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Anti-terrorism has given rise to some interesting companies. Including Terrogence a private Israeli company that infiltrates terrorist groups to obtain intelligence on terrorist groups. They can then sell this information to governments and other companies. It sounds like a dangerous line of work, especially balancing the fine line between the legal and illegal.

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Opinio Juris is always a good port of call to find analysis of international law issues. They’ve got some good posts on the recent situation in Georgia. Well worth a read to get a quick overview of some of the issues.

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International politics is a strange world, for example the connection between Rwanda and Georgia. Russian peace-keepers ended up in South-Ossetia due to a compromise reached when trying to get peace-keepers into Rwanda.

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Did you know that India is consistently in the top three contributors of peacekeepers for the United Nations? There have been some domestic calls for India to rethink its current contribution. An interesting debate is underway. It’s easy to forget (not know about) the important role countries like India play in international peace-keeping. While the US might be the worlds sheriff, India could very well be its peacekeeper.

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Rwanda recently released a report saying that France was very much involved in the 1994 genocide, even directly killing some Tutsis. France denies any involvement, but there have already been calls for French officials to be charged with war crimes.

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