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Las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia or FARC have their origin in a period of continuous and widespread political, social, and economic unrest that is commonly known as “La Violencia” in contemporary Colombian History. Identifying the underlying causes behind this important historical period is crucial to our understanding of the motivation behind the rise of the longest-lived insurgency in the western hemisphere.

Dr. Peter Chalk is a former senior analyst with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA and is now a full-time consultant based out of Phoenix, AZ. He is a freelance contributor to Jane’s Intelligence Review, Associate Editor of Studies in Conflict Terrorism and serves as a Subject Matter Expert with the Institute for Security Governance in Monterey, California.

Introduction In early March, a flotilla of more than 40 suspected Chinese maritime militia vessels swarmed around Pag-asa (Thitu) Island, the Philippines’ largest outpost in the South China Sea (SCS) (The Philippine Star, March 5; The Maritime Executive, March 5; Radio Free Asia, March 5). The incident was the latest in an ongoing campaign by the People’s Republic of China …

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The Bush Administration should be concerned about the potentialchaos in the Andean region and take immediate action to adjust itspolicies to address the many problems facing the region before theydeteriorate further.

Pakistan has launched a new terrorist game face weaponising social media tools to spread terror psychosis in India and prompt the Indian government to go on high alert during the coming festival season

A WhatsApp message was received by Indian security agencies from Pakistan warning of a Mumbai attack repeat this year.

Pakistan has launched a new terrorist game face weaponising social media tools to spread terror psychosis in India and prompt the Indian government to go on high alert during the coming festival season.Early in August this year, a WhatsApp ...

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