IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Copenhagen climate conference may be overshadowed by leaked emails showing some scientists apparently colluding to exaggerate global warming; and while the scandal does not mean that climate alarmism is unfounded, it does suggest that global warming science is less than ‘settled,’ Simon Roughneen writes for ISN Security Watch. By Simon Roughneen for ISN Security...
Deep Politics Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Chaos in Thailand's Muslim South Muddy Waters In Thai Deep South -- ISN More shootings in Thailand’s troubled south show that no end is in sight for an often brutal insurgency, despite the army's 'hearts and minds' efforts, Simon Roughneen writes for ISN Security Watch. Lieutenant-General Pichet Wisaijorn, regional commander of the Thai 4th army, told reporters in Thailand’s...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Muddy Waters In Thai Deep South -- ISN More shootings in Thailand’s troubled south show that no end is in sight for an often brutal insurgency, despite the army's 'hearts and minds' efforts, Simon Roughneen writes for ISN Security Watch. Lieutenant-General Pichet Wisaijorn, regional commander of the Thai 4th army, told reporters in Thailand’s capital on 18 November that “things...
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
24 Nov 2009 More shootings in Thailand’s troubled south show that no end is in sight for an often brutal insurgency, despite the army's 'hearts and minds' efforts, Simon Roughneen writes for ISN Security Watch. By Simon Roughneen in Bangkok for ISN Security Watch Lieutenant-General Pichet Wisaijorn, regional commander of the Thai 4th army, told reporters in Thailand’s...
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
5 Nov 2009 The US sends a high-level delegation to Burma in advance of President Barack Obama's ASEAN summit next week, but little progress is expected any time soon, Simon Roughneen comments for ISN Security Watch. By Simon Roughneen for ISN Security Watch A high-level US delegation visited Burma on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, meeting with Prime Minister General Thein...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... part of an Asean or greater East Asian union, any more than it is part of the European Union" . Simon Roughneen, in an October 28 article for Asia Times Online, held that political and economic differences between ASEAN countries posed a significant obstacle to the formation of a bloc as well, since "such disparities go against the grain of economic integration experiences elsewhere,...
