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Despite massive expenditure by the Nigerian government over the past decade, counter-terrorism operations by security forces have achieved limited success and the country is still ranked on the Global Terrorism Index as one of the states most affected by terrorism. Is the problem one of bad policy, strategy and tactics, or is corruption in the leadership ranks of the security …
February, 2020
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2 February
Coronavirus Grown in Lab Aiding the Search for a Vaccine
What can one do to stay safe? Don’t panic. There is as yet no reason to believe that the Wuhan coronavirus will have a devastating impact upon humanity.
January, 2020
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30 January
Trump Middle East Peace Plan – Terms of Surrender for the Palestinians?
Should this plan become, like so many of its predecessors, a political football on both sides of the ocean, the people who make their homes and live their lives on politicians’ playing fields will lose.
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27 January
Nile Basin States Must Build a Flexible Treaty. Here’s How
Instead of allocating the Nile waters based on a fixed, perpetual water supply Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt must consider changes in weather patterns, among other factors.
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20 January
Ugly Geopolitics = Hypocrisy At Best
Geo-political considerations and commercial interests – not morality and principles -currently define international relations, argues one Pakistani analyst.
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13 January
Cyberspace is the Next Front in Iran-US Conflict
Cyberspace remains the wild west, with few, if any, agreed-on rules of engagement or well-understood signaling mechanisms. This makes any ongoing cyberconflict between Iran and its enemies all the more dangerous, with critical infrastructure companies at risk of being caught in the crossfire.
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6 January
Trump Fast Forwarded Pullout From Iraq?
The US hostilities are likely to not only derail the Afghan peace process but also, possibly turn western Afghanistan into another battleground for the US-Iran proxy war.
November, 2019
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27 November
Germany’s Quiet Leadership on the Libyan War
Although Germany’s mediation role in the Libyan conflict has received relatively little attention so far, this might change if its initiative leads to a peace conference – or, alternatively, a collapse of the political process.
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19 November
Hopes for the Future Dashed: Balkans Security After the French Veto
The European Council’s failure to open accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania could mark a turning point for peace in the Western Balkans.
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18 November
Bolivia in Crisis: How Evo Morales Was Forced Out
Without Morales on the ballot paper in a future election, a large section of the electorate will not be able to vote for their candidate. This is a situation that some will call justice, given the way Morales skirted around the constitutional term limits, but that will leave a large, mainly rural, indigenous section of the population disenfranchised. Such frustration will lead to further violence if left unresolved.
