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Henry Jackson Society Open Letter on Zimbabwe

Henry Jackson Society Open Letter on Zimbabwe

A letter to world leaders on the ongoing crisis


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The Emerging Crisis in Pakistan-U.S. Relations

The Emerging Crisis in Pakistan-U.S. Relations

Political changes in Islamabad are straining Pakistan's ties to Washington.


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Insufficiently Independent

Insufficiently Independent

By openly soliciting petrodollar investment in the future of British energy, the Prime Minister has demolished financial barriers to major national security threats in exchange for little economic advantage.


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Europe after Lisbon

Europe after Lisbon

Following the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union must now decide which path it will take. The decision taken holds the potential to define the very future of the E.U.


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A positive energy debate in the U.S. election campaign

A positive energy debate in the U.S. election campaign

John McCain and Barack Obama tackle energy. The debate is positive, but whose policies are more substantive?


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Cheer up. We're winning in the War on Terror.

Cheer up. We're winning in the War on Terror.

Progress in the War on Terror is tangible, but not reflected in the public mood amongst the West.


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Implications of the French Defence Review for a European Military

Implications of the French Defence Review for a European Military

The new Livre Blanc sets out the future for the French military. This modernisation process is mirrored on the European Union's vision for integrated forces with emphasis on brief military action in geo-strategic problems, which compromises their ability to deal with long term nation building, the spread of democracy and peacekeeping.


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Number 10's Terminological Troubles

Number 10's Terminological Troubles

The government is still referring to crimes committed in the name of Islam as 'violent extremism'. But how useful is this phrase?


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The West is confused about what to do in Abkhazia

The West is confused about what to do in Abkhazia

Western indifference in the face of Russian threats to Georgia may be ill-timed


"If you believe in the cause of freedom,
then proclaim it, live it and protect it,
for humanity’s future depends on it."

 

Henry M. ‘Scoop’ Jackson (31st May 1912 - 1st September 1983)

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