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Small arms transfers to Cuba

July 26, 2011

The Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers has “the only on-line global database of small arms transfers”. Small arms, according to the Initiative, consist of weapons such as rifles, pistols and shotguns; and light weapons include mortars, machine guns and man-portable missile launchers. While perusing their database I found the following entries representing small arms [...]

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Quote of the day

July 26, 2011

“The consolidating of Raúl Castro in his position as successor to his brother Fidel confirms that his Cuba will give the military hegemony on a national scale, which makes seemingly impossible any serious political or economic opening in the near future.” Carlos Pérez Llana, former Argentine ambassador to France, in his op-ed “El ejército en Cuba arma nuevo orden,” published [...]

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Diplomatic corner

June 25, 2010

Leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia will visit Havana, Managua and Caracas in July to acknowledge regional support for separatist movements. [EFE] Cuba restates its support of Argentina’s claim over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) before the UN. [Prensa Latina] The Cuban ambassador in the United Kingdom visited Northern Ireland and met with Sinn Fein president [...]

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China’s significant & growing int’l importance

September 6, 2009

The RAND Corporation examines China’s role as a global actor in the int’l system in its latest monograph titled: “China’s International Behavior: Activism, Opportunism, and Diversification.” RAND describes Chinese global activism as “continually changing and has so many dimensions that it immediately raises questions about its current and future intentions and the implications for global [...]

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Latin America in the next 25 years

December 4, 2008

U.S. Joint Forces Command (USFCOM) released its Joint Operating Environment 2008 today outlining a strategic framework that forecasts possible threats and opportunities that will challenge the future US joint force. USJFCOM is one of US Department of Defense’s nine combatant commands and has several key roles in transforming the U.S. military

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The Monroe Doctrine: Circling the Drain

September 23, 2008

Security in Latin America | Southern Pulse Many of the legacies left by George W. Bush will focus on the War on Terror and Iraq. In Latin America, however, his legacy will be one that always remembers how Latin America was lost on his watch. As President Bush closes out his final months in office, [...]

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