Think Tank Reports
Analysis of the reports emerging from the influential organizations that inform our understanding of the region.
The Climate Change Conference has created an aura of anticipation with many betting against its success and others holding on to the hope that this round might advance a concerted commitment to the climate change process. This tension has inspired two Think Tanks, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Chatham House, to address the prospects for the success of the conference, as well as the obstacles that it will need to overcome. In a report entitled The Darkest Hour, Chatham house...
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Friday, 30 Oct, 2009
On September 23, Colonel Qaddafi spoke for the first time at the UN General Assembly. The leader of Libya, who is renowned for his eccentric behaviour, delivered a 90 minute diatribe, in which he demanded an African seat on the Security Council. Much to the dismay of his audience that was not where his speech ended. After having torn up the UN Charter and suggesting the Security Council be called the Terror Council, Qaddafi also suggested that those who caused mass murder in Iraq be tried. Am...
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Saturday, 24 Oct, 2009
The Center for Strategic and International Studies recently released a report assessing the most prominent threats in the Gulf. Interestingly, the report focuses on the lesser exp...
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Saturday, 17 Oct, 2009
The American occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq has turned out to be more costly and murkier than was initially thought. Writing in Newsweek under the title of “Eight Years On...
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Thursday, 8 Oct, 2009
The question of how to deal with Hamas is at the forefront of discussions regarding possibilities for peace in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The prospect of a s...
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Monday, 20 Jul, 2009
Following the end of the Cold War's arms race between the U.S. and Russia the question of nuclear proliferation has continued to dominate the concerns of leaders with and without ...
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Monday, 20 Jul, 2009
The policy report Engaging Iran: Lessons from the past addresses various obstacles that the Obama administration will have to face in implementing a policy of...
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Monday, 13 Jul, 2009
The Carnegie Endowment’s report on the role of reform of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies’ on its prospects for democracy aims to contribute to previous work done by the org...
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Monday, 22 Jun, 2009
What is understood by Jihadist International is the loosely connected movement of militant and terrorist groups worldwide, which came to the fore after the 9/11 terrorist attacks....
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Monday, 15 Jun, 2009
Does the Islamic Sharia (Islamic law) sanction the use of violence? What is the relationship between Sharia and militancy? Does the massacre operations executed by the Islamist gr...
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