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Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Ian MacLeod in CommonDreams via the Ottawa Citizen takes a dry Canadian view of US expansionism : The U.S. navy is planning a massive push into the Arctic to defend national security, potential undersea riches and other maritime interests. While the plan talks diplomatically about "strong partnerships" with other Arctic nations, it is clear the U.S. is intent on seriously retooling its military...
The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | yesterday
[What follows are excerpts from a report in The Sunday Times . The document in question is a US State Department press release dating from April 1992 which appeared on the State Department website for many years and is well known to all who have taken the trouble to follow the Lockerbie case. What motivated the newspaper to draw it again to our attention in November 2009 is a mystery.] The man convicted...
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Colombia has experienced conflict for decades. In the 1990s it was a paradigm of the failing state, beset with all manner of troubles: terrorism, kidnapping, murder, drug trafficking, corruption, an economic downturn of major scope, general lawlessness, and brain drain. Today the country is much safer, and the agents of violence are clearly on the defensive. Nonetheless, much work lies ahead to secure...
2009 2010International Scholarships (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Dear Final Year Undergraduates, Greetings from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), NTU. Please be informed that application for Master of Science in Strategic Studies, International Relations, International Political Economy and Asian Studies Programmes for AY2010/2011 (Admission in Aug 2010) is now open! The online application will be closed on 28 February 2010. We have various...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Mark Tran profiles the six people conducting the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war Sir John Chilcot A former Whitehall mandarin, Chilcot is a Cambridge graduate who retired from the civil service at the end of 1997 after seven years as the permanent undersecretary of state at the Northern Ireland Office. A career civil servant, he had previously served in a variety of posts in the Home Office, the...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday said National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS) has not adequately addressed its mission statement of being a catalyst in proffering answers to weaknesses and diversity of the federal administration. He therefore tasked the institution to work more assiduously to meet its goal.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A conference gathering representatives of research and strategic studies organizations from countries of the two Mediterranean shores was held on Friday in Tunis on the labor market in the Mediterranean, migration, regional integration and Euro-Mediterranean partnership.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Mediterranean states should energize their cooperation to eliminate unemployment, experts said on Saturday. "I think countries in the region must share expertise to find the best way to counter unemployment," said Taib Hadri, an expert at Tunisian Strategic Studies Institute. Representatives of research and strategic studies organizations from Mediterranean countries are attending a two-day...
Comfort Zones & Distress (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
November 17, 2009 | Muslim Media Network A fascinating new book has just been issued by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center (in Jordan) in concert with Georgetown’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. The book lists the 500 most influential people in the Muslim world, breaking the people into several distinct categories, scholarly, political, administrative,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Workers of the National Institute for Policy and strategic Studies (NIPPS) Kuru yesterday began a strike after a peaceful protest over unpaid allowances. The workers carried placards and banners calling for the payment of their monetization arrears and imp-roved conditions of service.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Participants of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 31 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos, yesterday threw their weight behind the agitation for the quick passage of the Freedom of information Bill (FoI) currently before the National Assembly. They argued the passage of the bill is critical to national development. They also called for the creation of state police,...
turenchi (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Participants at the 31st Senior Executive Course of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies on Tuesday met with President Umaru Yar’Adua in the State House and canvassed the ...Participants at the 31st Senior Executive Course of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies on Tuesday met with President Umaru Yar’Adua in the State House and canvassed the ...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The debate about Britain's future role in Afghanistan is under scrutiny as never before, with rising military and civilian casualties, and increasing political disquiet over strategy in the region. Here six experts spell out their fears, and potential solutions We should stay: 'It would be crazy to give up now' Colonel David Benest, retired Parachute Regiment officer, who served as a British counter-insurgency...
Craig Murray (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
(With thanks again to the excellent Ken Silverstein), Gulnara Karimova is offering all expenses paid luxury junkets to Tashkent, plus a thousand dollars cash in the pocket, to US bloggers willing to blog about Uzbekistan without mentioning torture, massacre, dictatorship, slavery or environmental destruction. http://harpers.org/archive/2009/11/hbc-90006092 As Obama has entered into a renewed military...
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Added November 03, 2009 Authored by Lieutenant Colonel Brian K. Hedrick. SOURCE: Strategic Studies Institute United States Army War College Brief Synopsis India’s transformation to modernize its military, obtain “strategic partnerships” with the United States and other nations, and expand its influence in the Indian Ocean and beyond includes a shift from an emphasis on the former...
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