October 2010 IN THIS ISSUE JINSA's New Blog and Twitter Feed Houston Leadership Award Global Briefing Facebook JINSA REPORTS #1035 - Bombs Out of Yemen; Heroes Out of Saudi Arabia? #1034 - It's the Economy, Stupid - Isn't It? #1033 - On Arms Sales and Defense Budgets #1032 - Seeking Accomplishments Abroad #1031 - The Battleground That Is - Or Used To Be - Lebanon #1030 - Mr. Clinton, Spend Your Time Relieving Disasters Not Creating Them #1029 - Shooting up Pakistan #1028 - Letter? What Letter? JINSA relies on donations from like-minded thinkers like YOU and we need your help! Click here to donate to JINSA and show your support! JINSA's New Blog and Twitter Feed We are proud to announce two new ways of getting information from JINSA! The Sentry, JINSA's blog. If you enjoy JINSA Reports, you will love The Sentry. You can also sign up to get email updates from our blog. Click here to visit The Sentry JINSA has also recently joined Twitter. If you would like updates from JINSA on the go, join our Twitter feed @securityaffairs. Check you JINSA's new look at www.jinsa.org! Houston Mayor Annise Parker Presented with JINSA's 2010 Houston Leadership Award Mayor Annise Parker was honored for her long service and commitment to the people of Houston. The evening's keynote speaker was Israeli parliamentarian Avraham "Avi" Dicter, a former Minister for Internal Security and head of the Israel Security Agency. Houston community leaders Glen Rosenbaum and Ed Wulfe were event co-chairmen. Click here to read about the event and listen to the speeches India and a 21st Century Anglosphere In the latest JINSA Global Briefing, Prof. M.D. Nalapat, of India's Manipal University, explains that if India can surmount its ossified and regressive political structures and empower its citizens it could take a leading role in the Anglosphere - the group of wealthy, democratic, English-speaking countries of the world. For its part, he contends, the Obama administration has yet to demonstrate that it recognizes what India - the world's most populous English-speaking country - can bring to the cause of regional and global stability, security and prosperity. Click here to read the Global Briefing Join JINSA's Facebook Community!