The highly-controversial election in Afghanistan has added to concerns that the international mission in that country is doomed to failure. It is indicative of …
November 2009
Brown chides Karzai as questions rise about the future of Britain's committment in Afghanistan
In the wake of the killing of five UK soldiers by an Afghan police trainee, PM Gordon Brown has called on Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai …
Ethnic divisions in northern Iraq: bad news for minorities
Baghdad’s north is increasingly divided between Arabs and Kurds and, according to Human Rights Watch, is highly detrimental to the other minority populations living in Iraq. …
UN pulls half its staff out of Afghanistan
On November 5, 2009 the United Nations pulled half of the staff it had in Afghanistan out of the country. A total of 600 of …
US Appeals Court Rejects Arar's Detention and Torture Claim
An American federal court of appeal ruled this week that Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, cannot sue the United States government and its officials because Congress …
Germany's Nuclear Dilemma and the Future of NATO
In 2009 the need for tactical nuclear weapons in Europe is dwindling. According to Prof. Joachim Krause of the Institute for Security Policy at Christian …