After yesterday’s vote and the approval today of legislation allowing for the rapid implementation of new austerity measures, one may legitimately wonder what tomorrow has in store for Greece, a country that will always have special significance in the West. Few, it seems, have failed to notice the symmetry in the fact that until Wednesday [...]

Dear Reader, It’s been almost a month since the 9th International Security Forum (ISF) came to a close. In case you need further political inspiration and don’t want to wait until the next ISF, here’s a brief list of upcoming international events for your calendar. Cannes Water Symposium 29 June – 1 July 2011, Cannes, [...]

This illustration highlights the disparity between China’s per-capita income and its aggregate income in comparison with other countries. China is not a superpower, said Major General Pan Zhenqiang, deconstructing one of the “myths” about his country. A retired officer from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and deputy chairman of the China Foundation for International Studies, [...]

Coming up this week in ISN Insights: On Monday, US space policy is under the microscope in an article from Washington, DC-based independent journalist Peter Buxbaum. Professor Bob Ash of SOAS analyzes China’s changing consumption patterns on Tuesday to help determine who’s gained and lost during the country’s economic boom. On Wednesday, Sofia University’s Professor [...]

Money laundering by mafiosi, human trafficking and cyber crime: these are the top three security threats identified by the Swiss federal police in their 2010 annual report (German). What is striking about this list is that each menace is transnational in nature. What does this mean? For one: as this assessment by the Swiss authorities [...]