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		<title>American War and Iraqi People</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Iraq War in Context Paul Rogers, October 2010 http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/monthly_briefings/iraq_war_context &#160; Internal US military logs on the Iraq War released by Wikileaks on 22 October have raised numerous issues about coalition behaviour, including attacks on civilians, as well as collusion in covering up the abuse and killing of prisoners. The document releases also show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=678&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Commonwealth Games and the Indian Reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Commonwealth Games and the Indian Reality” David Robinson http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=11044 International sport is often said to be about far more than the competition, promoting intercultural understanding, friendship and respect. In the case of the unfolding Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, disorganisation and athlete’s living conditions have put a strain on the latter two values, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=658&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In the News: America&#8217;s Secret War in Pakistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In historical parallel to US operations in Cambodia and Laos during the Vietnam War, America is now engaged in a secret war in Afghanistan. “Counterterrorist Pursuit Team: 3,000 Man CIA Paramilitary Force Hunts Militants In Afghanistan, Pakistan”. KIMBERLY DOZIER and ADAM GOLDMAN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/22/counterterrorist-pursuit-_n_734961.html WASHINGTON — The CIA has trained and bankrolled a well-paid force of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=646&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Critical Security Studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My posts haven&#8217;t been very prolific lately, but I decided I would wait until I had written something new and original before I posted again. This is an essay on Critical Security Studies, written as part of the Master of International Relations course I am currently undertaking. It is a lot more theoretical than my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=607&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The New Great Game in the Caucasus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Caucasus Cauldron” 7 July 2010 By George Friedman http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20100706_caucasus_cauldron?utm_source=GWeekly&#38;utm_medium=email&#38;utm_campaign=100707&#38;utm_content=readmore&#38;elq=e547a8616b0640f28fa24c6ee8b11e9e &#8220;This report is republished with permission of STRATFOR&#8220; U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited some interesting spots over the July 4 weekend. Her itinerary included Poland and Ukraine, both intriguing choices in light of the recent Obama-Medvedev talks in Washington. But she also traveled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=584&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CIA and Google Invest in Predicting the Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Google, CIA Invest in ‘Future’ of Web Monitoring” By Noah Shachtman 28 July 2010 http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/07/exclusive-google-cia/ The investment arms of the CIA and Google are both backing a company that monitors the web in real time — and says it uses that information to predict the future. The company is called Recorded Future, and it scours [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=567&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>John Pilger on Wars and &#8216;Wars of Perception&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Charge of the Media Brigade” By John Pilger ON LINE Opinion: Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10668 First published in New Statesman on 8 July 2010. The TV anchorwoman was conducting a split screen interview with a journalist who had volunteered to be a witness at the first execution of a man [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=554&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hearts, Minds and Wallets &#8211; China in Africa Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interview I gave last week for Eric Olander of the &#8216;China Talking Points&#8217; website &#8211; http://www.chinatalkingpoints.com With reference to my recent article, &#8216;Hearts, Minds and Wallets: Lessons from China&#8217;s Growing Relationship with Africa&#8216;, Eric wanted to discuss the issues surrounding China&#8217;s expanding economic and political influence in Africa, and the hysteria demonstrated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=547&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The ‘Military-Academic Complex’ and US Government Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Flynn, &#8220;The Surge of Ideas&#8221; (Washington, DC: Foreign Policy In Focus, June 24, 2010) http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_surge_of_ideas Michael Flynn from the Institute for Policy Studies writes this week about the influence of the ‘military-academic complex’, and how key American military officers have used independent think tanks to influence the US government’s policies on Iraq and Afghanistan. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=537&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s Rise as a Great Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Regional and Global Implications of India’s Rise as a Great Power. David Robinson Introduction: Over the last decade there has been an increasing focus on India’s economic and military expansion, and its consequences for South Asia and the world. India is rapidly rising to become a great power, but its ascent depends on maintaining [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lfort.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11179546&amp;post=516&amp;subd=lfort&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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