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Frosty winter for Uzbek-Kyrgyz relations
Security co-operation with Uzbekistan has succeeded in neutralising Islamist radical activity in Kyrgyzstan's south. But with the approach of winter, there are signs that ...
31-Oct-2006
Pakistan's dangerous Afghanistan policy
Afghans are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the performance of Hamed Karzai's government and as the country slides into ever more instability, Pakistan's ultimate game ...
31-Oct-2006
Iranian Guards alleged to be active
In late July, Israeli sources claimed Iran had established an airlift of supplies, including missiles, for Hizbullah to Syria's Ad Duhur air base north ...
16-Aug-2006
The Bekaa: unfinished business
As a ceasefire brokered by the UN takes hold in Lebanon, Israeli leaders have declared they had seriously degraded Hizbullah's military capabilities during the ...
16-Aug-2006
Syria: the key to Lebanon conflict?
Four weeks after the Israel-Lebanon conflict broke out, Israeli forces have yet to achieve the key objective of putting an end to Hizbullah's capability ...
09-Aug-2006
Israel's hunt for Nasrallah
Assassinating Nasrallah would provide the Israeli government with a much needed propaganda victory. However, until he can be pinpointed and eliminated, the militant chief ...
09-Aug-2006
Britain's nuclear future
In June, Gordon Brown, the British chancellor of the exchequer, confirmed that the UK government will keep Britain's nuclear deterrent. A decision to extend ...
02-Aug-2006
Somalia: lurching back to war
With international diplomacy focused on the Israeli-Lebanon conflict, the ongoing insurgency in Iraq and Iran's nuclear programme, the Horn of Africa seems to be ...
02-Aug-2006
Ukraine facing political crisis
A turbulent week in Ukrainian politics has seen the collapse of the pro-Western Orange coalition even before a new government could be proposed. JID's ...
12-Jul-2006
Russia's Iranian strategy
As the G8 summit meets in St Petersburg, the role of Russia in bringing about a solution to the Iran nuclear crisis may prove ...
28-Jun-2006
Lebanon and Israel's 'spy rings'
Over the years, the Lebanese authorities have announced many times that they have broken up Israeli espionage cells. However, recent claims that the country's ...
28-Jun-2006
A bid to halt nuclear production
On 18 May the US submitted a draft treaty to the 65-nation UN Conference on Disarmament under which nations would agree to halt production ...
08-Jun-2006
Lithuania's political crisis
The coalition government of Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas has resigned following the decision of the country's Labour Party to withdraw its support. However, ...
08-Jun-2006
Moscow denies Syria base plan
A curious series of claims and official denials has emerged in Moscow following media coverage of supposed negotiations between the Kremlin and Damascus over ...
08-Jun-2006
Egypt's intelligence probes attacks
In a surprise move, the Egyptian interior ministry disclosed last week that bombers who have been responsible for the deaths of 120 people in ...
31-May-2006
The high price of rehabilitation
This has not been Tripoli's first attempt to broker a deal with Washington. In early 1999, as Ghadaffi's increasingly beleaguered regime was putting out ...
31-May-2006
The Libyan connection
The restoration of US diplomatic relations with Libya after more than a quarter of a century of confrontation is the result of a several ...
31-May-2006
Montenegro goes it alone
The narrow referendum result in favour of full independence for the tiny southern Balkan state of Montenegro has set a potentially dangerous precedent for the...
24-May-2006
Palestinian power struggle
Recent attempts to assassinate two senior security chiefs allied to beleaguered Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in the Gaza Strip have intensified the escalating...
24-May-2006
Israel on alert over port security
On 3 May, shortly before dawn, an attempt by Palestinians to evade the Israeli naval blockade off the Gaza coast was foiled by naval patrol...
17-May-2006
Learning to live with a nuclear Iran
Iran's continued rejection of compromise solutions to the mounting crisis over its nuclear programme is leading some regional analysts to conclude that, short of military...
17-May-2006
Iran:'nuclear weapons by 2010'
Iran will have acquired nuclear weapons by 2010 unless the international community takes action, according to the head of Israeli Military Intelligence, Major General Amos...
10-May-2006
Israel's new defence minister
The appointment of Amir Peretz as Israel's new defence minister has been received with surprise and concern by some among the Israeli public, media and...
10-May-2006
'Divine Strake' - testing for Iran?
The US will conduct a high-explosives test in June at the U16B complex on the Nevada Test Site to determine how effectively a massive conventional...
03-May-2006
Yemen under renewed scrutiny following militants? prison escape
In recent years, Yemen’s government and intelligence services have been eager to demonstrate their commitment to the US-led war on terrorism. However, a series of...
03-May-2006
Iran: bluff or real danger?
As Iran steps up its open defiance of the UN, the regime in Tehran seems determined to provoke an international response. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
19-Apr-2006
Plot against Hizbullah 'foiled'
Claims of an alleged plot to assassinate Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, secretary-general of the Iranian-backed Hizbullah movement and a key ally of Iran and Syria, have...
19-Apr-2006
Britain's deterrent - the inquiry
The UK Defence Select Committee's first inquiry into the future of Britain's nuclear deterrent was held in three sessions during March. JID's nuclear analyst reports....
05-Apr-2006
US support for Party of the Regions
These contradictions in the Party of the Regions are not unusual as it is the most unstructured and ideologically amorphous of the factions in the...
05-Apr-2006
Communists left out in the cold
The left - as in the Kuchma era - has been effectively excluded from foreign policy making. With even fewer seats in the newly elected...
05-Apr-2006
Lithuanian intelligence in focus
Lithuanian intelligence in focus It has been a hectic few months for Lithuania's State Security Department. Jane's Baltic correspondent reports on a series of ...
29-Mar-2006
Fallout from Israel's jail siege
Following Israel's recent raid on a jail in Jericho and the seizure of top Palestinian militants there is mounting concern that the regional security situation...
29-Mar-2006
Israel and Iran: nuclear test cases
The condemnation by the US and other Western nations of Iran's decision to resume uranium enrichment highlights the difference between the treatment of countries such...
21-Mar-2006
Yaalon fuels Iran strike debate
Former Israeli chief of staff General Moshe Yaalon commented recently that Israel has a military option with respect to Iran and that this must not...
21-Mar-2006
Sub-critical tests: new nukes?
The so-called 'sub-critical' nuclear test conducted in Nevada on 23 February by the US and UK has aroused suspicions that it may be the first...
15-Mar-2006
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