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Map Room: Borders on Top of The World

22 May 2013 Security Watch

Yes, the melting polar ice caps are opening up new transportation routes and revealing untapped mineral wealth that will benefit us all. Uh, hold on, say Mark Terry and Adam Scholl. They remind us that increased accessibility could well lead to overlapping and dangerous territorial claims. More on « Map Room: Borders on Top of The World»

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Give Colombia's Long-Overdue Peace a Chance

21 May 2013 Security Watch

Continued dissatisfaction with the Colombian peace process may impact the final outcome of next year's presidential elections. The stumbling talks may also come to represent yet another missed opportunity to end decades of conflict between the state and FARC rebels, or so warns Robert Valencia. More on «Give Colombia's Long-Overdue Peace a Chance»

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Europe's Defense Double Dutch

20 May 2013 Security Watch

Julian Lindley-French doesn’t believe that shrinking European defense budgets will spur ever-closer defense cooperation. In fact, this erroneous notion not only jeopardizes NATO’s vision of Smart Defense, it also means that Europe’s leading armed forces will have a little bit of everything but not much of anything. More on «Europe's Defense Double Dutch»