Puzzles Of State Transformation: The Cases Of Armenia And Georgia
By Dr. Nicole Gallina for Caucasian Review of International AffairsIn the South Caucasus, questions of state reform and state territoriality have dominated the post-Soviet situation. In particular, the insufficient consolidation of state territoriality has had a great impact on the overall s...
Read MoreThe Assassination Of Hamas Chief, Or Mossad Strikes Again
By Andrei FedyashinThe scandal over the death of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas military commander murdered in his hotel room in Dubai, has not subsided, contrary to the expectations of many people around the world.Before February 19 the number of suspects was 11; now it has grown to 26....
Read MoreIndian Fatalities In Kabul Blasts
According to media reports from Kabul, there were at least six Indian fatalities among 17 persons killed by two terrorist attacks in Kabul on February 26, 2010. The two attacks were directed against private guest houses patronised by nationals of India, the US and the UK working in Kabul.The Ind...
Read MoreMeeting Taiwan’s Self-Defense Needs
By Dean ChengThe United States is the provider of both tangible security and political stability to the Taiwan Strait. Given China's ongoing military buildup, particularly toward Taiwan, it is essential that the United States provide Taiwan with the physical and political means to resist the cap...
Read MoreAnalysis Of Al Qaeda And Al Shabaab In East Africa
The East Africa region has emerged over the past two decades as a region that is highly vulnerable to terrorist attacks and is considered a safe haven for international terrorist groups.Africa’s porous borders and lax security at airports and seaports and weak law enforcement agencies are ma...
Read MoreU.S. Anti-Missile Project In Romania: New Administration, Same Old Policy
By Vladimir YevseyevThis month Romania has been a source of unpleasant news for Moscow. President Traian Basescu agreed to host ground-based medium-range missile interceptors on Romanian territory as part of the U.S. missile defense project. The plans call for the ground-based version of the Aeg...
Read MoreThree Guantanamo Prisoners Sent to Albania
By Besar LikmetaThe transfer of the three prisoners, Saleh bin Hadi Asasi, of Tunisian nationality; Sharif Fati Ali al Mishad, from Egypt; and Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammad Abu al Qusin, from Libya, was reached through separate agreements between Albania and the United States.“This transfer is a ...
Read MoreNepal Constitutional Deadlock – South Asia Intelligence Review
By Anshuman BeheraNepal is, once again, being pushed to the brink, as a political gridlock stalls the drafting of her new Constitution. With just three months to go before the May 28, 2010, deadline which had been imposed on the Constituent Assembly (CA), in May 2008, for the writing of the Cons...
Read MoreState-Sponsored Terrorism – Hit, But Stealthily
Direct military action against a State-sponsor of terrorism waging a proxy war against us by using terrorism through surrogates as a low-cost weapon without the direct involvement of its Armed Forces would be counter-productive and messy.While there could be no doubt about India's ultimate s...
Read MoreWest Bengal: Sitting Ducks – South Asia Intelligence Review
By Ajit Kumar Singh for SATPJust six days after Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram held a meeting in the West Bengal capital, Kolkata, with the officials of the four eastern States of Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal – the States worst afflicted by the Maoist insurgency – to intensify in...
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