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Published in: HomeBritain’s security future
The severe cuts facing Britain’s armed forces are also an opportunity to embrace the new thinking they and the country need.
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: wind of change
The annual report for 2010 of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, a leading establishment think-tank,...
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Published in: HomeAmerica in Iraq: power, hubris, change
The zealous attitudes and fevered misjudgments that drove United States policy towards Iraq in 2003 could yet have a...
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Published in: HomeIsrael’s security: beyond the zero-sum
The prospects for progress in the direct Israeli-Palestinian talks in Washington are meagre. But breakthrough is...
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Published in: HomeAn asymmetrical drone war
The United States and Israel see the next generation of armed drones as a potent reinforcement of their military...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida’s business jihad
The failed assault on a Japanese oil supertanker is, alongside developments in Iraq and Yemen, a signal of the...
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Published in: HomeIsrael’s security trap
Israel’s combative military posture, evident both in a tense border skirmish with Lebanon and in its wider strategic...
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Published in: HomeThe AfPak war via WikiLeaks
The release of official United States material by the website Wikileaks confirms and amplifies enduring political...
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Published in: HomeA tale of three wars: Afghanistan, Iraq...Iran
The United States and its allies are rethinking their commitment to Afghanistan by the week. But an attack on Iran...
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Published in: HomeIsrael vs Iran: fallout of a war
An Israeli assault on Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure and personnel would be far more extensive than many...
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Published in: HomeAsymmetric war: Iran and the new normal
The ability of Iran’s military to learn from experience and become adept in irregular warfare echoes that of...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: an impossible choice
The replacement of one United States general by another to lead the war against the Taliban leaves untouched the...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan: the fatal error
The revolving-door experience of United States military commanders in Afghanistan is but symptom of a flawed...
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Published in: HomeAfghanistan, and the world’s resource war
A new report that highlights Afghanistan’s extensive mineral deposits provides fuel for the United States’s military...
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Published in: HomeIsrael vs Iran: the risk of war
Iran is at the centre of a global storm: targeted by new sanctions, suspected by Washington, defended by Brazil and...
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Published in: HomeIsrael-Turkey-United States: Gaza’s global moment
Israel’s assault on a flagship attempting to break the blockade of Gaza has sparked international condemnation....
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Published in: HomeAmerica and the world’s jungle
An official directive that grants the United States army expanded counterinsurgency powers reveals Washington’s...
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Published in: HomeA world on the margin
The diverse social insurgencies in such countries as Thailand, Greece, India and China can also be seen in a common...
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Published in: HomeWashington vs Waziristan: the far enemy
The new pattern of United States military attacks in the AfPak borderlands is fuelling ever-greater hostility on the...
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Published in: HomeBritain, let’s talk about security
An inconclusive general election casts uncertainty over the shape of Britain’s next government. The issue of...