America the Resilient
May 2, 2011 3 min. read

Zainab Jeewanjee comments on America’s killing of Osama bin Laden. She describes a resilient, rejuvenated United States that has an opportunity to foster new relationships with our allies, namely Pakistan.

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Mission Accomplished !
May 2, 2011 1 min. read

Osama Bin Laden Killed in American-Led Operation inside Pakistan

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Osama Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
May 2, 2011 2 min. read

President Obama is about to address the nation and declare that U.S troops have killed Osama Bin Laden, and that the U.S military is in possession of his body. The most wanted man in the world, responsible for the attacks on American soil on September 11, 2001 is now dead.  The man whose actions led […]

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Is New U.S. National Security Team Bad for Pakistani Military?
May 2, 2011 4 min. read

General David Petraeus’ appointment at the new Director of Central Intelligence has been a well-regarded move within Washington D.C.’s political establishment. Islamabad, however has shrunk away from President Obama’s national security reshuffle that has now churned up the highest ranks of the Pentagon’s civilian and military leadership, as well as that of the nation’s top […]

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Cool Biz begins, lengthened
May 1, 2011 2 min. read

After shooting down a proposal to adopt daylight-saving time, Tokyo decided to start Cool Biz May 1 and extend it until Oct. 31 to save energy. Cool Biz is a campaign introduced in 2005 that encouraged government and office workers to wear casual clothes rather than suits and ties during the summer months to reduce […]

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Lebanon and the Syrian unrest
May 1, 2011 10 min. read

These are troubling times for Lebanon. Even for a country under the thumb of Damascus, things seem to be out of their control. The most anyone can do is just wait and see. Since 1963, Syria has been under control of the Baath party.  Hafez Assad took power in 1970 and ruled the country with […]

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Cheap Talk and Signal in Taliban Spring Thaw Strategy
May 1, 2011 3 min. read

The Taliban declared that, on Sunday April 31st, they would begin operations on their spring thaw military strategy against “the foreign invading forces“.  The Taliban, the self-proclaimed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, promised to attack U.S and NATO assets and soldiers as well as businessmen who wish to work with Western institutions and agencies.  Officials close […]

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Japan to enact $49 billion supplementary budget
May 1, 2011 1 min. read

A 4.02 trillion yen ($49 billion) supplementary budget is expected to be enacted Monday. The first extra budget for fiscal 2011 cleared the lower house of parliament Saturday. The budget came in response to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and will be used to finance initial reconstruction measures, such as cleaning up the massive […]

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Chernobyl, 25 Years Ago on April 26, 1986 (Part 1)
April 29, 2011 5 min. read

Twenty five years separates us from the worst nuclear disaster in the history of mankind. I recently wrote about the 50th anniversary of human spaceflight and realized that a mere 25 years also separated April 1986 from Gagarin’s first human spaceflight in April 1961. On an early Saturday morning in April of 1986 at 1:23 […]

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Arab Spring Causes Europe to Rethink Schengen Agreement
April 29, 2011 4 min. read

On a backdrop of rising nationalist sentiments in Europe, the refugees of the Arab Spring have put pressure on one of the EU’s most significant achievements; the Schengen Agreement. This agreement allows unrestricted travel between Schengen’s 25 participants. The project that in a very tangible way symbolizes the idea of an integrated and united Europe […]

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Israel Could Benefit By Palestinians' Personality Transplant
April 29, 2011 5 min. read

The reconciliation between the Iran-backed terror group Hamas and the West Bank-governing Palestinian Authority will not result in an inherent repositioning of either group or the moderation of proposals to wipe Israel off the map and instill a government operated under the auspices of radical Islam. That inherent radicalization of the Palestinians could, though, benefit […]

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Civil Disobedience in Yemen
April 29, 2011 3 min. read

The Following piece is written by a Yemeni-based journalist who writes for Foreign Policy Association (FPA) and, due to serious security concerns, remains anonymous. Following in the footsteps of the southern Port city of Aden, Yemeni residents have decided to implement a campaign of civil disobedience. This latest step in the Revolution is aimed at […]

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