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Nurturing Instability: Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugee Camps

The vast Palestinian refugee population is routinely forgotten and ignored in much of the Middle East. Not so in Lebanon.

Also available in Arabic, Hebrew
Report / Asia

Nepal’s Faltering Peace Process

Despite successful elections and a lasting military ceasefire, Nepal’s peace process is facing its most severe tests yet.

Briefing / Asia

The Philippines: Running in Place in Mindanao

Six months after the collapse of autonomy nego­tia­tions between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippines government, low-intensity conflict continues but moves are under way to resurrect talks.

Also available in Russian
Speech / Asia

Training and Equipping Afghan Security Forces: Unaccounted Weapons and Strategic Challenges

Testimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives.

Report / Europe & Central Asia

Tajikistan: On the Road to Failure

Far from being a bulwark against the spread of extremism and violence from Afghanistan, Tajikistan is looking increasingly like its southern neighbour – a weak state that is suffering from a failure of leadership.

Engaging Syria? U.S. Constraints and Opportunities

Candidate Obama pledged that his Middle East policy would include re-engagement with Syria; President Obama will find that the past is not easily overcome.

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Briefing / Asia

Timor-Leste: No Time for Complacency

A year after the near-fatal shooting of President José Ramos-Horta, security in Timor-Leste is strikingly improved.

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