World
Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Resurgence
Written by Lauren Goodrich
Ferghana_800.jpg This past week saw another key success in Russia's resurgence in former Soviet territory when pro-Russian forces took control of Kyrgyzstan.
The Kyrgyz revolution was quickand intense. Within 24 hours, protests that had been simmering for months spun into countrywide riots as the ...
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The Importance of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
Written by Tamar Malz-Ginzburg
INSS Insight No. 172
The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which the presidents of the United States and Russia signed a few days ago in a festive ceremony in the ancient castle in Prague, is a continuation of START I, signed between the United States and the former Soviet Union in July ... Read more: The Importance of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
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The Hutarees: Exposure and Vulnerability
Written by Fred Burton and Ben West
On March 29, an indictment accusing nine individuals of planning attacks against police officers was unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Those named in the indictment had been arrested by a joint anti-terrorism task force consisting of the FBI, the ...
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A US Volte-Face?
Written by Asculai, Ephraim - The Institute for National Security Studies
For the sake of argument, let us assume that the US administration has already arrived at the tacit conclusion that Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons is inevitable, in spite of all US and international efforts to prevent this. What would the repercussions be if this conclusion became known? How ...
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U.S. Military Looks at the Middle East: Bows to the White House but Knows Its Mission Too
Written by Barry Rubin
The Department of Defense has just released its new Quadrennial Defense Review Report for 2010. What does it say about the Middle East? Far less than you'd expect in terms of space but still some extremely important points about what might involve the United States in future wars there.
Aside from ... Read more: U.S. Military Looks at the Middle East: Bows to the White House but Knows Its Mission Too
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Ukraine's Election and the Russian Resurgence
Written by Peter Zeihan
Stratfor.com
Ukrainians go to the polls Feb. 7 to choose their next president. The last time they did this, in November 2004, the result was the prolonged international incident that became known as the Orange Revolution. That event saw Ukraine cleaved off from the Russian sphere of influence, ...
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Spreading the Inevitable Flood of Haitian Refugees Around the Region
Written by David North
Center for Immigration Studies
It is highly likely that there will be a flood of Haitian refugees in the next few months, no matter how heroic the Administration's efforts are to meet the short- and long-term needs of the people in Haiti.
It is time to make some hard-nosed suggestions about the ... Read more: Spreading the Inevitable Flood of Haitian Refugees Around the Region
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Yemen: Profile of a Failed Arab State
Written by Yoel Guzansky
INSS Insight No. 156
The media prominence given to Yemen, this time for the aborted attempt to down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day, is not accidental. For some time Yemen has been a center of instability and proof that the clash between states - at least in the Middle East - has been ...
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Regional Alternatives to the Two-State Solution
Written by Major General Giora Eiland
Former NSC Chief Calls for Establishment of the "United States of Jordan"
New Study released by the BESA CENTER
Policymakers need to move towards a regional approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which Arab states take responsibility for solving the conflict and invest concrete, tangible ...
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