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Published in: HomeBush to Obama: a toxic legacyA series of intelligence failures that stretch from Afghanistan to the American heartland reveals the depth of the...
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Published in: openSecurityDetroit plot triggers US intelligence shake-up
President Obama unveils new reforms of the US security bureaucracy in the wake of a White House report criticising...
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Published in: openSecurityYemeni foreign minister rejects US intervention in al-Qaeda fight
Yemen’s foreign minister rejects possibility of US intervention in its battle against al-Qaeda, suggesting fears...
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Published in: openSecurityIntelligence agencies in the United States under fire as airport security undergoes review worldwide
President Barack Obama criticises intelligence agencies for security failings as airport security undergoes review...
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Published in: Home"Dead Time"
Criminalisation of narcotics has little impact on consumption but creates a criminal class and a professional lobby...
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Published in: openSecurityScience, defence and strategy
Without strategy, the science of war overtakes the art of war.
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Published in: HomeBarack Obama, the fallen messiah
The “salvation narrative” projected onto Barack Obama created false expectations on the left and invited his...
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Published in: openSecurityIran raises nuclear tension with long-range missile test
Iran raises nuclear tension with missile test launch. Israel reacts angrily to Tzipi Livni arrest warrant issued by...
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Published in: openSecurityLeaked intelligence says Iran developing nuclear weapon
Secret document shows Iran working on key nuclear bomb component. Car bomb kills eight near Kabul hotel. Japan...
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Published in: openSecurityOperational art and modern American strategy
America's strategic ambiguity in Afghanistan and elsewhere has made understanding its operational doctrine all the...
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Published in: openSecuritySecurity contractors participated in CIA counterinsurgency operations
Employees of the private security firm Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, directly participated in CIA...
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Published in: openSecurityPoor nations at Copenhagen climate summit outraged by leaked memo
Wealthy nations are accused of 'carbon colonialism' as leaked climate draft sparks anger. General McChrystal...
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Published in: openSecurityCoordinated bombings ravage heart of Baghdad
Multiple explosions kill over 100 people in Baghdad. Gates to put pressure on Karzai in Kabul. US envoy commences...
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Published in: HomeBarack Obama: imperial president, post-American world
There is an increasing mismatch between the demands on the American presidency and the realities that constrain it,...
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Published in: openSecurityStudents' Day in Iran sees police crackdown
Anti-government protesters in Iran subject to police violence. US clueless on Bin Laden’s location. Police in Sudan...
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Published in: openSecurityNATO allies join US Afghan surge
Allied countries inside and outside NATO have committed an additional 7,000 troops to Afghanistan. A bloody suicide...
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Published in: openSecurityObama outlines eighteen-month, 30000 troop surge in Afghanistan
Obama announces 30,000 troop build-up in Afghanistan. Sri Lanka must help refugees leaving camps, say UN and rights...
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Published in: openSecurityGlobal cities – global gangs
Global cities linking global economic circuits are also home to transnational criminals and global gangs. This essay...
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