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Yemen's Uncertain Future Threatens Regional StabilityYemen's Uncertain Future Threatens Regional Stability
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Yemen presents a 'perfect storm' of problems for Western governments confronting the prospect of state failure in this strategically...

Key Foreign Policy Issues Facing Barack ObamaKey Foreign Policy Issues Facing Barack Obama
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Chatham House experts offer their perspectives on the key foreign policy and economic challenges facing the new administration. The following...

Economic Crisis May Need More 'Out of the Box' MeasuresEconomic Crisis May Need More 'Out of the Box' Measures
Wednesday 15 October 2008
A new paper by Chatham House says that the once-in-a-century economic meltdown means that OECD countries' simultaneous collapse in...

Prospects for Georgian Civil Society
November, 2008
This is a summary of a meeting held at Chatham House on 10 November 2008.

Business and Human Rights: Closing the Gaps
November, 2008
This is a summary of the International Law Discussion Group meeting held on 6 November 2008 at Chatham House.

Reflections on Russia and the West
November, 2008
Those concerned with policy-making towards Russia must determine how best to listen to the country's changing conversation with itself,...

Yemen: Fear of Failure
November, 2008
Yemen presents a potent combination of problems for policy-makers confronting the prospect of state failure in this strategically important...

 

 

Dr Chris Smith

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Expertise

  • Sri Lanka
  • India and Pakistan
  • Organised crime
  • Small arms and light weapons
  • Security sector reform

Projects

  • Tribal areas of Pakistan
  • Illegal small arms and light weapons in Sri Lanka
  • Technology and organised crime
  • Post-conflict weapons decommissioning

Recent Publications

  • 'Les LTTE, Mouvement De Liberation et D'Oppression Nationale', in, Gayer, l. and C. Jaffrelot (eds), Milices armees d'Asie du Sud, (Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2008), pp.95-120.
  • 'Weapons Transfers to Non-State Armed Groups', Disarmament Forum: Engaging Non-State Actors, No 1, (UNIDIR, 2008).
  • 'The Civil War in Sri Lanka and the Role and Influence of the United Kingdom', in, International Dimensions of the Conflict in Sri Lanka, (Centre for Just Peace and Democracy, Emmenbrucke, Switzerland, 2008), pp.92-102.
  • 'Sri Lanka Returns to War', Asian Affairs, Vol XXXIX, No 1, (March 2008, pp.83 - 94).
  • 'Les Tigres tamouls se nourissent de la diaspora', Alternatives Internationales, No 5, (November 2007), pp.28-30.
  • 'The Eelam End Game?', International Affairs, Vol 83, No 1, (January 2007), pp.101-118.
  • 'Sri Lanka: The Continued Armed Struggle of the LTTE', in, de Zeeuw, J., (ed), Transforming Rebel Movements After Civil War, (Lynne Rienner, Boulder, 2007).
  • 'Sri Lanka Returns to War', Jane's Intelligence Review, (November 2006).
  • 'Rebel attacks intensify as Sri Lanka slides towards civil war', Jane's Intelligence Review, Vol 18, No 3, (March 2006), pp.19-23.
  • 'Tamil Tigers face tough choices in wake of tsunami', Jane's Intelligence Review, Vol 17, No 3, (March 2005), pp.36-39.
  • 'The Conventional Arms Race in South Asia: A Third Party Perspective', in, Cheema, P.I. and I.M. Bokhari, (eds), Arms Race and Nuclear Developments in South Asia, (Islamabad Policy Institute, Islamabad, 2004), pp.25-35.

Broadcast Experience

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