09/12/2012 | En Profundidad
Developing World: First Democratize, Then Restrain Yourself?
In order to enable growth that is environmentally and socially sustainable, few issues matter more than aligning political freedoms with economic prosperity. Kandeh K. Yumkella, the Sierra Leone native and director general of the UN's Industrial Development Organization, explores both the promise and the peril of unfettered globalization.
................................................................................................................................ |
13/10/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Afghanistan - India - Pakistan : Assassins from the Epicentre
A suicide car bomber attacked the Indian embassy in Kabul on October 8, 2009, killing 17 persons and injuring more than 70 others. The car bombing ripped through a street in the city centre during the morning rush hour, killing and injuring bystanders, almost all of them Afghans.
................................................................................................................................ |
29/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan- An Education in Failure
The madrassa (religious seminary) has long been a principal component of the supply chain of Islamist extremism in Pakistan. Most much-publicised but altogether half-hearted attempts at fixing this problem have inevitably failed, substantially for want of any real commitment to reform. The Pakistani madrassa, consequently, continues to provide foot-soldiers for the jihad in Jammu & Kashmir and elsewhere in India, as well as in Afghanistan, Iraq and other theatres of Islamist extremism and terrorism across the world.
................................................................................................................................ |
07/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
US- Pakistan - Aid for Terror
The United States of America has accused Pakistan of illegally modifying the Harpoon anti-ship missile and maritime surveillance aircraft P-3C for land attacks for potential use against India, a clear violation of United States law.
................................................................................................................................ |
14/08/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan- TTP: Momentary Decapitation
Quoting intelligence reports on August 7, 2009, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi confirmed that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone attack which targeted his father-in-law Maulana Ikramuddin’s house in the Laddha sub-division of South Waziristan on August 5.
................................................................................................................................ |
14/08/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan- TTP: Momentary Decapitation
Quoting intelligence reports on August 7, 2009, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi confirmed that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone attack which targeted his father-in-law Maulana Ikramuddin’s house in the Laddha sub-division of South Waziristan on August 5.
................................................................................................................................ |
03/09/2007 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan- Tipping Point
That President Pervez Musharraf is currently facing his toughest challenge ever is now a given. While this may not be the end-game for the General, there is a vast churning process underway in Pakistan.
................................................................................................................................ |
17/01/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan- Balochistan: A Tragedy Unfolds
"A very great tragedy is unfolding in Balochistan, and sadly the world is not paying attention." - Akbar Bugti
................................................................................................................................ |
12/12/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan- Searching for Order in Waziristan
Despite the deployment of an estimated 80,000 troops along the Afghan border in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), the situation is far from stable in the region that is crucial to Islamabad and Washington.
................................................................................................................................ |
23/08/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Pakistan - Northern Areas: Legal Ambivalence and Rising Unrest
On August 31, 2005, a bench of the Northern Areas Chief Court (NACC) will hear a petition filed to determine the constitutional status of Gilgit-Baltistan.
................................................................................................................................ |
10/08/2005 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
INDIA- J&K: The Threshold of Violence
Speaking in London on July 7, 2005, two days after the foiled terrorist attack at Ayodhya, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, that these incidents, "if they get repeated, have the potential to disrupt the peace process."
................................................................................................................................ |
