Revista Conjuntura Austral

13-18

Authors: Marcos Costa Lima

The recent unfolding of the sub-prime crisis in Greece has shown that this has to last and its implications have many ramifications, some still unclear. The public debt of European countries is at the root of the process, strengthened by a voluntary submission of governments towards the big banks, investment funds and insurers. The debt stems from the low level of tax revenue, weak progressivity of direct fiscal capacity, embodied in the income tax, capital gains of business and tax evasion. The corruption of the government interferes in the process. The article asks why a country with such difficulty was in their accounts between 2005 and 2009 as one of the five largest importers of weapons from Europe. Plus, why the European Central Bank turned a blind eye to arms purchases. Overcoming the crisis will be painful and will hit mostly those who live from paycheck.

36-55

Authors: Edson José Neves Júnior

The article analyzes the transnational Islamist terrorist organizations operating in Kashmir since 1989, which were formed and sponsored by sections of the Pakistani state, as the main intelligence agency in the country, the ISID - Inter Directorade- Services Intelligence, and the national army. The use of private religious forces in the dispute with India, which lasts for more than six decades (since 1947), attends a strategy for Pakistan's Foreign Policy based in the use of "War by Proxy" as an essential tool for their continued military action in the region. As a way to legitimize its actions in Kashmir, terrorist organizations developed a subversion of the idea of jihad, in which the holy war is posed as the sole duty of every believer of Islam, and secondly, as a way of promoting a religious cleansing against those who are considered enemies, with the objective to destabilize Indian government in the State.

88-93

Authors: Diego Rafael Canabarro

O livro “Security Studies: An Introduction”, editado por Paul D. Williams, oferece um verdadeiro compêndio de teorias e temas relativos aos Estudos de Segurança no âmbito das Relações Internacionais. O editor é atualmente Professor Visitante da Elliot School of International Affairs e Diretor Associado do Security Policy Studies Program da Universidade de George Washington, nos Estados Unidos. Ministra aulas e realiza pesquisas nas áreas de resolução de conflitos, operações de paz, relações internacionais da África, teorias de estudos de segurança e política exterior britânica...