Korea

  Published 02 June 2010 | viewed 7,251 times

  While dramatic, the torpedoing of a Republic of Korea navy corvette in late March was not unexpected and it may have signalled the rise of…

• Europe’s Nuclear Waste Storage Problems

  Published 01 June 2010 | viewed 12,726 times

  An association based in Switzerland is helping its European neighbours in their search for a good place to dump nuclear waste, Ten nations have enlisted…

• Peace and Stability in the Balkans

  Published 24 May 2010 | viewed 8,236 times

  The Istanbul Declaration, signed by Turkey, Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, calls for peace and economic development in a bid for regional stability and EU integration. But…

• Unholy Alliance in Colombia Poses new Challenges for Government

  Published 19 May 2010 | viewed 7,064 times

  With the FARC weakened, Colombia's next president will face a more factionalized internal insurgency, requiring a different strategic approach. As candidates for the presidency of…

• Iran’s Nuclear Gamble

  Published 16 May 2010 | viewed 5,661 times

  Iran’s nuclear program has dominated world headlines since the revelation of secret facilities in August 2002. Endless negotiations and three rounds of sanctions have followed…

• After 30 Years Thatcherism Comes to an End

  Published 15 May 2010 | viewed 7,053 times

  This week's creation of a Conservative led coalition with the Liberal Democrats has brought the period associated with Margaret Thatcher after her election in 1979…

• The EU Bail-Out is a Temporary Measure as Imbalances Remain

  Published 14 May 2010 | viewed 6,807 times

  Will democracy be built around currency, or will currency revert to national democracies? Martin Wolf argues with usual clarity that the EU bail-out is a…

• Nuclear Apartheid: Trouble Brewing amongst Non-Nuclear States

  Published 10 May 2010 | viewed 10,952 times

  The credibility of the nuclear non-proliferation regime is at stake as the treaty risks collapsing under structural fissures created by its very birth. The Nuclear…