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http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?lng=en&id=95464 Amid economic flux, Obama faces challenges and opportunities across Asia, with the possibility of revolutionary change in China, but state failure in Pakistan. By Simon Roughneen in Singapore for…
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/Security-Watch/Detail/?ots591=4888CAA0-B3DB-1461-98B9-E20E7B9C13D4&lng=en&id=93530 It remains to be seen how an inexperienced public representative with an uncritically liberal voting record can become the reconciling planet healer (in a country and world marked by…
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/30/new-violence-in-philippines-sparks-terrorism-fears/ SINGAPORE | The southern Philippines, long considered a safe haven for al Qaeda affiliates, has relapsed into violence after a U.S.-backed peace deal between the government and a rebel…
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/14/petraeus-visit-focuses-on-military-assistance/ BEIRUT — Gearing up to take over the U.S. Central Command for the Middle East in September, Gen. David H. Petraeus last week paid a surprise visit to Beirut…
DUBLIN — The party once led by the current European Union ambassador to Washington is claiming that the U.S. is actively opposing European integration, posing a potential embarrassment as Prime…
DUBLIN -- Before his recent resignation, outgoing Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern prefaced the annual St. Patrick"s Day pilgrimage to the White House by predicting "a hard year" ahead for…
PRISTINA, Kosovo — A torched embassy building in Belgrade was the latest target of Serbian anger yesterday, as the United States faced growing consequences of its support for Kosovo's independence.…
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=13572 Governments and international organizations have pledged to give over US$5 billion in aid to earthquake-stricken Pakistan. At a UN- and Pakistani government-sponsored conference, attended by UN Secretary General Kofi…
http://www.oxfordgovernance.org/fileadmin/Publications/SB004.pdf ‘The security situation in Afghanistan is volatile, having seriously deteriorated in certain parts of the country. Attacks on national and international forces and on electoral, government and humanitarian workers…