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Cracks in the West? Reflections on the Transatlantic Relationship |
Study documents the 'cracks' in the transtalantic relationship, identifying their potential causes, and outlining possible policy responses. Explanations are offered based on three leading schools of ...
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McNamara: Nuclear War Still Possible; NY No. 1 Target |
The threat of devastating nuclear attack by Russia against the United States has not diminished, warns former Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara. By Jon E. Dougherty (NewsMax.com, 04/27/2004)
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Errors in fighting Al Qaeda have worsened the danger |
Examines terrorist bombing in Spain and is critical of Bush administration policy to 'defy its allies.' By Jessica Stern. (Boston Globe, 3/24/2004)
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Like it or not, the west just can't leave the Middle East |
The dreams of al-Qaida and its allies are destructive - but doomed. (Martin Woollacott, March 19, 2004, The Guardian)
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Taiwan poll won't alter China's missile deployment |
Discusses impending President Chen Shui-bian's public condemnation of China's growing missile threat and its refusal to renounce the use of force against Taiwan. By David Isenberg. (Asia Times, 3/19/2...
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Al Qaeda’s Death Train? |
Discusses Mardrid terrorist bombing and links to Al Qaeda. By Lorenzo Vidino and Evan Kohlmann. (National Review, 3/15/2004)
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Spain: an example for us all |
Madrid's decision to pull its troops from Iraq unless the UN takes over doesn't give in to terrorists -- it undercuts them, says former UN staffer Salim Lone. (Globe and Mail, 3/17/2004)
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New Spanish PM promises Iraq withdrawal |
In the wake of the Madrid bombings, al-Qaida seems to have emerged a victor: the elections the bombings manipulated have resulted in a Prime Minister who supports pulling out of Iraq. What Madrid mea...
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All That's Left Is Violence |
Discusses 3/11 tragedy in Madrid. By Fareed Zakaria. (Washington Post, 3/14/2004)
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The Ties That Bind: Americans, Arabs, and Israelis After September 11 |
The war on terror has bound Israel and the United States closer together. But it has also deepened the rift between them and Arab and Muslim countries that rally behind the Palestinians. By Shibley T...
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The Law of War in the War on Terror |
The Bush administration has literalized its "war" on terrorism, dissolving the legal boundaries between what a government can do in peacetime and what's allowed in war. This move may have made it easi...
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Beyond the Abu Sayyaf |
Washington has made the fight against radical Muslim separatists in the Philippines a critical front in its war on terrorism. But its one-size-fits-all approach reflects a dangerous misunderstanding o...
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How to Stop Nuclear Terror |
President Bush has called nuclear terror the defining threat the United States now faces. He's right, but he has yet to follow up his words with actions. By Graham Allison. (Foreign Affairs, 1/1/2004,...
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The Terrorist Threat in Africa |
The Bush administration has focused on destroying al Qaeda in East Africa, but it has been slow to address less-visible terrorist threats elsewhere on the continent, such as Islamist extremism in Nige...
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Kenya After Moi |
To ensure Nairobi's involvement in the war on terrorism, Washington must be sensitive to its domestic needs, recognizing that fledgling democracies can be more difficult to engage than their authorita...
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A Duty to Prevent |
The international community has a duty to prevent security disasters as well as humanitarian ones -- even at the price of violating sovereignty. By Lee Feinstein and Anne-Marie Slaughter. (Foreign Af...
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China's New Diplomacy |
China has begun to embrace regional and global institutions it once shunned and take on the responsibilities that come with great-power status. Just what the results of Beijing's new sophistication wi...
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Should Hezbollah Be Next? |
The radical Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah is fomenting violence in post-war Iraq and fanning the flames of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Washington's only option is to confront Hezbolla...
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US-Iran: Ad Hoc Détente to Continue Despite Conservative Sweep |
Dissusses current US policy (or perhaps lack of coherent policy) towards Iran in the midst of questions about Iran's nuclear program, terrorist support, and questionable elections. (Antiwar.com, Mar...
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Global terror threat exaggerated: Blix |
(The News International, 3/8/04)
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Center for Security Studies |
Swiss international security issues site.
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Al-Qaeda's deadly gamble |
Tuesday's attacks show how far al-Qaeda will go to destabilize Iraq, says terror specialist Jonathan Schanzer. (Globe and Mail, 3/4/2004)
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Israel's wall: Divisive issue, dividing neighbors |
The fence that Israel says is a necessary evil to stop suicide bombers is likened by the Palestinians to the Berlin Wall as a symbol of aggression and oppression. (MSNBC, Feb 19 2004)
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Blast kills exiled Chechen leader |
(February 13, 2004 CNN)
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Pakistan's nuclear loopholes |
Argues that the U.S. should take a harder stand against Pakistani nuclear proliferation. By Selig S. Harrison. (Boston Globe, 2/9/2004)
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Bush Budget Plan Proposes $463 Million for Colombia in FY 2005 |
As part of Plan Colombia, the money will be used to support the ongoing fight against drugs and terrorism. By Eric Green. (U.S. Department of State, Washington File, 02/03/2004)
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Colombia Targeting Rebel Strongholds |
Colombian army carries through a more aggressive combat to defeat FARC guerrillas, reports Scott Wilson (The Washington Post, 01/25/2004)
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To Russia, With Love |
Article detailing a 02/2003 CIA memo to the White House: "We do not have any direct evidence that Iraq has used the period since Desert Fox to reconstitute its Weapons of Mass
Destruction programs." ...
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Jihadists in Iraq |
An unwelcome Saudi export: The Saudis have a long history of using foreign jihad campaigns to divert attention from crises at home, and to reinforce the hold of Wahhabism over their subjects. In Iraq,...
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