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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

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

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

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

• Former UN correspondent and National Press Foundation fellow Allyn Gaestel examines the crisis rape and HIV nexus in ISN Insights on Wednesday

• 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

We’ll be highlighting the following topics:

• In ISN Insights on Monday, King’s College London’s Dr Harsh Pant analyzes the impact of Anna Hazare’s movement on Indian democracy.

• On Tuesday, we’ll showcase an upcoming partner event, run by the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), about the impact of think tanks.

• Peter Buxbaum puts US-German relations under the microscope in ISN Insights on Wednesday.

• On Thursday we present our latest syllabus on national and transnational terrorism.

• Friday’s ISN Podcast discusses troop withdrawal in Afghanistan.

And in case you missed any of last week’s coverage, you can catch up here on: prospects for peace in the 21st century global order; cybercrime and cybersecurity; the Israelite connections of the Taliban; the end of European exceptionalism; and post-9/11 trends in intelligence