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4/5/2010 The New York Bomb Plot

Siddharth Ramana

The 2 May 2010 attempted detonation of a car bomb in New York City, United States, should be considered as another near miss incident on the United States' terror radar. What remains a pivotal edge which authorities have against terrorist groups is the public support, and as leads and information about the perpetuators reaches into the hands of investigators, the further inroads we make in the War on Terror.

23/3/2010 Blind Destinies

Ajai Sahni

For centuries, outsiders have defined the critical turning points of destiny across South Asia, and this does not appear to have changed. There is an evident collapse of leadership across much of the region, and an incapacity to capitalize even on the tremendous gains that have been secured in many of the constituent countries. Once again, it seems, the decisions of outside forces will overwhelmingly determine the trajectory of violence and the receding possibilities of peace, in this vast, populous and troubled region of the world.

4/3/2010 The "Talibanization" in the Balkans

Shaul Shay

The government in Bosnia is currently situated between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, the US and Western European countries demand the cooperation in the global war on terror, while on the other hand, the authorities and the public have a problem to operate against the Mujahidin that stood by them in their past struggles.

26/2/2010 With Ahmadinejad's Finger on the Trigger

Ely Karmon

The author of this commentary suggests that we are witnessing the results of a deliberate decision by the Iranian leadership to provoke Israel into attacking Hezbollah. Such an attack would mean launching a war on Lebanon, and if Iran has its way, it would involve Syria, and destabilize the entire Middle East.

21/2/2010 A Decade Since the Supreme Court Decision on Interrogations ( H.C.J. 5100/94 )- A Successful Gamble?

Arie Rotter

This commentary delves into the highly-debated issue of the legality and jurisprudence of sanctioned interrogation methodsand its effects on successful counter-terrorism policy.

18/2/2010 Afghanistan: Between National Reconciliation and Jihad

Shaul Shay

Almost a decade after the beginning of operation "Enduring Freedom" (2001 - 2010), President Hamid Karzai and its Western backers have increasingly signaled their hope for a negotiated end to the war with the Taliban and its allies.

21/1/2010 Chinese Scholar Favours China - India - Israel Quasi Alliance

Degang Sun

China, India and Israel would do well to establish a consultative mechanism to fight jehad. The three most important non-Muslim and secular societies on the periphery of Eurasia have strong mutual complementarities in the matter, contends noted Chinese scholar Degang Sun, currently Associate Professor at Middle East Studies Institute, Shanghai International Studies University.

16/1/2010 Israel's West Bank Barrier and the Belfast Wall

Ely Karmon

The Belfast "Peace Line Wall" is probably the closest example to the West Bank Security Barrier, in the sense that it separated two communities, the Catholics and the Protestants in Northern Ireland capital, fighting in a bloody conflict since 1969.

10/1/2010 Democracy as a Stumbling Block in the Global War on Islamist Terrorism – A Viewpoint

Dubi Yung

This commentary discusses the contriversial issues of efficacy of counterrorism policy vs. the need to uphold liberal democratic rights and values in democracies. With the increasing trends of radicalization and terrorist attacks perpetrated from within Muslim communities in the West, there is a present need for more assertive and creative political methods of dealing with this phenomenon.

7/1/2010 Freedom from Religion: Learning from the Attack on Flight 253

Amos Guiora

Amos Guiora of the University of Utah College of Law says that in the wake of the thwarted Christmas Day terrorist attack on a US airliner bound for Detroit, we must recognize that religious extremism poses an immediate danger and that religious extremists no longer deserve immunity predicated on faith.

Article first published in the Jurist: Legal News and Research on January 6, 2009

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