Site Map - International Security

01/26/2010 - ♦ As the memory of Mumbai endures, India bolsters security for its 60th Republic Day. ♦ The BBC weighs how Western governments should respond to the terrorist threat emanating from a fragile Yemen. ♦ A new study from Harvard details al Qaeda's attempts to acquire nuclear weapons and whether the threat persists today. ♦ The Pakistani government tells Parliament that approximately 2,000 people have been killed in terrorist attacks since April 2009. ♦ Hackers target friends of employees at Google and other tech companies in the hopes of indirectly hitting their mark: the employees.

01/22/2010 - Approximately 72 American citizens, some ex-convicts, have disappeared into the ungoverned spaces of Somalia and Yemen and may pose a jihadist threat to the United States, according to a report released yesterday by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

01/13/2010 - Google yesterday announced that it would no longer censor its search engine results in China after the company discovered it was the target of sophisticated cyberattacks emanating from the country.

11/24/2009 - Development aid in Afghanistan, contrary to the conventional wisdom, may make the region less secure, according to the preliminary findings of an ongoing research project. Watch a panel discussion of the topic online.

11/23/2009 - Last year's Mumbai terror attacks underscored the difficulties multinational corporations potentially have protecting their property and employees overseas. Two security professionals who traveled to India early last year discuss how to provide security in India while respecting its cultural traditions and norms. (Online Exclusive)

11/02/2009 - Italian police have arrested one of the country’s most wanted mob bosses and his two brothers, according to media reports.

10/15/2009 - The United Arab Emirates, a neighbor and trading partner with Iran, is taking a closer look at government workers and foreign residents due to concerns about possible infiltration by Iranian agents, according to The Wall Street Journal.

10/13/2009 - Three international oil consortiums have agreed to Iraq's terms for investment, which they rejected in a bid round this summer, to develop two oil fields in the south of the country, according to media reports of a press conference with Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani on Tuesday.

09/29/2009 - Lawmakers at a recent House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing expressed concerns over a civil nuclear agreement between the United States and the United Arab Emirates. Read the transcript and watch the video online.

09/28/2009 - A U.S. agreement with the United Arab Emirates to help the country develop a nuclear power sector is raising critical concerns that introducing nuclear technology into the volatile Middle East isn't smart policy.

09/16/2009 - The United States Air Force shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) on Sunday morning after it lost control of the aircraft over a remote area in Northern Afghanistan.

09/08/2009 - Despite the scandal engulfing private embassy security in Afghanistan, the U.S. government will increasingly rely on private security contractors to protect U.S. personnel and property as U.S. troops leave Iraq.

08/31/2009 - The leader of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference has called on the Obama administration to follow through on its promise to fight disease and promote public health in the Muslim world. Listen to his comments at an Atlantic Council event here.