Start the New Year sharply revealed, perhaps, one of the most important issues for debate and policy initiatives in the near future - international terrorism. In the traditional hot spots occurred several serious attacks on the scale and organization of showing more than a serious level of threat. "Addresses" threats are the same: Pakistan, Afghani1000stan and Yemen.

A series of blasts in Pakistani cities that occurred at the end of the last, the beginning of this year, hardly a surprise. The deteriorating situation in the region began to talk quite a long time, almost since the departure from power of the military dictator Pervez Musharaf. But for a long time, Pakistan openly called "pillars" of terrorists, as Islamabad was the chief U.S. ally in the region and enjoyed their support. With the change of cabinet in the White House and the declaration of stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan a priority task for the United States, the situation changed somewhat. In everyday life firmly on the term "AfPak", bringing together not only the territory of the two border states of the Middle East, but, in fact, and their problem areas. Islamabad had to face a serious tightening of rhetoric and demands greater government intervention in the internal settlement of the situation. This is, in fact, a condition of providing economic assistance to Pakistan from the transatlantic ally. "The price of issue" for Islamabad - about 20 billion U.S. military aid to fight the extremists and 1.5 billion dollars annually on social projects. Help is, however, most observers agree that the present government lacks the resources and authority to make a major change in the situation, and hence more massive intervention of external forces in the region is unlikely to be avoided.

The situation in neighboring Afghanistan and inspires little optimism. The latest attack on Kabul, has called perhaps the most "daring" attack the Taliban in recent years had shown not only the level of security that can ensure the internal forces of the country, but just how "successful" operation is an international coalition of troops. Apparently, even with sending additional troops to Afghanistan, the U.S. will have to prepare for a prolonged and serious military operation, which will require permanent "human" and material injections.

Special place in this series since the beginning of the year took the Yemen. Oil-producing state, which borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman, in fact turned out to be almost on the verge of interference by external forces, as the authorities have demonstrated their inability to resist the terrorists, allegedly belonging to the group al-Qaeda. What does the expansion of "anti-terrorist front" at the expense of Yemen, should one occur? The presence of external forces on the vast territory from Pakistan to the borders of North Africa, with access to Aden and the Persian Gulf, the main oil artery in the region. While Washington in every way refutes the possibility of a full-scale operation in Yemen, as close to official government observers argue that the White House would try to completely withdraw from the Middle East as soon as the slightest chance to do it "deserves." While Washington is two-fold increase in the size of military assistance to Yemen, and specialized units engaged in anti-terrorist operation in the country. How will the situation will, of course, the year arrived.

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