Growing Urban Islamic Militancy in Punjab Province Poses New Challenge for Pakistan Authorities Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 39 By: Zia Ur Rehman The Jamestown Foundation While Pakistan has directed its focus and significant resources to fighting terrorism in the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), the growing activities of banned [...]
Probing the Reasons behind Iran’s “Pre-emptive” Military Offensive against Kurdish Rebels Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 36 By: Alex Vatanka The Jamestown Foundation Iranian military forces began a large-scale and ongoing offensive in the northwestern part of the country in early July. The target of the operation is the militant Kurdish group Partiya Jiyana [...]
China or the SCO: Who will supervise Afghanistan? Publication: China Brief Volume: 11 Issue: 15 By: Jagannath P. Panda The Jamestown Foundation The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit at Astana on June 15, 2011 signalled Asia’s regional security order is slowly shifting as Afghanistan appears to be angling to become a new observer member in [...]
Near-Term Missions for China’s Maiden Aircraft Carrier Publication: China Brief Volume: 11 Issue: 11 By: Aaron Shraberg The Jamestown Foundation As China’s maiden aircraft carrier nears its sea trials one question that evades analysts’ minds is why China is building a carrier. For many of the carrier’s potential missions: from “recovering” Taiwan; to “solving” the [...]
Tribes, Salafists and Separatists: Yemen’s Changing Political Landscape Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 25 By: Michael Horton The Jamestown Foundation While parts of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s regime attempt to ensure their survival, Yemen’s multitude of opposition, tribal, and newly formed anti-government groups continue to vie for a role in whatever government might [...]
Russian Military Build-up in the Pacific May Not be Aimed at Japan Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 34 The Jamestown Foundation Pavel Felgenhauer Russia seems to have found a place to deploy its two most modern French-built assault helicopter-carrying ships – in the Far East to help defend the Kurile Islands. The first [...]
Coalition of the Willing Stands in for NATO in Libya Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 97 By: Vladimir Socor The Jamestown Foundation NATO’s combat operation in Libya involves only 10 out of 28 member countries. It amounts to a coalition-of-the-willing from among NATO members, continuing a pattern set in Iraq (NATO’s flag [...]
Mist Hangs Over Franco-Russian Mistral Deal Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 90 By: Roger McDermott The Jamestown Foundation Much of the western attention to the Franco-Russian political agreement on the procurement of the helicopter landing dock Mistral for the Russian Navy emphasizes its potential “power projection” capability. NATO members, including the Baltic States, [...]
NATO and the Responsibility to Protect: Whom Exactly? Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 96 By: Vladimir Socor The Jamestown Foundation Following in US footsteps, NATO has stumbled into its own war of choice in Libya. The rationale in this case is an assumed “responsibility to protect” populations, apparently anywhere, from mass-scale atrocities or [...]
Security Operations Conducted in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Chechnya Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 8 Issue: 93 By: The Jamestown Foundation Unidentified gunmen fired on a unit of Russian interior ministry internal troops yesterday evening (May 12) as they were conducting a reconnaissance operation in a wooded area of Dagestan’s Tsumadinsky district. An internal troops major [...]
