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The effects of withdrawal and Iranian covert operations

Two recent “Intelligence Briefs” from PINR caught my eye: ” Iran’s Covert Operations in Iraq ,” and ” The Implications of Strategic Withdrawal from Iraq .” As some readers know, I’m a big fan of PINR for supplying ‘open source intelligence,’ which is to say, generalized insights into foreign policy and educated guesses based on…

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PINR on North Korea’s Nuclear Weapon Test

The article is here , and mostly quotes PINR’s prior analyses. They see little risk of imminent conflict but rather note that this is a matter of asserting influence in the region: As PINR stated in May 2005, “it is feasible that Pyongyang would go one step further to declare itself a nuclear power by…

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