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Peaceful and Restful Holidays, Dear Readers

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Post date 23/12/2010
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From left to right: Joav, Vivian, Emilie, Cate, Charlie, Mara, Jonas, Ralph, Kaisa

The ISN Blog team would like to thank our readers for an exciting and interesting year. Thank you for interacting, taking part in discussions here and our other social media platforms and for helping us grow and expand our reach!

Stay in touch with us as the new year kicks in; comment and ‘like’ on Facebook, re-tweet on Twitter and let us know, via e-mail or comments on the blog if there are any particular stories you’d like us to cover or feature here in 2011.

We’ll be offline until the 3 January 2011 when another year of original blog posts, ISN Insights, Podcasts and Publications starts!

In the meantime, we’d like to wish you a peaceful and restful holiday period filled with calm, kindness and just enough snow!

– ISN Bloggers

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ISN Insights: Look Back, Week Ahead

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Post date 20/12/2010
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20th — The year's last ISN Insights week starts today. photo: Caro's Lines/flickr

In the past week, ISN Insights examined:

The US-Congo Minerals Law in a piece by Jon Rosen

The trajectory of Indian defense policy in an article by Harsh V Pant

The impact of global currency wars on African economies in a piece by Edoardo Totolo

Belarusian elections in an article by Jeremy Druker

Modern-day slavery and human trafficking in a piece by Cassandra Clifford

This week, ISN Insights will examine: US cyber command, Maoism in India, Guinea and Ivory Coast elections and the political implications of the Irish bailout.

PLEASE NOTE that ISN Insights will be on a publishing break from the 24.12.2010 to the 03.01.2011.

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New ISN Partner: Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales

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Post date 15/12/2010
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We are delighted to announce that the Centro Argentino de Estudios Internacionales (CAEI) has joined our global partner network.

Based in Buenos Aires, CAEI is a civil society institution that aims to foster understanding of prominent issues on the international agenda from a pluralistic and interdisciplinary perspective. CAEI runs academic programs on all regions in the world, with a special focus on Latin American countries. Several thematic programs cover subjects from the history of international relations to science and technology.

CAEI’s specialty is the Program on Political Phenomenology (PPP), which aims at creating innovative ideas and making theoretical and methodological contributions to the field of area studies.

We’re thrilled to be able to extend our reach in Latin America with CAEI’s support. CAEI’s research will allow our users to get better insights into Latin American politics, as well as a different perspective on global affairs.

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ISN Insights: Look Back, Week Ahead

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Post date 13/12/2010
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The new ISN Insights week starts today, photo: Caro's Lines/flickr

Last week, ISN Insights looked at:

Bosnia’s post-election future in a piece by Anes Alic

The importance of nuclear nonproliferation efforts and the dangers of hyping up the nuclear bomb threat in an article by Justin Alger

The struggle for democracy in Iraq in a piece by Mark N Katz

Al-Qaida’s fast-evolving strategy in Yemen in a piece by Jarret Brachman

An ISN Podcast questioning the role of higher education in developed societies with Alison Wolf

This week, we will be examining: Congo minerals, Indian defense policy, the effects of global currency wars on Africa, the upcoming elections in Belarus and Haiti in Friday’s ISN Podcast.

Make sure to tune in each day for the newest ISN Insights package. And if you’re an active Twitter or Facebook user, look us up and become a follower/fan!

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New ISN Partner: European Space Policy Institute

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Post date 07/12/2010
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European Space Policy Institute

We are happy to announce that the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) has joined the ISN partner network.

Based in Vienna, ESPI provides decision-makers with an independent view and analysis on mid- to long term issues relevant to the use of space, according to its mission. The Institute, led by Prof Dr Kai-Uwe Schrogl, supports a network of experts and centers of excellence working with ESPI in-house analysts.

The ISN Digital Library features two publication series from our newest partner and as we go on, more and more ESPI publications will be included:

ESPI Reports are in-depth studies, which combine thorough independent analysis with perspective and vision as well as policy advice. See for example Spyros Pagkratis‘s report on issues and trends in space policy 2009/2010, or the study by Jana Robinson on the role of extraterrestrial transparency and confidence-building measures.
ESPI Perspectives are short papers, presenting concise analyses and commentary or innovative ideas in the field of space policy. See for example the Perspective by Marcus Hornung, who argues that space might significantly contribute to the creation of a European identity, or the one by Max M Mutschler, who applies lessons learned from the Ottawa process to space-based weapons control.

We are honored to welcome ESPI as a partner. It will significantly enrich our information services in the areas of space policy and space security.

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