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Pakistan,
Etats-Unis
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U.S.-Pakistan
Tensions Pressure Musharraf into Action
Dr. Federico Bordonaro, PINR 27/02/07
"...Pakistan will remain critical in the current year's
geopolitical developments. If the Musharraf government fails
to ensure a pro-Western course to remain in place in
Islamabad, enormous consequences for South Asia, the
U.S.-Islamist struggle, and the U.S.-China balance of power
will ensue".
Lire également, Read also :
Cheney
Presses Pakistan
CFR 27/02/07
Backgrounder
: Pakistan's Tribal Areas
CFR November 9, 2006
Iran, Nucléaire
- IAEA
Report on Iran
UN 22/02/07
"The latest report from the Director-General of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
on Iran, Implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons safeguards agreement in the Islamic
Republic of Iran, has been released as a UN document, S/2007/100."
Irak, Royaume Uni -
Blair’s
“Mission Accomplished” Moment
Center for Strategic & International Studies, February
26, 2007
"Prime Minister Tony Blair recently announced that up to
1,600 of the 7,100 British troops in Iraq would start to
withdraw this spring – a move that has triggered a number of
questions on this side of the Atlantic about Blair's timing,
motives, and the UK-U.S. relationship in general..."
Australie,
Etats-Unis -
The
Other Special Relationship: The United States and Australia at
the Start of the 21st Century
Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College,
February 27, 2007
"This volume summarizes the major findings of the
conference participants over the last year. Beyond the
thematic resemblance between this volume and the previous
study of U.S.-UK relations, another similarity is the
importance of two events in determining London and
Canberra’s relations with Washington. The terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001 (9/11) represent the first turning
point. The British and Australian governments reacted
similarly to these attacks—immediately identifying 9/11 as a
transformative moment in international relations. But the
Australian Prime Minister’s presence in Washington, DC,
during the 9/11 terrorist attacks intensified the personal
impact of the events, and within a few days his government had
invoked the ANZUS Treaty to offer its full support to the
United States. The second “big event” dominating both
U.S.-UK relations and U.S.-Australia relations has been
America’s management of the Global War on Terror and, in
particular, its leadership of the ongoing operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq..."
Liban, Syrie -
Saudi-Iranian
Mediation on Hizballah: Will a Lebanon Deal Come at Syria's
Expense?
David Schenker, Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, February 26, 2007
"On February 20, the Lebanese cabinet—with a
Hizballah-led opposition boycott—extended the term of the UN
commission investigating the February 2005 assassination of
former prime minister Rafiq Hariri. While the commission’s
work can now continue for as long as one more year, any future
decision about organizing an international tribunal to try
those indicted for the murder remains hostage to a vote—requiring
the opposition’s assent—in the paralyzed Lebanese
parliament. Meanwhile, Hizballah continues to press its demand
for increased political power within a “national unity”
government, threatening civil disobedience should its demands
not be met..."
Drogues,
Criminalité économique - 2007
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)
Annual report by the Department of State to Congress
"The 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
(INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to
Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance
Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack
all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year
2006. Volume I covers drug and chemical control
activities. Volume II covers money laundering and
financial crimes..."
Terrorisme -
DNI
Annual Threat Assessment of the Director of National
Intelligence for the Senate Armed Services Committee
DNI February 27, 2007
Opening
Statement of the Director of National Intelligence
Annual
Threat Assessment of the Director of National Intelligence
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, January 11, 2007
Terrorisme -
Exploring
Terrorist Targeting Preferences
By: Martin C. Libicki, Peter Chalk, Melanie Sisson, RAND
Corporation
"Al Qaeda, the jihadist network personified by Osama bin
laden, seeks a restored caliphate free of Western influence.
It uses terror as its means. But how does terrorism serve the
ends of al Qaeda? Understanding its strategic logic might
suggest what U.S. targets it may seek to strike and why..."
Terrorisme -
The
CBRN System: Assessing the threat of terrorist use of
chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons in the
United Kingdom
Chatham House 02/07
"A well-funded terrorist group, particularly one with a
long-term vision of conflict and with the intention to inflict
as much damage as possible upon unprotected populations, might
be attracted to the most sophisticated chemical, biological
and nuclear weapons, in spite of the associated technical
challenges. Even if only a remote possibility, the effects of
such an attack would be devastating and cannot be dismissed as
too remote to contemplate. But for some terrorist groups, the
threshold of success might be much lower. At this level, the
most basic chemical, biological and radiological weapons, and
possibly even Improvised Nuclear Devices, could all prove
tempting. It is appropriate, therefore, to think of CBRN as a
system, offering all that might be required for a range of
terrorist groups from the largest to the smallest, from the
almost casual to the most organized, and from the poorest to
the best funded..."
Immigration,
Etats-Unis - The
Myth of Immigrant Criminality and the Paradox of Assimilation:
Incarceration Rates Among Native and Foreign-Born Men
by Ruben G. Rumbaut, Ph.D, and Walter A. Ewing, Ph.D.,
Immigration Policy Center
"It is a myth that immigrants increase the amount of
crime in the United States. Data from the U.S. census and
other sources show that for every ethnic group — without
exception — incarceration rates among young men are lowest
for immigrants. This holds true especially for the Mexicans,
Salvadorans, and Guatemalans who make up the bulk of the
undocumented immigrant population..."
Guerre asymétrique -
The
Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in
Asymmetrical Conflict
By Marvin Kalb, Harvard University, Kennedy School of
Government 28/02/2007
"Based on content analysis of global media and interviews
with many diplomats and journalists, this paper describes the
trajectory of the media from objective observer to fiery
advocate, becoming in fact a weapon of modern warfare. The
paper also shows how an open society, Israel, is victimized by
its own openness and how a closed sect, Hezbollah, can retain
almost total control of the daily message of journalism and
propaganda..."
Information
revolution - Navigating
the Information Revolution: Choices for Laggard Countries
RAND Corporation
"The rapid diffusion of information and communication
technologies has had a profound impact. But the so-called
information revolution (IR) has been uneven, with some
countries being far ahead and others far behind, resulting in
the ‘digital divide.’ Lagging countries need the means to
move ahead if they are to access the benefits that IR offers
and not suffer the consequences of being left out.
Policymakers in these countries need to understand the drivers
of IR and how they vary across the various stages of IR. But
they are hampered by the lack of specific studies that could
provide specific tools to do so. This study identifies stages
of IR, classifies countries according to their various stages,
and using country-level data, identifies the drivers that are
important across stages of IR. The overriding drivers at all
stages seem to be levels of human capital, quality of
governance and the extent of urbanization. This analysis
unifies long-term adoption drivers with short-term diffusion
drivers to develop a road map that points the way for lagging
countries..."
Chine, Bourses
- The
Financial Domino Effect
CFR March 1, 2007
"It’s a truism to say the world’s economies are
interconnected, but the aftermath of the February 27 Chinese
stock market collapse was a blunt reminder of one of the
darker aspects of an integrated world marketplace..."
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