PINR
2007
- 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…
2006
- 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…