Mara Caputo

This week the ISN takes on the following topics:

• Monday’s ISN Insights package unearths the root causes of conflict in the resource-rich Niger Delta, as tensions mount against the backdrop of a shaky 2009 government amnesty deal with militants.

• An ISN Special Feature on Tuesday examines critical cartography and aesthetics in International Relations.

• Wednesday we’ll present an ISN Reading Syllabus on military interventionism.

• An ISN Special Feature on Thursday takes a closer look at the state of global governance in the fight against terrorism funding.

• And on Friday, we’ll offer up another podcast interview.

And in case you missed any of last week’s special coverage, catch up here on: advances in cyber-range capabilities; early signs of a Sino-Indian rapprochement; the special plight of girl soldiers; and Bolivia’s economic woes.

This truncated week of ISN coverage starts today, following Monday’s Swiss National Holiday:

• On Tuesday, the growing private-public partnership to enhance virtual cyber-range techniques is under the ISN Insights’ microscope.

• Wednesday’s ISN Insights‘ article — by Dr Rupak Borah of the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations at Manipal University, India — addresses the question: Is a China-India thaw in the offing?

• ISN Insights examines the gender-specific roles and challenges faced by female child soldiers with help from Cassandra Clifford, founder and executive director of the Bridge to Freedom Foundation in Washington, DC.

• And Friday’s podcast discusses Bolivia’s growing economic woes.

And in case you missed any of last week’s coverage, you can catch up here on: America’s economic decline; humanitarian interventionism; global drug policy reform; the rise of Bitcoin; and terrorism as a political instrument.

This week the ISN hones in on the following topics:

• In Monday’s ISN Insights package, Professor Gerard DeGroot of the University of St Andrews opines about the decline of American power.

• We offer up a reading syllabus on humanitarian interventionism on Tuesday.

• On Wednesday, ISN Insights analyzes recent efforts aimed at reforming global drug policy, with a headlining article from Dr Markus Schultz-Kraft of the Institute for Development Studies.

• We highlight an audio-visual presentation of the first decentralized digital currency — bitcoin — on Thursday.

• And Friday’s podcast interview with Andrea Stieglich of the Economist Intelligence Unit takes a closer look at Bolivia’s state of affairs.

Catch up on last week’s coverage here on: Pakistan’s energy security; market interventionism; US foreign policy in East Asia; the case for rebel victory; and a CFR conversation with Paul Kagame.

This week the ISN highlights the following topics:

• In our ISN Insights’ feature on Monday, the Jamestown Foundation’s Roman Muzalevsky analyzes the challenges and opportunities of enhancing energy security in Pakistan.

• We offer up a readers’ syllabus on market interventionism on Tuesday.

• US-China relations are under the microscope in an ISN Insights’ package on Wednesday, headlined by award-winning Washington Times’ reporter Shaun Waterman.

• On Thursday, we highlight a mixed-media special feature about historical counterfactuals in civil wars and insurgencies.

• And on Friday, we feature a Council on Foreign Relations‘ podcast interview with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.

And in case you missed any of last week’s coverage, you can catch up here on: the history of the Jewish presence in Pakistan; the US Institute of Peace’s conference on North Korea; evolving US-Czech relations on missile defense; a discussion of Pakistan as a ‘failed state’; and violence in South Kordofan.

This week the ISN will highlight the following topics:

• In our ISN Insight for Monday, Dr Shalva Weil of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem investigates the history and disappearance of the largely unknown Jewish presence in Pakistan during much of the 20th century.

• We feature a partner event on Tuesday: the upcoming US Institute of Peace conference on North Korea.

• Wednesday’s ISN Insight explores the reasons behind the Czech Republic’s recent decision to scrap plans to participate in the US anti-ballistic missile defense system, thanks to a commentary from the founder and executive editor of Transitions Online, Jeremy Druker.

• We’ll highlight an interactive map with a discussion of Pakistan as a potentially failed state on Thursday.

• And our Friday podcast will discuss the current bloodshed in Sudan’s South Kordofan.