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CELAC: a voice for Latin America and the Caribbean?
Carlos Portales 2 February 2012
The recently founded Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) is based on an agreement that... more  
Violent Islamist uprising in northern Nigeria: from the "Taleban" to Boko Haram II
Nigeria by Radio Nederland Wereldomroep Morten Bøås 27 January 2012
Boko Haram has re-emerged from the ashes of the death of its original leader as an avant-garde organisation... more  
Prospects for youth-led movements for political change in Pakistan
15th MEU supports Pakistani Disaster Relief by United States Marine Corps Michael Kugelman 16 January 2012
In the context of the mass protest movements over the last year, this new policy brief assesses the likelih... more  
Middle East and North Africa report 19, December 2011
Voter reads in queue by Kodak Agfa 13 January 2012
Summing up significant events in the Middle East and North Africa in December 2011. A spate of violence in... more  
President Martelly – call on Haiti's youth!
Haitian schoolboys by Breezy421 Henriette Lunde 13 January 2012
Half a year has passed since Michel Martelly was inaugurated as the new president of Haiti, and so far the... more  
Tensions in the second year of the Arab revolution
Tunisian protest by Gwenael Piaser Mariano Aguirre 21 December 2011
One year after a street vendor set himself on fire in Tunisia, sparking revolts that were to spread across... more  
King Abdullah of Jordan and the Arab Spring
Hashemite kings by Stopping to eat the roses Nicolas Pelham 21 December 2011
Long the region’s unlikely survivor, the Hashemite dynasty of Jordan has thus far survived the Arab winds o... more  
In the shadows of globalisation: drug violence in Mexico and Central America
Pistols by faeriefly717 Benedicte Bull 19 December 2011
Mexico and the northern triangle of Central America (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) are currently exp... more  
Middle East and North Africa report 18, November 2011
Wall of Martyrs in Cairo by Erik N 13 December 2011
An analysis of recent events in the Middle East and North Africa and an interpretation of what outcomes it... more  
Russia, the U.S. and drugs in Afghanistan
Opium fields ready for harvesting are the target of poppy eradication by Afghan National Security Forces. Taken in Bala Baluk, Afghanistan in April 2009 - by ISAF media Ross Eventon 30 November 2011
In Afghanistan and Central Asia, the U.S. and Russia are engaged in an intense struggle for influence. For... more  

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