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April 12, 2012 · 8:36 am

Blackmail during the Endgame in Eelam War IV

Michael Roberts,13 April 2012 … courtesy Eurasia Review, where you will find blog comments. Also see Colombo Telegraph for a different set of comments. The essay here has some embellishments and refinements. Blackmailing Sri Lanka, 2009 The long and episodic … Continue reading →

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September 27, 2013 · 11:54 pm

Think GLOBAL, act LOCAL — Al-Shabab and the protean spread of Islamic radicalism

Greg Sheridan, in The Weekend Australian, 28 September 2013 AL-QA’IDA is back. Terror is on the march, geographically, organisationally and ideologically, winning a place in the hearts of tens of thousands of young Muslim men. The Arab Spring is dead. … Continue reading →

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