The last round of the P5+1 talks weren't held in Baghdad by chance. While Iran's nuclear dispute still has no clear endgame in sight, the next phase in Persian power play is quietly being rolled out next door ...
Category: Intelligence desks
Dossier: China, the Philippines and the Scarborough Shoal
The April/May 2012 standoff between China and the Philippines over the Scarborough Shoal went beyond the normal, periodic disputes that are part and parcel of the South China Sea ...
Israel’s reluctant friend
Talk of allowing its airstrips to be used in a military strike against Iran thrust Azerbaijan into the spotlight. It doesn’t want to be there ...
Let Iran save face
The ongoing nuclear standoff with Iran in part stems from its deliberate exclusion from the regional decision-making processes ...
Kadima: Not yet another centrist casualty
In Israel’s fractious politics, parties poised as ‘centrist’ have repeatedly proven themselves long on well-meaning rhetoric but short on survivability ...
Rehabilitating the war on drugs: Central America and the legalisation debate
The illicit drugs trade and the militarised government responses are the greatest threats to state and human security in the Americas. This policy briefing outlines a sustainable security alternative to the war on drugs.
Iranian parliamentary elections indicator of regime’s and Supreme Leader’s mounting anxieties
Khamenei’s chief challenge will be to preserve the status quo and his influence-patronage networks. This will be reflected in the individuals approved by him to head the key institutions, including the next presidency in 2013 ...
Dossier: Eta announces definitive cessation of armed activity
On 20 October 2011, the separatist group Eta announced a cessation of its violent campaign for Basque country independence and requested negotiations with the governments of Spain and France...
