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Pakistan: Anatomy of a Crisis, Skeletal Opportunities
(2009)CSS Analyses in Security PolicyHeightened levels of political instability, cross-border insurgency, regional conflict and terrorism all make Pakistan an urgent challenge for policy makers. An Islamic coup or a breach of nuclear security is not on the cards, but stabilizing Pakistan will remain a long and complex task. Until the international community finds a way of making civilian-military co-existence in Pakistan an agent for stability as part of a broader strategic ...Other Publication -
Operation Atalanta: Piraterie und Schweizer Sicherheitspolitik
(2009)CSS Analysen zur SicherheitspolitikOther Publication -
Last Throw of the Dice? US Strategy in Afghanistan
(2009)CSS Analyses in Security PolicyAfter languishing for several years as the West’s “forgotten war” following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Afghanistan has risen to the top of the international agenda once more as political instability, the insurgency campaign, transnational terrorism, and state fragmentation spread. A “step change” in strategic thinking on Afghanistan is certainly needed, but until security conditions can be improved and political solutions found across ...Other Publication -
Making Waves: Piracy Floods the Horn of Africa
(2009)CSS Analyses in Security PolicyOther Publication -
US$147/B One Year On: Political Winners and Strategic Losers
(2009)CSS Analyses in Security PolicyThis paper examines the political implications of oil prices as high as 147/bin2008 or as low as 33/b in 2009 on oil producing countries. After a five-year bull run from 2004-2008 oil producers became used to high receipts cementing support at home while buying influence abroad. Thus the political demise of producer regimes was expected to follow the sharp 2009 drop in prices. But amid a sustained economic crisis, the author argues, ...Other Publication -
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