Monday, July 31 06

The election in D.R. Congo in pictures. Enduring Freedom begins to end, as NATO takes control in southern Afghanistan. NATO troops will be tasked for full combat , not handcuffed by a 'peacekeeping' role, and Canada is digging in for a long haul. A complicated proposal for a way out of the Lebanon crisis with cease-fire by the International Crisis Group (ICG). Failed states and emerging states present different kinds of international challenges. Hagel takes on Bush on mid-east intervention. What was the phrase former U.S. Sectretary of State Colin Powell had for the challenges of post-intervention occupation?

Sunday, July 30 06

With its rich natural resources, warlords and corrupt politicians have much to gain from post-election instability in the D.R. Congo. Is it possible that U.S. troops could play a role in armed peacekeeping intervention in Lebanon? Violence in villages and in the Baidoa national assembly in Somalia. Sri Lankan government troops continue their advance. Intervention Without Intervening? is a new book by Andrew F. Cooper and Thomas Legler examining the Organization of American States (OAS) multilateral democracy promotion.

Saturday, July 29 06

What are the details of the new 'humanitarian truce' the U.N. is proposing in the Arab/Israeli conflict? Having successfully completed its overseeing of a pullout of SPLA forces, the U.N. mission in Sudan (UNMIS) pulls out of Kessala sector of eastern Sudan, as Minni Minnawi steps up as a leader of the rebels. How does U.S. society's hostility to this Iraq war compare with hostility toward Vietnam? The 'summer of discontent' for the Canadian aboriginal community marks a turning point for relationship with Ottawa. David S. Wright argues in this C.D. Howe Institute Commentary that Canadian foreign policy should chart its own course through international crises, and follow both Canadian interests and values. It's unfortunate the Peacekeeping Intelligence Website stopped updating. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace hosts an event on politics in Uzbekistan.