ISN Security Watch

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ISN Security Watch was a geopolitical news publication run by ISN ETH Zurich.

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• India Should Look to Australia to Satisfy its Growing Demand for Uranium

  Published 10 May 2011 | viewed 1,693 times

  While India maintains that nuclear power is the best way to address its growing energy needs, it does not possess sufficient uranium to meet demand.…

• UAE to Become the First Arab State to Use Civilian Nuclear Power

  Published 04 March 2011 | viewed 1,283 times

  Construction work started at a site close to the UAE border with Saudi Arabia last December, and the first reactor is scheduled to go online…

• Iraq Oil Output Highest in 20 Years

  Published 30 December 2010 | viewed 1,296 times

  Iraq's new oil minister, Abdul Kareem Luaibi, said the country's oil output has reached 2.6 million barrels per day, the highest level for more than…

• Russia Hosts Forum to stop the Arctic Becoming a Battleground Over Natural Resources

  Published 25 September 2010 | viewed 24,698 times

  The more than 300 participants at the event, dubbed "The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue," are to discuss climate change, issues connected with natural resources, and…

• Kim Jong Il of North Korea May be About to Name His Successor

  Published 23 September 2010 | viewed 1,843 times

  North Korea says it will hold its biggest political meeting in a generation, amid speculation that leader Kim Jong Il is about to name his…

• China Faced With a Long Road if it is to Emerge as Asia’s Leader

  Published 17 September 2010 | viewed 1,014 times

  Americans interacting with officials and other experts in the Asia-Pacific region in recent weeks would be reassured that official and other expert opinion among US…

• China Backs Burma’s Junta Leaders

  Published 15 September 2010 | viewed 1,479 times

  Burma's junta leader comes back happy from China after getting backing for his November election and a pledge from Beijing to snub ethnic militias inside…

• US Hegemony and the Balance of Power

  Published 13 September 2010 | viewed 237 times

  Recent Asian debates about the US role in global and regional security stem from two decades of strategic transition from Cold War bipolarity to uncertain…

• Tajikistan Population Turning to Sharia Law

  Published 11 September 2010 | viewed 1,560 times

  Even as the Tajik government maintains tight control on religion, the population is increasingly turning to Shari'a law to resolve disputes. When Bibi Zaynura's ex-husband's…

• The Middle East Falling out of Love With Obama

  Published 07 September 2010 | viewed 1,388 times

  Only fifteen months after his historic Cairo speech, there are alarming signs that President Obama’s new engagement policy with the middle east may soon find…

• US Naval Exercises and China’s Growing Coastal Waters

  Published 06 September 2010 | viewed 1,676 times

  Could it be that Chinese fascination, especially among the youth, for President Obama and the American process of choosing its leaders, is seen as particularly…

• Electricity Shortages in Iraq

  Published 01 September 2010 | viewed 1,656 times

  As US combat troops leave Iraq this month, one of the problems left behind is a critical shortage of electricity for ordinary Iraqis. The problem…

• Turkmenistan’s New Energy Policy Shows a Clear preference for China and the West

  Published 24 August 2010 | viewed 1,455 times

  Turkmenistan, so key to the energy plans of so many, had long shown its readiness to break Russia's stranglehold on its gas and oil exports.…

• Russia Strengthens it’s Backing of Georgia’s Breakaway Regions

  Published 24 August 2010 | viewed 1,211 times

  The Kremlin made a series of new gestures in support of Georgia’s breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on…

• Iraq’s Dangerous and Depressing Reality

  Published 23 August 2010 | viewed 2,018 times

  Iraq has since 2008 retreated from the brink of collapse, though it still remains perilously close to the precipice. There are daily attacks, such as…

• The About Face in Iran-Brazil Relations

  Published 22 August 2010 | viewed 1,357 times

  Brazil's president has pushed hard to unravel the diplomatic conundrum between Washington and Tehran, yet despite any perceived failures, he will leave Brazil with a…

• Interpreting Sharia Law in Afghanistan

  Published 22 August 2010 | viewed 1,367 times

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has added his voice to those condemning the Taliban-orchestrated execution by stoning of a young couple charged with adultery. The stonings…

• The Two Leaks

  Published 13 August 2010 | viewed 1,136 times

  While Russian media were reporting about the scandalous Wikileaks and predicting the imminent collapse of the coalition in Afghanistan, the leak of classified FSB documents…

• Dwindling Hopes for Climate Accord

  Published 11 August 2010 | viewed 151 times

  Heat waves and deadly floods notwithstanding, an effective global climate change treaty is not on the horizon. Delegates from 190 countries gathered in Bonn last…

• Iraq: The Conflict Over Power

  Published 10 August 2010 | viewed 1,362 times

  The current political impasse in Iraq is damaging to all parties involved. A UN-sponsored National Salvation Government may be the only way forward. The “Non-Dialogue”…