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It's week 43 on the ISN's editorial calendar, Photo: Gary Thompson/flickr

We’ll highlight the following:

  • In ISN Insights on Monday, Peter Buxbaum dissects the accuracy of the claim that China’s currency policies are costing American jobs
  • We’ll have a roundup of the recent Swiss elections on Tuesday
  • In Wednesday’s ISN Insight, Anuj Chopra assess the state of post-war reconciliation and reintegration in Sri Lanka
  • Pakistan and geopolitics is under discussion on Thursday
  • And in Friday’s podcast, Dr Max Abrahms considers whether terrorism is an effective tool of political change

And in case you missed any of last week’s coverage, you can catch up here on: India’s struggle to counter terror; Uganda and conflict; political succession in Tibet; an ODI event on political economy and development; and Cyprus

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It's week 42 of the ISN's 2011 editorial coverage, Photo: Eva the Weaver/flickr

We’ll highlight the following:

  • In ISN Insights on Monday, Dr Harsh Pant from the Department of Defense Studies at King’s College London comments on India’s faltering counterterrorism policy
  • We’re featuring another ‘keyword in focus’ on Tuesday
  • In Wednesday’s ISN Insight, Denis Burke of The Broker magazine analyzes the path to political succession in Tibet
  • We’ll feature an upcoming event being held by our partner, the Overseas Development Institute on Thursday
  • In Friday’s ISN podcast, Drs. Oya Dursun-Oksanca and Odysseus Cristou will discuss political perspectives on Cyprus

And in case you missed any of last week’s coverage, you can read up here on: the Viktor Bout trial; our content holdings on Liberia; Black Sea geopolitics; the origins of ‘international’ thought; and the work of identifying the missing

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This Week at the ISN…

It's week 41 on the ISN's editorial calendar, Photo: Marc Thiele/flickr

We’ll highlight the following topics:

  • In ISN Insights on Monday, Dr John Daly of Johns Hopkins Central Asia-Caucasus Institute previews the trial of ‘Merchant of Death’ Victor Bout set to open this week
  • On Tuesday, we’ll feature our vast content holdings on Liberia
  • In Wednesday’s ISN Insight, Professor Plamen Pantev from Sofia University discusses an oft forgotten geostrategic realm: the states surrounding the Black Sea
  • On Thursday, we offer up a brief history of power
  • In Friday’s ISN podcast, Andreas Kleiser discusses the work of the International Commission of Missing Persons

And in case you missed any of last week’s coverage, you can catch up here on: a new Saudi security force funded by the US; an update on Northern Kosovo; Putin’s return to the Kremlin; a profile of Kenneth Waltz; and a discussion on the real and perceived threats of cyberwarfare

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This Week at the ISN…

It's week 40 on the ISN's 2011 editorial calendar, Photo: Jon Jordan/flickr

We’ll highlight the following topics:

  • In ISN Insights on Monday, Jody Bennett uncovers a little known US-Saudi defense deal to keep revolution in the Kingdom at bay
  • On Tuesday, we’ll discuss the security situation in northern Kosovo in the context of Serbia’s relationship with the EU
  • In Wednesday’s ISN Insight, Simon Saradzhyan of Harvard’s Belfer Center examines the implications of Putin’s return to the Kremlin
  • On Thursday, we continue our Great IR Thinkers series with: Kenneth Waltz
  • In Friday’s ISN podcast, Myriam Dunn discusses the real and imagined dangers of cyber warfare

And in case you missed any of last week’s coverage, you can catch up here on: China’s space policy; security curves and neorealism; organized crime and social media in Latin America; Islamic fundamentalist recruitment online; and democracy and change in Liberia

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This Week at the ISN…

It's week 38 on the ISN's editorial calendar, Photo: Leo Reynolds/flickr

We’ll be highlighting the following topics:

  • In ISN Insights on Monday, The Diplomat correspondent Eddie Walsh examines how concerns about the changing balance of power in the Asia-Pacific are fuelling a debate in Australia about the potential acquisition of new air capabilities
  • On Tuesday we explore enforcement archipelagos and island geographies
  • On Thursday we’ll discuss different conceptions of the border
  • In Friday’s ISN Podcast, Dr Daniel Kübler discusses the challenges facing megacities

And in case you missed any of last week’s coverage, you can catch up here on: India’s anti-corruption campaign; the utility of think tanks; US-German relations; national and transnational terrorism; and troop withdrawal in Afghanistan