Argentina will hold presidential and congressional elections on October 23. The same day, local elections will take place in select provinces; other local races have already taken place or will be held on other dates. Overall, this election cycle will determine the direction...

La Argentina realizará elecciones para presidente y vicepresidente y miembros del Congreso Nacional el 23 de octubre. Algunas elecciones provinciales tendrán lugar simultáneamente. Otras competencias locales ya se han efectuado o han sido convocadas para...

Tensions have been rising in the South China Sea due to a number of recent assertive actions by Chinese vessels in waters also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines. Hanoi and Manila have protested the harassment of survey ships and the discovery of materials that might...

2010 concluded on a very positive note in US-Russia relations with the Senate’s ratification of the New Start Treaty and implicit approval of the Civilian Nuclear 123 Agreement. Russia’s WTO accession, including a positive Congressional vote on Russia’s...

The U.S. State Department has finally placed the Caucasus Emirate (CE) on its list of specially designated international terrorist organizations after balking last year, as IIPER reported, on an already belated decision to do so and opting for placing only the CE's amir...

The central planning approach to U.S. spent nuclear fuel management has been a glaring and unsuccessful exception to the trend toward a market-driven energy sector. This report envisions a market-driven approach, which would include eight components:

1. Phase...

While the central government continued to reel under charges of corruption ranging from the 2G telecom scam and cash-for-votes scandal to the Commonwealth Games fiasco, mounting attacks from the opposition, and high inflation, five Indian states went to the polls from...

On October 27, 2010, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the federal Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality (SWAQ) cohosted a participatory workshop on domestic and international water issues entitled “Bridging Knowledge Gaps in Water...

Last month President Obama signed the Unified Command Plan (UCP). The UCP establishes responsibilities and geographic boundaries for the U.S. military’s six regional and four functional four-star combatant commands (COCOMs). The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

The human costs of natural disasters are well-known. The January 2010 Haiti earthquake has accounted for around 250,000 fatalities, drawing comparisons to the equally-tragic 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 230,000 people. And natural disasters do not merely...