Effects of terrorist veterans returning to the West from foreign wars
Thomas Hegghammer of the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment recently found that most terrorists originating in the West (Europe, Australia, or the US) conduct their terrorism in conflict zones...
View ArticleWatch for greater Bangladesh Army attempts to quash unrest, and a further...
Unrest in Bangladesh has increased due to trials against Jamaat-e-Islami leaders stemming from war crimes in 1971 (Washington Post). Watch for greater army involvement in attempts to quash violent...
View ArticleSouth Korean public opinion shifts towards independent nuclear capability
Gallup opinion polls conducted following North Korea’s third nuclear weapons test found that approximately 64% to 66.5% of South Koreans believe South Korea should develop an independent nuclear...
View ArticleWatch for increased socialism in Latin America
Despite the political change that just swept Venezuela — which may indicate a decrease in the promotion of socialism from that country — a more powerful influence for Latin American socialism just...
View ArticleEffect of European political disunity on the Euro and global economy
Today, France joined the UK in publicly threatening to rupture a common approach to European Union (EU) foreign policy by sending arms to Syrian rebels (Bloomberg). This, on the heels of the January 11...
View ArticleGDP Per Capita and Democracy Explain 87% of the Social Progress Index
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 1, April 2013. By Anders Corr, Ph.D. Social Progress Imperative, a global group that produces well-being data for 50 countries, released their Social Progress...
View ArticleLegal Services Reform in China: Limitations, Policy Perspectives, and...
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 6, October 2013. By Julian Yulin Yang, Esq. Abstract: Mr. Julian Yang, a practicing lawyer and arbitrator in Beijing, China, describes problems with the Chinese...
View ArticlePhysical Vulnerability of the Internet
Journal of Political Risk, Vol. 1, No. 7, November 2013. By Tom Elliott, Ph.D. On March 27, 2013, while the technology world preoccupied itself with a sophisticated cyberattack on a spam prevention...
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