March 10, 2010 13:13 GMT

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Under the Umbrella
written by: Michael Ruehle
Mar 05, 2010
In his now famous Prague speech last April, United States President Barack Obama endorsed the vision of a world without nuclear weapons. He sent a strong political signal: if repairing the fragile nuclear nonproliferation arrangements required a credible disarmament commitment by the nuclear weapons ...more
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Russian Military Doctrine Looks East
written by: Roger McDermott
Mar 03, 2010
Statements by senior Russian defense officials raise many questions concerning Moscow's defense posture. The Chief of the General Staff Army-General Nikolai Makarov and the First Deputy Defense Minister Army-General Nikolai Pankov recently chaired a roundtable with Russian journalists in Moscow, ...more
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China and India's turf war in Nepal
written by: Bhumika Ghimire
Mar 01, 2010
As protests in Lhasa erupted just five months before 2008 Beijing Olympics, China was forced to realize that the Tibet issue could no longer be dealt as a solely internal matter. Neighboring Nepal's capital Kathmandu was scene of violent struggle between local police and Tibetan protesters. International ...more
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Iraq's Uncertain Future: Elections and Beyond
Mar 01, 2010
Baghdad/Washington/Brussels, 25 February 2010: The run-up to the Iraqi elections on 7 March has brought to light deep-seated problems that threaten the country's fragile recovery.
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Hungary Signs South Stream Project Agreement
written by: Vladimir Socor
Feb 26, 2010
On January 31 in Budapest, Russian and Hungarian officials signed the project agreement for the construction of Gazprom's South Stream pipeline on Hungarian territory. Hungary's privately-owned MOL Company, a member of the Nabucco consortium, is not a party to the South Stream agreement. Hungary ...more
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