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- Managing State Failure
In Brave New War, John Robb poses the question: “Will global guerrillas strive for a complete shutdown of Iraq’s infrastructure, or do they achieve more through a partial shutdown?”
Previously, I argued that Russia was intentionally creating a seam-state curtain around it. This includes the conflicts in Transdniester, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Kosovo and Nagorno-Karabagh as well [...]
- G8 2008
The next Group of Eight Summit will be held in Hokkaido where Curzon will be biking around over the next ten days. Tokyo has been making all sorts announcements in preparation for the summit. One story that has been featured in the news is the readiness of the Japanese National Police Agency’s Counter-Terrorist Special Assault [...]
- Soldier of Africa
Via Hidden Unities comes the amazing Soldier of Africa blog about a South African infantry major on assignment in Darfur (or formerly in Darfur, now back home). It’s interesting not only because of the first-hand insight, but also because of the inter-African viewpoint, such as South Africans fascinated by camels, a common fixture in [...]
