Europe enters the peacekeeping game

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Europe took a significant step to create an independent and coherent defense identity where it deployed its first EU-led military mission in Macedonia. EUEs attempt to redefine crisis management in the wake of its perceived failures in the former Yugoslavia during 1990s, and to deploy forces in the field to carry out its new doctrine.

Europe

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Operations in Iraq point the way for Macedonian military reform

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The Wolves, the mobile elite troops from Macedonia were operating alongside the US 4th Infantry in Iraq since June 2003. The Wolves were involved in efforts to neutralize the threat to coalition troops posed by the growing use of improvised explosive devices among resistance elements.

United States, International politics, Macedonia, Military policy, Iraq War, 2003-, Military reform

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Triad societies seek increased opportunities as China opens up

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Hong Kong triad societies are innovative players in transnational crime, while the secretive and violent reputation of the triad societies is more myth than reality. Tales continue of involvement between Hong Kong tycoons, mainland intelligence and political leaders, and the triads.

China, Hong Kong, Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations, MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS, International aspects, Associations, institutions, etc., Associations, Crime, Societies

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