The Hub: International Perspectives

China, Russia and Central Asian countries of SCO want more involvement in Afghanistan

By Giorgio Fiacconi

As seen from Central Asia, the SCO meeting in Beijing is full of announcements and declarations but with very little practical results.

Friday, June 8, 2012 - 13:28

The Threat of HIV/AIDS to the South African Armed Forces

By Lindy Heinecken for ISN Security Watch
High levels of HIV/AIDS infection impact upon the South African National Defence Force’s ability to recruit new personnel and deploy troops.

Friday, June 1, 2012 - 09:58

Adding Strategic Depth to U.S.-Vietnamese Defense Relations

By Lewis M. Stern

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is scheduled to visit Vietnam following the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore in late May 2012.

Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 07:29

The decriminalization of drugs: the debate is open

By Gualberto Rodriguez San Martin

For the first time in the history of the hemisphere, the Organization of America States VI Summit of the Americas, held in Cartagena on April 14-15, put on the table, at the highest political level, the decriminalization of drugs.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 10:55

Prosecutor: Tymosenko to be charged with murder 'in two weeks time'

By Georgi Gotev, originally published by EurActiv
The Ukrainian prosecution will press murder charges against the country’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in two weeks time, Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin, responsible for her case, told EurActiv in an exclusive interview.

Friday, May 11, 2012 - 08:53

China suspends tours to PH

By The Manila Times

China told its citizens on Thursday they were not safe in the Philippines and its state media warned of war, as a month-long row over rival claims in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) threatened to spill out of control.

Friday, May 11, 2012 - 08:47

PM institutes land concessions moratorium

By Bridget Di Certo and Meas Sokchea, originally published by The Phnom Penh Post

Prime Minister Hun Sen has issued an immediate and indefinite moratorium on the granting of new economic land concessions and called for a review of all existing concessions, a regulation signed by the premier yesterday states.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 08:53

Grandeur, Russian Style

by Mauro De Bonis

Vladimir Vladimirovic Putin has often reassured the West that he has no intention whatsoever to recreate the Soviet Union. He's content with being the President – a role that's more to do with his destiny than his job, as he explained – of a Russian Federation that in order to be regarded as a global power, has to come to terms with huge domestic problems, as well as find a way to rein in the former Soviet space (an beyond).

Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 08:05