New Report from the : The Shrinking Costs of War
20 January 2010
The Shrinking Costs of War, Part II of the Human Security Report 2009, , 20 January 2010
The Shrinking Costs of War reveals that nationwide death rates actually fall during the course of most of today's armed conflicts. The study argues that wartime mortality, from disease and malnutrition, as well as war-inflicted injuries, has been driven downwards by:
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Significant changes in the nature of warfare??evident...
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Al-Qaeda Seeks to Trigger India-Pakistan War: Gates
20 January 2010
Gates Says Al Qaeda Seeks to Trigger India-Pakistan War, The Wall Street Journal, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said al Qaeda is working with an array of local militant groups to destabilize South Asia and trigger a war between India and Pakistan, an indication of growing U.S. fears about new terror attacks throughout the volatile region. Mr. Gates said al Qaeda had formed alliances with the Afghan and...
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Govt, Tribesmen Reach Accord in Taliban War Zone
20 January 2010
Pakistan, Tribesmen Reach Security Accord in Taliban War Zone, Business Week, 20 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's government reached an agreement to hand back responsibility for maintaining order in the longtime Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan to tribal leaders after a three-month military offensive. Elders from the Mehsud tribe, which dominates the area, endorsed a government proposal with a unanimous show of hands at a gathering...
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Pakistan's Military Balks at Obama's Afghan Surge
20 January 2010
, Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, January 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistan's cooperation is crucial to the success of the current US and Nato strategy in Afghanistan. Yet the Pakistani military not only has misgivings about the Nato surge but also its own agenda. Central to the discord is the military's view of the Afghan Taliban as assets to counter rival India's spreading...
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Security Companies on the Rise, But At Risk
20 January 2010
, China View, 16 January 2010
EXCERPT: "As the demand for private guards in the terror-torn Pakistan especially in Islamabad is on the rise, many of the private security companies in the country are focusing more on making money than providing adequate services. Clients in the capital city complain that the private security companies are ignoring the quality of their employees, adding...
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Poor Schooling Hampers Anti-Terrorism Efforts
20 January 2010
, The Washington Post, 17 January 2010
EXCERPT: "With a curriculum that glorifies violence in the name of Islam and ignores basic history, science and math, Pakistan's public education system has become a major barrier to U.S. efforts to defeat extremist groups here, U.S. and Pakistani officials say. Western officials tend to blame Islamic schools, known as madrassas, for their...
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Pakistan's Nuclear Future: Reining in the Risks
20 January 2010
Pakistan's Nuclear Future: Reining in the Risks, Strategic Studies Institute // US Army War College, December 2009
EXCERPT: "Unfortunately, a nuclear terrorist act is only one?and hardly the most probable?of several frightening security threats Pakistan now faces or poses. We know that traditional acts of terrorism and conventional military crises in Southwest Asia have nearly escalated into wars and, more recently, even threatened...
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