Overview: The primary drivers impacting security and stability in the Middle East region in 2007 are Iran?s regional and nuclear aspirations, increasing sectarian violence in Iraq , and civil …
Bangladesh Political Crisis and National Instability Likely to Worsen
The ongoing political crisis and street violence in Bangladesh has intensified as of late and is likely to crescendo in the run up to scheduled elections on January 22, threatening the legitimacy and …
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The Long Road Ahead in Somalia: Can It Get Better?
After the release of al-Qaeda?s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri?s, audiotape addressed to Muslims in Somalia on January 5, 2007 , the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ethiopian forces …
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Drug Trafficking Transcends All Borders
Historically, US counter-narcotics officials dismissed the ?balloon effect? theory-- whereby government efforts to eradicate illicit narcotics production in one area results in its transfer …
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Blair?s Successor Hints at a Foreign Policy Revised in the UK
In a BBC interview on January 7, UK?s treasury chief Gordon Brown indicated that an independent stance will be taken toward the United States and the Iraq policy in the future. Brown, who is …
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The Pope Remembers Africa
Pope Benedict XVI gave heavy priority to ongoing conflicts throughout Africa in his 2007 New Year?s meeting on January 8 with 175 ambassadors. This meeting and its contents are particularly …
Russian oil stops flowing in a pipeline through Belarus to Europe
If it is winter and the start of the New Year, then there must be an oil dispute between Russia and one of its former republics. Last year, the Ukraine and Georgia were in Russia?s crosshairs. …
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The Tyranny Response Team
The Tyranny Response Team (TRT) is an anti-government group composed of gun rights activists dedicated to removing any federal, state or local law currently in place in the United States, as well as …
New Year?s Eve Bangkok Bombings Portend Attacks Ushering in 2007
The coordinated New Year?s Eve bombings in Bangkok (Terrorist Incident forthcoming) portend insurgent attacks in the country in the near-term. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the eight …
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Colombian Port City Ravaged by Drugs and Militants
Buenaventura, Colombia , a port city located 215 miles southwest of Bogot? (see GoogleEarth map), has yet to experience the improved security, economic, and political conditions that many of …
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