Monthly briefings on current issues in international defence and security and the military sciences. Issue: Dec 2007, Vol. 27, No. 12
Sudan's Crisis: Going Global
War in Sudan is never straightforward. Multiple and interlocking internal conflicts have drawn in myriad international actors and 'globalized' the violence.
Knox Chitiyo
Colombian Counter-Insurgency Gathers Momentum
Despite the succession of high-profile setbacks in Colombia's campaign against the FARC, the dominant trend of 2007 has in fact been one of accelerating operational momentum in the counter-insurgency campaign.
Mark Joyce
Resource Civil Wars
This article argues that global warming and environmental destruction will lead to international realignments that could have serious domestic repercussions within those states that make them.
Roger Howard
Japan - Strategic Developments, Fuel and Alliances
While Japan is experiencing political paralysis, the political debate and news coverage focuses largely on the daily political minutiae and not the broader strategic political issues at hand.
Nils G.Bildt