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2007

• No. 90: Russia's Drive to the East

2006

• No. 89: China and the Internet
• No. 88: Between Probity and Proficiency: Challenge and Change within the Australian Intelligence Community

2005

• No. 87: The Status of Kosovo: Political and Security Implications for the Balkans and Europe

2003

• No. 86: Climate Change, Migration and Security
• No. 85: Spies, Not Soothsayers: Canadian Intelligence After 9/11
• No. 84: Weapons Proliferation and the Military-Industrial Complex of the PRC
• No. 83: Intelligence After 9/11: A British View of the Effects
• No. 82: Reshaping Intelligence to Share with “Ourselves”

2002

• No. 81: The Effects of September 11 and Its Aftermath on China, and the Chinese Response

2001

• No. 80: HIV-AIDS and the Security Sector in Africa: A Threat to Canada

2000

• No. 79: Potential for Domestic Instability in the People's Republic of China in the Medium-Term (2001-2006)
• No. 78: South Africa 2000: Stability Achieved - Potential Security Threats Remain

1999

• No. 77: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) International Organization and Operations - A Preliminary Analysis
• No. 76: The Canadian Government Security Screening Program

1998

• No. 75: Exploiting the New High Resolution Satellite Imagery: Darwinian Imperatives?
• No. 74: Single Issue Terrorism
• No. 73: Islamic Unrest In the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
• No. 72: Beijing's United Front Strategy in Hong Kong

1997

• No. 71: Environmental Scarcity and Conflict

1996

• No. 70: The Threat from Transnational Crime: An Intelligence Perspective
• No. 69: Russia: What Kind of Future?
• No. 68: South Africa: Status of the Dream (Second Report)
• No. 67: The Security Implications for China of Environmental Degradation
• No. 66: Nigeria: Prospects for Stability
• No. 65: Insurgency, Legitimacy & Intervention in Algeria

1995

• No. 64: Moving Towards the Endgame In Bosnia?
• No. 63: Containing Iran
• No. 62: Reforming the United Nations
• No. 61: Far from a Sure Thing: Prospects for Democracy in Latin America
• No. 60: The Threat of Chemical/Biological Terrorism
• No. 59: Economic / Commercial Interests and Intelligence Services
• No. 58: Emerging Pathogens in the Epidemic Era
• No. 57: Smuggling Special Nuclear Materials
• No. 56: Russia: Defending Its Interests
• No. 55: Summaries of Commentary Issues (No. 37-55)
• No. 54: South Africa: An Interim Report
• No. 53: Terrorism: Motivations and Causes
• No. 51: Situation and Future of the European Security Architecture

1994

• No. 52: Mexico: Prognosis for Stability
• No. 50: Peoples Against States: Ethnopolitical Conflict and the Changing World System
• No. 49: Middle East Peace ? (II)
• No. 48: Organized Crime in Post-Communist Russia - A Criminal Revolution?
• No. 47: The Environment and Changing Concepts of Security
• No. 46: Economic Espionage (II)
• No. 45: Intelligence and Policy: What Is Constant? What Is Changing?
• No. 44: South Africa: The Real Threat to Sustainable Democracy
• No. 43: Immigration by Sea to North America: More Golden Ventures?
• No. 42: China in Transition
• No. 41: Russia - An Odyssey of Change
• No. 40: Irish Nationalist Terrorism Outside Ireland: Out-of-Theatre Operations 1972-1993
• No. 39: Leadership in the Islamic Republic and the Hierarchy of Shi'a Islam
• No. 38: Crime and Migration in Eastern Europe

1993

• No. 37: Equity and National Security
• No. 36: Summaries of Commentary Issues (#1-36)
• No. 35: Middle East Peace? (I)
• No. 34: Globalization and Japan's Information Needs
• No. 33: The Contemporary Armaments Trade
• No. 32: Economic Espionage
• No. 31: The Rising Tide of Islamic Fundamentalism (II)
• No. 30: The Rising Tide of Islamic Fundamentalism (I)
• No. 29: The Tortuous Road to Peace in the Balkans
• No. 28: The Commonwealth of Independent States: Still Crawling

1992

• No. 27: Central Asians: Recruits for Revolutionary Islam?
• No. 26: Democracy, Neo-Authoritarianism and International Security
• No. 25: A Change of Government in Israel: New Promise for the Peace Process?
• No. 24: Succeeding the KGB: Russian Internal Security in Transition
• No. 23: Cuba: Real Problems and Uncertain Prospects
• No. 22: Egypt and Iran: Regional Rivals at Diplomatic Odds
• No. 21: Militant Activism and the Issue of Animal Rights
• No. 20: Religion and the Dilemmas of Power in Iran
• No. 19: Intelligence Needs of Newly Industrializing Countries in the 1990s
• No. 18: Azerbaijan and Armenia: Land or Peace?
• No. 17: “Three Trips”

1991

• No. 16: Yugoslavia: Nations, Nationalities and Other Nationalities
• No. 15: De Klerk's Relationship with the South African Intelligence Services
• No. 14: The Soviet Disunion
• No. 13: Terrorism and the Rule of Law: Dangerous Compromise in Colombia
• No. 12: Prospects for the Middle East Peace Process
• No. 11: Where Is the Soviet Union Heading?
• No. 10: Problems of Postwar Gulf Security
• No. 09: Can De Klerk Control the Violence?
• No. 08: Post-War Iraq, Gulf Security, and a “New World Order”
• No. 07: Variants of Violence in South Africa

1990

• No. 06: Historical and Cultural Dimensions to the Gulf Crisis of 1990
• No. 05: De Klerk and “Law and Order” in South Africa
• No. 04: Future of Ex-Eastern Bloc Intelligence Personnel
• No. 03: Mikhail Gorbachev: Reformer, Revolutionary or Reactionary?
• No. 02: KGB Glasnost: Soviet Press Interviews with KGB Officials
• No. 01: Gorbachev's Manifesto