11/04/2008 |
Tibet Has Caught China by Surprise
Erich Follath | Spiegel
China has burned its fingers on the Olympic flame as the international spotlight is shone on its human rights record in Tibet. Still, German politicians should refrain from overwrought gestures such as an Olympic boycott and instead continue to engage both Beijing and the Dalai Lama in dialogue. ...
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11/04/2008 |
La radicalización islamista en España hoy
Carlos Echeverría Jesús | Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos
Desde las primeras operaciones policiales emprendidas en España contra células del terrorismo islamista - del Grupo Islámico Armado (GIA) argelino en Barcelona y Valencia, a mediados de la década de los noventa del siglo XX - se constataba que el perfil de la totalidad de los detenidos era el de individuos radicalizados fuera de España que utilizaban nuestro país como zona de paso para desplazarse a Francia y a otros países europeos con importantes comunidades musulmanas asentadas o para volver desde estos a sus países de origen en el Magreb para ejercer su actividad terrorista. ...
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09/04/2008 |
The Heathrow Plot Trial: Retrospection and Implications
Fred Burton and Scott Stewart | Stratfor
The trial of eight men accused of participating in a 2006 plot to bomb a series of airline flights began April 3 in London. The men are charged with conspiracy to commit murder and preparing acts of terrorism in connection with the plot, which allegedly called for using liquid explosives to bring down at least seven planes flying from London’s Heathrow Airport to cities in the United States and Canada. ...
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09/04/2008 |
Analysis - Iran wins again
Martin Walker | Reuters
The testimony on Iraq before the U.S. Senate Tuesday of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker has, at least for the moment, brought Iraq back to the top of the agenda for the feuding Democratic candidates. ...
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08/04/2008 |
Chinese Spy 'Slept' In U.S. for 2 Decades
Joby Warrick and Carrie Johnson | Washington Post
Prosecutors called Chi Mak the "perfect sleeper agent," though he hardly looked the part. For two decades, the bespectacled Chinese-born engineer lived quietly with his wife in a Los Angeles suburb, buying a house and holding a steady job with a U.S. defense contractor, which rewarded him with promotions and a security clearance. Colleagues remembered him as a hard worker who often took paperwork home at night. ...
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06/04/2008 |
CHDS Regional Insights #3, January 15, 2008 - PDF
Guillermo A. Pacheco Gaitán | Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies
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06/04/2008 |
Sleeping Alongside the Enemy
Christopher Holton | Center for Security Policy
On Saturday March 29, The Washington Post published a front page story by one of its foreign correspondents, Sudarsan Raghavan, entitled, “19 Tense Hours in Sadr City Alongside the Mahdi Army.” ...
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06/04/2008 |
Some Win, Some Lose at NATO Summit
Global Insight Staff | Global Insight
The NATO summit's results showed strength on military co-operation and weakness on policy and ideology issues. ...
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06/04/2008 |
The Price of the Surge - How U.S. Strategy Is Hastening Iraq’s Demise - PDF
Steven Simon | Foreign Affairs
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03/04/2008 |
Tension in the Andes- PDF
Peter DeShazo | CSIS
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