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This week the ISN will feature the following content — and much more:

• In Monday’s ISN Insights package, Dr Plamen Pantev, Professor of International Relations and Law at Sofia University, opines about the Macedonian government’s ongoing efforts to mold a modern national identity against the backdrop of the area’s ancient history.

• International law and the use of drones is under examination in Tuesday’s ISN Special Feature.

• Wednesday’s ISN Insights feature — courtesy of Samuel Novacich and Eliot Brockner — takes a closer look  at a Latin American paradox: seeming government gains against organized crime at the same time that criminal networks appear to be strengthening.

• On Thursday, we’ll showcase an Upcoming Partner Event run by the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars that explores the links between gender, conflict and water.

• Friday’s ISN Podcast assesses Pakistan’s recovery one year after the devastating floods.

And check out last week’s special coverage here on: the Niger Delta’s resource curse; cartography and IR; military interventionism; OSINT; and India and power.

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.