CBRN Going CBRNE : A New Perspective Behind The Words ?
16 juin 2007, par Gaël MarchandThe concept of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threat has been linked in the past years to the terrorist threat. The CBRN acronym itself, which was originally used only by security specialists and professionals, has been extensively used in the media. Paradoxically, few have been discussing its meaning, possible interpretations and limitations, whereas a thorough study of the evolution of this acronym sheds a new light on the strategic concerns of the Western world. (...)
Increasing unrest raises concerns in the Sunni-dominated Iranian Province of Sistan-Baloshistan.
18 March 2007, by David Rigoulet-RozeFor many years Islamabad and Teheran have agreed to quell Baluch nationalism from both sides of their borders. The slightest incident might degenerate into confrontations between populations that are traditionally rebellious to central government and to the police.
Here is the problem: the South East regions in Iran (the Provinces of Sistan-Baloshistan, Khorassan and Golestan), which are inhabited by Baluches, are almost permanently in a state of unrest. For many years Islamabad and Teheran (...)
Why Does The Islamist Threat Still Hang Over France?
11 October 2006, by Grégoire GeigerIn the video featuring Ayman al Zawahiri and broadcasted on September 11th 2006, serious threats have been uttered towards France: it seems therefore necessary to address the reasons put forward by Jihadis groups to attack France.
In the video featuring Ayman al Zawahiri and broadcasted on September 11th 2006, serious threats have been uttered towards France: "Osama Bin Laden has told me to announce to the Muslims that the GSPC [the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat] has joined (...)
Iraq: small war but a great deal of disorder
15 May 2006, by Grégoire Geiger, Vincent BistoquetWhen on 1 May 2003, Georges W. Bush declared “the end of major combat operations”, he was not mistaken. What he had failed to assess properly, was the magnitude minor battles would take.
Nearly three years after that declaration, nearly 180 000 foreign soldiers still remain in Iraq and the figures - although difficult to establish with certainty - do not bear up the coalition, which has paid a toll of 2 300 casualties. To that figure should be added, according to different (...)
Contradictory fears of Arab countries regarding a possible military option against Iran.
14 April 2006, by David Rigoulet-RozeArab States fear above all to see Persian and Shiite Iran access to the status of military nuclear power. But they also fear the military option that could be taken by the United States or Israel in order to preclude Iran from such status. These are the contradictions that affect more or less all Arab countries before what is widely perceived as the Iranian vague impulses to get hegemony over the region, or even over the whole Muslim world.
For all Arab States it is Israel - an unofficial (...)
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