Every year for at least the past two decades, a hole in the ozone layer in the stratosphere has formed over the Antarctic during the spring months. The destruction of
It now seems clear, some would say abundantly clear, that the Bush administration is intent on terminating the Saddam Hussein regime, and it is frankly difficult to see how war
As the United Nations (UN) weapons inspection process continues in Iraq, and with mixed signals coming out of Washington, there appears to be some uncertainty over the likelihood of war.
Diplomatic moves by the United States to gain support for the termination of the Saddam Hussein regime have intensified in the past two weeks. One aspect of this has been
An analysis of the status of al-Qaida published a month ago entitled Is al-Qaida winning? came to the conclusion that the organisation had experienced disruption in Afghanistan and a number
The intense activity of the war on terror, combined with the build-up of US forces in the Gulf for a war with Iraq, has taken attention away from one other
The United Nations (UN) inspection process is now getting under way with the arrival of Hans Blix and his team in Baghdad. But an absence of four years means that
Three events in the past few weeks combine to give us an unusually clear indication of US security policy in the coming years. Two occurred last week and are obvious;
Fourteen months after the attacks on New York and Washington, what is the state of the war on terror? It is particularly appropriate to ask this now, with so much
Although there were suspicions in United States intelligence circles that North Korea was continuing to develop its nuclear weapons, one of the problems for US agencies was the way in
Colin Powells speech at the beginning of this week, that regime change in Iraq might not be necessary if there is unequivocal evidence of disarmament, is part of a
Although the major focus of security analysts in recent months has been on the US policy towards Iraq and the probability of war within three to four months, some observers
