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2010 NPT RevCon: Opening Bids and Conflicting Agendas
Written by Emily B. Landau
Institute for National Security Studies
Insight No. 180
Judging by the initial dynamics, the stakes of the 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) that began on May 3 are high.
The basic positions of the different parties remain very much as they were at the last RevCon, held in 2005: the US wants to ... Read more: 2010 NPT RevCon: Opening Bids and Conflicting Agendas
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Syrian Daily: Why Shouldn't the Arabs Have Nuclear Weapons?
Written by Memri.org
In an article in the Syrian daily Al-Watan, which is close to the Syrian regime, the paper's editor, Waddah 'Abd Rabbo, wondered why the Arab countries and Iran should not obtain nuclear weapons as deterrence against Israel.
It should be noted that officially, Syria is not striving to obtain ... Read more: Syrian Daily: Why Shouldn't the Arabs Have Nuclear Weapons?
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An Interview with Vijay Kumar
Written by Faithfreedom.org Interview with Vijay Kumar
Vijay Kumar is running for Congress in Tennessee. Here is his website, Kumar For Congress. Vijay, who was born in India and is now a citizen of the United States, is a good friend and ally and a superb political analyst. Here is an interview with him at Ali Sina's FaithFreedom website. Please read ...
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European Court Okays Payments to Spouses of Designated Terrorists
Written by Victor Comras
There is an interesting new twist to the Security Council proscription against providing financial assets to or for the benefit of designated Al Qaeda and Taliban members. The European Court of Justice has just overturned a long held UK government practice of withholding payment of social security ... Read more: European Court Okays Payments to Spouses of Designated Terrorists
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Three Points of View: The United States, Pakistan and India
Written by Peter Zeihan
In recent weeks, STRATFOR has explored how the U.S. government has been seeing its interests in the Middle East and South Asia shift. When it comes down to it, the United States is interested in stability at the highest level - a sort of cold equilibrium among the region's major players that ... Read more: Three Points of View: The United States, Pakistan and India
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The Saudi Nuclear Option
Written by Yoel Guzansky
On the basis of a memo written by the US Secretary of Defense, the New York Times reported recently that "the United States does not have an effective long-range policy for dealing with Iran's steady progress toward nuclear capability."
On the same day, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia issued a royal ...
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Pakistan's Nukes and the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)
Written by Memri.org
Editorials in Pakistani Media on Nuclear Security Summit: 'It is Significant That None of the 47 Countries Represented... Raised Any Concern over Pakistan's Nukes'; 'Obama Has So Far Achieved None of His Nuclear Disarmament... Goals - And We Need to Ensure that His Only 'Success' Does Not Come at ... Read more: Pakistan's Nukes and the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)
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Russia: Between Terrorism and Foreign Policy
Written by Zvi Magen
INSS Insight No. 174
Recent events in Russia - Islamic terrorist attacks on the one hand and the blunt message to Hamas demanding an end to the rocket fire on the other - are indicative of a Russian dilemma, reflected in its ambivalent policy on international terrorism.
The latest terrorist ...
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Middle East Mess
Written by Dani Reshef
Recently, following the row with Israel over the Peace Process with the Palestinians, the influential New York Times claimed in several articles, in late 03/2010, as if the American General David Petraeus, the head of the American Central Command, which supervises the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ...
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