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JULY 2010

VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 5





The July 2010 Issue

The Editors






Features



Sanctions Busting, North Korea Style

Felix Ilmonti

How the Hermit Kingdom survives






Georgia's Shift To Iran

IWPR

Government insists there is no contradiction between ties with Tehran and its pro-western stance











Derailing India's Maoist Insurgency

Eric Randolph

The most lethal terrorist incident on Indian soil since Mumbai












Baghdad's Bank Raiders

IWPR

Doubts and inconsistencies surface after assault on Iraqi financial centre












Columns





The Green Zone

KENNETH PAYNE

McChrystal, Dannatt, the web, and some books...






The Quiet American

JON WESTERN

Israeli-Turkish relations and regional posturing













Miscellany



Summer Reading

THE EDITORS

Baseball, vampires, and other spooks...








Twit Lit

THE EDITORS

The BP oil spill, in 140 characters or less






























Agenda Highlights

















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