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RUSI Newsbrief
March 2006 , No: 2

Burma Sells Gas to China

RUSI Newsbrief, March 2006

Jobs for China and dollars for Burma’s generals, tentative gas sales, a pipeline plan and road building are bringing China and Burma closer together than ever.

China's Energy Security: What is the Right Fuel Mix?

RUSI Newsbrief, March 2006

What is good news for energy security may well be very bad news in terms of CO2 emissions and the environment.

Global Security Issues

Hu Jintao: The Quiet Reformer or Party Puritan?

RUSI Newsbrief, March 2006

As Hu Jintao launches his own brand of CCP party doctrine, we are not observing a reformer in the Western democratic sense, but a determined party man, resolute in his role of guiding the CCP through irreversible economic reforms.

Northern Neocons or Business as Usual? Canada's Conservative Turn and Transatlantic Relations

RUSI Newsbrief, March 2006

While some have attempted to portray Stephen Harper as the closest thing in Canada to an American neo-conservative such portrayals are poor attempts to distort the truth.

Libya: A Winter Warming

RUSI Newsbrief, March 2006

The resolution of the case of the Bulgarian nurses opens up the next stage of normalization between Libya and the West. But where can relations between Libya and the West go now?

Israel and Hamas: Grounds for Fear or Hope?

RUSI Newsbrief, March 2006

Democracy may offer the greatest hope for peace between Israel and Palestine, but things will have to get worse before they can get better.