Geopolitical
Who Commands The Lebanese Army?
Written by GlobalJihad.net
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Three Lebanese soldiers and an Israeli officer have been killed, on Tuesday 08/03/2010, in the first serious border clash since Israel's 2006 conflict with Lebanon's Hizbullah. A Lebanese journalist was killed in the fighting too.
The Israeli border with Lebanon is ...
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Al-Maliki is Refusing to Hand Over Power, Just Like Saddam Would Do
Written by Memri.org
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Editor: 'Post-Saddam Iraq was Not in Need of Superficial Democracy... It Needs a Strong Ruler, from the Army... or an Iraqi Ataturk' Read more: Al-Maliki is Refusing to Hand Over Power, Just Like Saddam Would Do
On August 4, 2010, the website of the London-based Arabic daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published an English-language column by ...
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Iran War to Advance Global Currency?
Written by The Daily Bell
Just as Iran feels the bite of the new sanctions, Ahmadinejad's policy to phase out subsidies on staples such as fuel and food will be implemented in September. Together, these could have a significant economic impact, which could make Ahmadinejad more willing to return to talk. But after more ...
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Russia Today: Victim Or Spy Nation?
Written by Toby Westerman
International News Analysis
Should Russia be considered a victim of Soviet-era totalitarianism - or is the present Russian elite working to advance a neo-communist revival? A highly influential academic, Edward Lozansky, thinks so and is working for Russian victimhood while ignoring the Communist ...
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WikiLeaks and the Afghan War
Written by George Friedman
On Sunday, The New York Times and two other newspapers published summaries and excerpts of tens of thousands of documents leaked to a website known as WikiLeaks. The documents comprise a vast array of material concerning the war in Afghanistan. They range from tactical reports from small unit ...
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Russian and Chinese Support for Tehran
Written by George L. Simpson, Jr.
Iranian Reform and Stagnation
Middle East Quarterly
Spring 2010, pp. 63-72
Recent years have witnessed the rise of irregular but frequently intensive opposition to U.S. global preeminence by Russia and China. In their own ways, and in pursuit of their own interests, each of these authoritarian ...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Netanyahu and Direct Talks with the Palestinians
Written by Zaki Shalom
Listening to Prime Minister Netanyahu's remarks the past few months regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, one cannot help but wonder: Netanyahu seems to be going out of his way to open direct negotiations with the Palestinians as soon as possible. The prime minister has said he is aiming ... Read more: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Netanyahu and Direct Talks with the Palestinians
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Geopolitics, Nationalism and Dual Citizenship
Written by George Friedman
Geopolitics is central to STRATFOR's methodology, providing the framework upon which we study the world. The foundation of geopolitics in our time is the study of the nation-state, and fundamental to this is the question of the relationship of the individual to the nation-state. Changes in the ...
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Iran: The Course is Almost Run
Written by Ephraim Asculai and Emily B. Landau
The pattern of international efforts to confront Iran's nuclear program has become all too familiar. The West - first the EU-3, and later the US - leads "diplomatic processes" to nowhere; Russia and China go back and forth between Iran and the West, reluctant to take too harsh a stance against ...
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