Peace and Conflict
WSN Proposal: New WORLD 3.0 policy for Foreign and Defense Affairs is needed
WSN Proposal: New WORLD 3.0 policy for Foreign and Defense Affairs is needed
A fresh foreign and defense policy which we call "WORLD 3.0" depends on sufficient defense capability, which must be preserved. Without it the shell would lack a core and the…
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49th Munich Security Conference
49th Munich Security Conference
A fresh and lively 49th Munich Security Conference discussed new approaches in security and defense affairs. Its chairman Wolfgang Ischinger criticized that too many players are "still on a cold-war…
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Fritz Kraemer's World 3.0 in Istanbul
Fritz Kraemer's World 3.0 in Istanbul
The President of the World Security Network Foundation (WSN), Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, gave two impressive speeches on his new book True Keeper of the Holy Flame. The Legacy of Pentagon…
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Turkey and Syria: The Kurdish dilemma
Turkey and Syria: The Kurdish dilemma
As the civil war in Syria continues to spread Turkey is faced with a new dimension to its long-standing Kurdish problem. For decades, modern Turkey has been battling a bloody…
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A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
A Mafia in FATA: Haqqanis and Drones
"So the question is really not whether drone strikes are right or wrong; or indeed in the interminable debates of exactly how many civilian casualties they cause (without free access…
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Drones and their ability to defeat al Qaeda
Drones and their ability to defeat al Qaeda
The accelerating use of drones in Yemen, as well as the recent resumption of airstrikes in Pakistan, has highlighted the US' increasing reliance on the unmanned vehicles to target enemies…
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Reform is the Best Option
Reform is the Best Option
Many people in the world are disillusioned with the regimes under which they live and have zero confidence in their governments’ ability to enact real reform, after so many years…
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Book Review: Dieter Farwick, Wege ins Abseits: Wie Deutschland seine Zukunft verspielt
Book Review: Dieter Farwick, Wege ins Abseits: Wie Deutschland seine Zukunft verspielt
Dieter Farwick, Wege ins Abseits: Wie Deutschland seine Zukunft verspielt, (Bielefeld, Osning Verlag, 2012). If there is one thing that can be said about this book it is that the…
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