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The Contested Landscape Of Jerusalem

The Review

John Matthew Barlow discusses University of Tel Aviv archeologist Raphael Greenberg's new research on the dig at Wadi Hilweh, and its political and cultural ramifications for Israelis and Palestinians.

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  • Contested Jerusalem

    Research

    John Matthew Barlow discusses University of Tel Aviv archeologist Raphael Greenberg's new research on the dig at Wadi Hilweh, and its political and cultural ramifications for Israelis and Palestinians.

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  • The Occidental Guerrilla

    Book Review

    Michael A. Innes reviews David Kilcullen's new book The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One. A timely and astute synthesis of experience, research and analysis, the author pinpoints the political shear between minority existential threats to US interests and the majority of the world's locally invested guerrillas who just want to be left alone.

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  • Architecture & Biopolitics

    Interview

    Berlin-based writer Daniel Miller's October 2008 interview with Swedish philosopher and SITE Magazine Editor-In-Chief Sven-Olov Wallenstein, on his new book Biopolitics and the Emergence of Modern Architecture (Princeton Architectural Press, 2009).

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  • Wired For War

    Symposium

    The second symposium in CTlab's 2009 series, focused on Peter Singer's new book, Wired For War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century (Penguin Press: 2009), ran from 30 March to 2 April. Singer and half a dozen scholars from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Austria debated the use and ethics of robots in war.

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  • The Limits Of "Security"

    Current Intelligence

    Kenneth Anderson explores the link between international financial instability and global security in response to Judy Shelton's recent Wall Street Journal op-ed.

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Thursday
18Jun

Where Do Security Concerns Stop?

| —Author: AuthorKenneth Anderson

At what point does "security" concerns stop being a useful point of reference for policy? It's a question that has been raised in the war on terror, but long predates it as a justification for public policy, legislation, government spending, etc. After all, the US interstate highway system - a magnificent achievement, yes, in providing uniform road transport links across a continental country, but surely mostly about economic development? - was justified as a tax expenditure partly in Cold War terms of

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—Filed On: DateJun 18, 2009 at 15:47
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Wednesday
17Jun

It Wasn't The Plan, It Was The Implementation...

| —Author: AuthorMike Innes

SHAIKH SHAHZAID CAMP, Pakistan -- U.S. envoy Richard C. Holbrooke, red-faced and sweaty, sat on the dirt floor of a stifling tent as Aslam Khan, a 38-year-old laborer, spoke haltingly of his family's panicked flight from a Pakistani army offensive against Taliban forces in their mountain village, three hours north of here.

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—Filed On: DateJun 17, 2009 at 20:51
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Tuesday
16Jun

Robert Baer On Iran

| —Author: AuthorMike Innes

Iran is not a theocracy. It is a military dictatorship headed by Khamenei and advised by a coterie of generals from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Army, as well as hard-liners in the secret police. Ahmadinejad is little more than the spokesman for this group. He may have a say in the day-to-day management of the economy and other parts of Iranian administration--but all important decisions, particularly those related to Iran's national security, including rigging presidential elections, are made by Khamenei.

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—Filed On: DateJun 16, 2009 at 22:45
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Tuesday
16Jun

The Streets of Tehran

| —Author: AuthorJohn Matthew Barlow

The protests that have rocked Tehran since last Friday are now the biggest, and most dangerous, protests Iran has seen since the 1979 Revolution.  Tens of thousands of people, young and old, men and women, have taken to the streets to protest against the dubious re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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—Filed On: DateJun 16, 2009 at 12:11
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Tuesday
16Jun

A Mis-Step by the Ayatollah Khamenei?

| —Author: AuthorJohn Matthew Barlow

The New York Times has posted this excellent analysis of the situation in Iran, where the apparent re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sparked violence and fighting in the streets of Tehran and other Iranian cities.

Initially, the Ayatollah had blessed Ahmadinejad for winning the election almost immediately, rather than waiting the traditional 3-day period for results.  Indeed, Ahmadinejad was declared the victor of the election almost immediately upon the closing of polls on Friday evening, raising people's suspicion.  Now, the Ayatollah has reversed field.  

Anyway, check out the piece.  It's worth the read.

—Filed On: DateJun 16, 2009 at 2:35
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