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INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

TO: All Strategic Intelligence Forum members

DATE: 22 December 2006

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. WHAT DO THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA SHOW? - Latin American Economy & Business, December 2006

SUMMARY: After 13 elections in Latin America in the last 12 months there are few general conclusions that apply for the whole region. It is not true to say that the region is swinging left; the powerful leftwing challenger in Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, failed; the radical in Peru, Ollanta Humala, failed to appeal to the urban working class in Lima; and the leftwing challenge in Colombia went nowhere. What this year's elections demonstrated were five points. Each point supports the contention that Latin America is becoming more politically stable and more predictable...

Link to full article: http://www.latinnews.com/leb/LEB12427.asp?instance=1

2. INDIA'S ENERGY NEEDS: IS NUCLEAR ENOUGH? - AsiaInt Economic Intelligence Review, December 2006

SUMMARY: India is now a de facto member of a very exclusive group. Due to a unilateral decision by the US government to ignore the provisions of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which prevents nuclear trade with non-signatories, India will soon be counted alongside the US, UK, China, Russia, and France as an established nuclear-power. The decision comes at a providential moment for its energy sector...

Link to full article: http://www.asiaint.com/arl/arl12439.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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