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Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: Global Financial Crisis

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: U.S.-China security relations

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: Global Crime

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

China and US battle to assert presence in South China Sea

U.S warships are conducting their third set of exercises in less than a month, in a show of force which has prompted sharp criticism from Beijing and fears of prolonged maritime tensions in the area. The Chinese navy has recently held three long-range training exercises. These deployments are demonstrative of a potentially dangerous clash of interests as each side seeks to assert its presence.

Testing the waters

America and China have shown growing signs of friction over their competing security presence around the trade-clogged shores of Asia.

China's Midterm Jockeying: Gearing Up for 2012

This paper discusses the complex relationship between the civilian and military leaders of China. With the coming change in civilian leadership heralded by the 18th Party Congress in 2012, a large shakeup of the PLA officer corps is also expected. Such a shift in personnel is bound to have a significant impact on the future of China's foreign policy.

U.S. Missiles Deployed Near China Send a Message

An American Ohio-class nuclear submarine recently surfaced without warning in the Philippines. Converted to carry 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles and a complement of Special Forces soldiers, it is part of the US Navy's program to strengthen its capabilities in the Pacific. While welcomed by US allies in the region, the presence of the submarine is seen by the Chinese as a threatening sign of American military escalation near their territorial waters.

Intensifying China-Pakistan Ties

In an interview with the Council on Foreign Relations, Andrew Small talks about Pakistan's close economic and military relationship with China, and its implications for both countries, as well as for the United States and India.

Russia's empty empire

The Economist looks at how Russia's neo-imperialist ambitions in its neighboring counties are not taking off as planned.

Where Autocrats Don't Fear to Tread

Jeffrey Herbst writes in Foreign Policy magazine about how some of the most notorious countries in the world are able to still operate in UN cooperative bodies, and in some cases, use them to protect themselves.

Beijing's Coalition of the Willing

Stefan Halper writes in Foreign Policy Magazine about how China's efforts to strengthen relations with failed states, particularly in Africa, has helped China further its foreign policies.

The Failed States Index 2010

The sixth annual "Failed States Index" is a collaboration between Foreign Policy magazine and The Fund for Peace. The Index provides an interactive display of the rankings and criteria to determine the stability of each country. Compare rankings from previous years as well.

Corruption Perceptions Index 2009

Transparency International uses a series of surveys to produce a The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) to evaluate the rankings of 180 countries.

The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment

UNODC has produced this first-ever Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment to fill a knowledge gap and pave the way for future world crime reports. This Threat Assessment focuses on trafficking flows, connects the dots between regions, and gives a global overview of illicit markets: it reports about the ways and means international mafias have grown into an international problem.

The “DNT-R2P Connection:” Humanitarianism in the 21st Century?

Is there a local-global consciousness emerging to combat the atrocities states inflict arbitrarily on their citizens? Can digitally networked technology (DNT) make a difference by slowing the trends of abuse?

The Water's Edge: Allied Voices

Turkey and Japan are just the two latest U.S. allies to assert their own policies in contradiction to U.S. objectives, writes Daniel Widome.

UN Office on Drugs and Crime

UNODC is a global leader in the fight against illicit drugs and international crime. Established in 1997 through a merger between the United Nations Drug Control Programme and the Centre for International Crime Prevention, UNODC operates in all regions of the world through an extensive network of field offices. UNODC relies on voluntary contributions, mainly from Governments, for 90 per cent of its budget.

CGA Scenario Project: China 2015

This paper published by New York University's Center for Global Affairs examines possible scenarios for how U.S. foreign policy toward China might take shape in the year 2015.

Viewpoints: Turkey's Inevitable Rise

Recent events have seen Turkey consolidate its position as a benign regional power, as it tests the limits of its allies, writes Marco Vicenzino.

UNCAC Coalition

The United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Coalition aims to mobilize broad civil society support for UNCAC and to facilitate strong civil society action at national, regional and international level in support of UNCAC. The Coalition is open to all organizations and individuals committed to these goals The breadth of UNCAC means that its framework is relevant for a wide range of CSOs, including groups working in the areas of human rights, labor rights, governance, economic development, environment and private sector accountability.