The security of Jordan is linked to the security of Syria, he says.
Libya, a mission much more directly linked to the security of Europe than of the United States, strikingly illustrates the consequences.
The area is heavily populated by families linked to the security forces, which Mr. Assad's Alawite minority dominates.
Echoing Tony Blair's 1999 Chicago speech, and Gordon Brown's 2006 speech about combating political extremism, he will say: "In today's globalised world, the security of the American people is inextricably linked to the security of all people.
If a single sentiment stands at the heart of his worldview, it's that, as he said in a speech earlier this year, "the security of the American people is inextricably linked to the security of all people".
And the real campaigning will take place not before the election, but afterwards.The rivalry between the Kremlin clans the siloviki, or those linked to the security services, and those with ties to business will be reflected in the Duma.
Kamran Shafi, a leading columnist and himself a former army officer who writes critically of the military, was harassed and his house was attacked last December by "elements linked to the security establishment," according to his own account.
TalkTalk revealed Harding's pay arrangements as MPs on the culture, media and sport committee called for chief executives' earnings to be linked to the security of their company's computer systems.
IT IS a mark of just how poisonous the political situation in Sri Lanka has become that the assassination of the country's foreign minister on August 12th is being blamed on both sides: on the Tamil Tigers and on Sinhalese nationalists, perhaps linked to the security services, who oppose any deals with them.
In recent months legislation linked to the security services has aroused controversy.
