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INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

TO: All Strategic Intelligence Forum members

DATE: 16 February 2007

The Strategic Intelligence Forum is part of the Intelligence Research group, and as a member of the Strategic Intelligence Forum I am very pleased to send you from time to time a selection of reports published recently by Intelligence Research Ltd that I consider to be of particular STRATEGIC significance. Please find below my latest selection of Intelligence Research articles:

1. INDO-RUSSIAN DEFENCE COOPERATION - AsiaInt Political & Strategic Review, February 2007

SUMMARY: Russia and India are increasingly diversifying their partnership in defence matters. As the term of the 1996 agreement covering military to military cooperation expires, a new accord marks the ever-expanding ties between the Indian and Russian ministries of defence. Here we examine in detail Russia’s techniques for marketing its arms to India and the deals currently on the table...

Link to full article: http://www.asiaint.com/arl/arl12988.asp

2. SRI LANKA GEARS FOR WAR - AsiaInt Political & Strategic Review, February 2007

SUMMARY: With Sri Lanka’s peace process now a thing of the past, attention has turned to the government’s preferred solution to the ethnic conflict: military victory. President Mahinda Rajapakse has created a majority coalition wedded to the idea of "peace through war", and his forces have captured a major rebel stronghold. However, this will not be enough to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)...

Link to full article: http://www.asiaint.com/arl/arl12992.asp

NOTE: Links to these - and other - reports can also be found in the Strategic Intelligence Monitoring Centre, which you may access on a 24/7 basis by going to www.stratintforum.com, logging in as a member, and selecting the Strategic Intelligence Monitoring Centre option.

With best regards

JKC de Courcy
Chairman
Strategic Intelligence Forum

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