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Unmasking Terror Volume IV: A Global Review of Terrorist Activities brings together over 50 experts on terrorism.
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Will Xinjiang’s Turkistani Islamic Party Survive the Drone Missile Death of its Leader?
March 11, 2010
Drone Attacks: Pakistan’s Policy and the Tribesmen’s Perspective
March 11, 2010
US Assists Kyrgyzstan in Constructing Anti-Terrorist Center in Batken
March 11, 2010
Yanukovych Will Ignore Russian Espionage Against Ukraine
March 12, 2010
Russian Strategic Interests Shifting Eastward
March 16, 2010
Though it appears to have occurred on February 15, the death of the leader of al-Hizb al-Islami al-Turkistani (Turkistani Islamic Party - TIP) was reported only in recent days (Geo TV, March 1; Dawn [Karachi], March 1; The News...
This paper provides an analysis of Pakistan's policy on unmanned aerial vehicle (“drone”) attacks in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and how these attacks are perceived by students from Waziristan, the...
During his visit to Bishkek on March 10, the Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), General David Petraeus, reiterated that by helping to build an anti-terrorist center in Batken city, Washington does not seek...
The election of the Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine’s president presents a fundamental shift in the country’s national security culture as outlined by his three presidential predecessors. The most important...
On March 8, an open letter by a group of German politicians and military officers, including the former German Defense Minister, Volker Ruehe, recommending that NATO should offer membership to Russia stimulated speculation that...
“Gross Expropriation” or a Softer Approach at Kovykta?
The Russian government seems to envisage two options for disposing of TNK-BP’s giant Kovykta gas project in Siberia: coercive re-nationalization with compensation for the capital already invested, or without compensation. The...
Gas Lobby Takes Control of Ukraine’s Security Service
March 18, 2010
On March 11, the Ukrainian parliament appointed Prime Minister, Nikolai Azarov, and a new Security Service (SBU) Chairman, Valery Khoroshkovsky. As Ukrayinska Pravda (February 24) warned: “An additional bonus for the...
Moscow Exploits TV Invasion Hoax to Isolate Georgia
March 18, 2010
On March 13, the pro-government, Imedi TV broadcasted what appeared to be a documentary report about a new Russian invasion that led to President Mikheil Saakashvili’s assassination. The program caused widespread public panic...
Russia Looks East and Sees Storm Clouds: Part One
March 18, 2010
As Roger McDermott has already noted (EDM, March 16), Army-General Makhmut Gareev, the President of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences, recently addressed what he called the “eastern vector” of Russian national security in...
Hobson's Choice: China's Second Worst Option on Iran
March 18, 2010
In late February, a high-level Israeli delegation visited China in an attempt to convince Beijing to go along with sanctions against Iran. Headed by Lieutenant General (ret.) Moshe Ya'alon, vice prime minister and minister for...
Taiwan’s Navy: Still in Command of the Sea?
March 18, 2010
The Republic of China Navy (ROCN), or Taiwan Navy, has an ambitious vision for its future strategy. According to the “ROC Navy Vision,” which is available on the Navy’s website, “Based on the guidance of ‘Command and control...
Reports
Terrorism Trends in South and Southeast Asia
March 9, 2010
While the Arab Middle East is political Islam’s ideological and historical core, South Asia and Southeast Asia, concentrated in the Indonesian archipelago, make up the modern demographic core of the Muslim world. Advocates of...
Britain & the North West Frontier: Strategy, Tactics and Lessons
December 17, 2009
The tribal areas of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) fully deserve President Barack Obama’s description as “the most dangerous place in the world”. This remote and inhospitable region is only nominally under...
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Yemen on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Security Interests in the Horn of Africa
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Yemen on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Security Interests in the Horn of Africa
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Media Appearances
Jamestown Analyst Ramzy Mardini Cited in United Press International
December 8, 2009Jamestown Analyst Ramzy Mardini cited in the article "Iraq: More bombings to come as polls near," United Press International, December 8, 2009.
Glen Howard Cited in The Associated Press
October 2, 2009Jamestown President Glen Howard is quoted in the article "After shooting outside Washington, victim questions why Russia angle discounted by police," Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2009.
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Jamestown Welcomes New Board Members
December 2, 2008General Carlton Fulford (Ret.), Bruce Hoffman, and Kathleen Troia McFarland Join Jamestown Foundation Board
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October 26, 2007
“Russia’s Race for the Arctic and the New Geopolitics of the North Pole.”