September 2010
20 posts
Pakistan blocks key NATO supply route →
In retaliation for NATO drone attacks inside Pakistan, major supply route to Afghanistan is cut. read more
In Afghanistan, pipe dreams of peace →
Can a perennially postponed pipeline help bring stability to Afghanistan? read more
Chechnya: choked by headscarves , Tanya Lokshina →
“Even in the 90s at the time of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria it wasn’t as bad as it is now. After all I didn’t wear a headscarf then and, though the keepers of public morals would sometimes…
From Helmand to Merseyside: Unmanned drones and... →
The Merseyside deployment is merely one of the first, tentative step within a much wider push by arms contractors and security and technology corporations. Supported by Governments, these are…
Colombia’s land reform under a new president, Olof... →
When Juan Manuel Santos in his inauguration speech said that, “all the land of those displaced by violence, regardless of whose hands it might be in today, will be returned to its rightful owner”,…
Our weird and wanton wars, Jim McCluskey →
Many citizens in Britain are puzzled. Why do we always seem to be at war? How can this come about? What does it mean? At the same time we seem to think of ourselves as a peaceful nation. In seeking…
GAME | Triage & Consequences in Abyei, Sudan →
US Envoy Scott Gration hitched rides on the UN Helo to Abyei, Sudan, Sudan Envoy.
HUMANITARIA | From the Crew at HELO Magazine, September-October 2010
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Afghanistan’s decade of war, and the endgame, Paul... →
The war in Afghanistan enters its tenth year in early October 2010. It is already clear that 2010 is proving to be a turning-point point in its course. The clearest indication of this is the…
Forget Luzhkov: bulldogs under the carpet again,... →
In Russia, the brighter the ray of truth, the darker the cellar from which it shines.
In Russia the campaign against the ‘cult of the capital’ is underway with a vengeance.
But the political…
Good grief! Afghanistan’s Charlie Brown elections →
Analysis: For the Afghans who risked their lives to vote in elections, a Charlie Brown moment. read more
On Location: A firefight in Kunar Province →
Video: By ballots and by bullets, the fight for Afghanistan rages on. read more
Amid violence, Afghans vote →
A holiday atmosphere descends on parts of Kabul, as attacks elsewhere deter voters. read more
On Location: A firefight in Kunar Province →
Guinea elections 'postponed' after violence, fraud... →
A second round run-off vote in Guinea’s presidential elections due to be held on Sunday has been “postponed,” according to election officials. Thierno Ceydou Bayo, head of communication for the…
Nicolas Sarkozy: a one-trick pony?, Mathew Moran →
Since 2002 and his appointment as interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy has unashamedly used the theme of security to fuel his political career. Indeed, the issue of security has emerged as a…
Afghanistan elections: the women who gave up →
As Saturday’s elections approach, female politicians lament lost opportunities. read more
Britain’s security future, Paul Rogers →
The coalition government of centre-right Conservatives and more centre-left Liberal Democrats that emerged from Britain’s general election on 6 May 2010 soon pledged itself both to severe cuts in…
Kashmir rocked by intensification of violence,... →
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appealed for calm as fresh clashes between protestors and police in Indian-occupied Kashmir left at least five people dead on Wednesday. Wednesday’s…
US strikes major US arms deal with Saudi Arabia,... →
The US has all but concluded an arms deal with Saudi Arabia worth up to $60 billion, it was announced this week. The deal is understood to be the largest of its kind ever. The plan, which will see…
Sudan: prospect and lesson, Richard Cockett →
Sudan, Africa’s largest country by land-mass, is about to disappear. Or rather, to put it less dramatically, in all likelihood the country will soon cease to exist in its present form. In a…