Search Results for “Foreign Policy” – Page 270

2009/08/032009/08/06

AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 3 August 2009

Hot Topics AA: Democracy and a tale of two republics 07/29/09 AA: SOMALIA-UGANDA: AU deaths under spotlight 07/31/09 AO: Over 19000 foreigners entries recorded 07/28/09 BI: HRW condemns Burundi move to criminalize homosexuality 08/02/09 CD: Democratic Republic of Congo bans RFI 07/30/09 ER: The house of despair 07/29/09 ET: IFEX members raise alarm over anti-terrorism law 07/29/09 ET: What is …

Continue reading “AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 3 August 2009”

2009/08/03

PACOM Week in Review Ending 2 August 2009

Hot Topics BD: Bangladeshi military not above the law 07/30/09 BT: Royal Address at the Concluding Ceremony of the 3rd Session of … 07/30/09 FJ: Police fork out for 300 pastors 07/27/09 HK: Pulp non-fiction hits Hong Kong 07/27/09 ID: New light on birth of Indonesian Navy 08/02/09 ID: Noordin look-alike reported to police office in Mataram 07/31/09 …

Continue reading “PACOM Week in Review Ending 2 August 2009”

2009/08/032009/08/03

Journal: DoD Eyes Program Cuts To Fill $60B Shortfall

By JOHN T. BENNETT Published: 3 August 2009 As the Pentagon prepares to bolster its counterinsurgency capabilities, the big winners appear to be light intratheater cargo planes, unmanned aerial vehicles, countermine warfare systems. Losers may include amphibious craft, heavy armored vehicles and air defense systems, according to defense officials and experts. . . . . …

Continue reading “Journal: DoD Eyes Program Cuts To Fill $60B Shortfall”

2009/07/27

AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 27 July 2009

Hot Topics CG: Global Witness names British firms dealing with Congo rebels 07/21/09 KE: Kenya to register mobile users to cut crime 07/23/09 KE: Kenyan telecoms firm warns of privacy violations 07/25/09 NG: In Niger Delta, Uneasy Peace as Rebel Disarmament Date Nears 07/27/09 SD: Darfur Peacekeepers Will Be Able to Curtail Violence, UN Says …

Continue reading “AFRICOM Week in Review Ending 27 July 2009”

2009/07/222009/07/22

EUCOM Week in Review ending 22 July 2009

Hot Topics AZ: Azerbaijan-Russia gas deal mainly attributable to Russias defense 07/17/09 BA: Bosnians Got What They Voted For 07/20/09 BG: Court action against Bulgarian military for gender discrimination 07/19/09 DE: France, Germany vie to sell Pakistan subs 07/22/09 IL: In Possible Iran Signal, Israeli Boats Cross Suez 07/21/09 IL: Mossad and Military Intelligence engaged …

Continue reading “EUCOM Week in Review ending 22 July 2009”

2009/07/222009/10/24

Journal: COIN Meets Reality in Hindu Kush

Listen closely and you can hear the slow release of hot air. There’s a leak somewhere, and it appears to be coming from the giant red, white, and blue balloon set aloft some months ago by the counterinsurgency experts who convinced everyone in Washington that Afghanistan was one “graveyard of empires” that could be resurrected for the good of the world.

2009/07/202009/07/22

PACOM Week in Review Ending 19 July 2009

Hot Topics CN: China rising in Latin America, but wont overtake United States 07/19/09 CN: Chinas police-state crackdown in Xinjiang creates international …07/16/09 ID: The Al Qaeda Paradox 07/17/09 ID: Jakarta Hotel Bombs, The Military & The CIA 07/17/09 IN: Scientists save India’s moon mission from failure 07/17/09 NZ: NZ needs to play its part …

Continue reading “PACOM Week in Review Ending 19 July 2009”