In his farewell tour of greater Mesopotamia, the Defense Secretary remarked that the US and Iraq would have to negotiate the terms of any American presence, while admitting that he had dreamed up at least a couple scenarios that might keep American forces in Iraq, perhaps indefinitely.
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. Ahmed Mansoor is one amongst the thousands of young men to have been injured while protesting against the abhorred regime. However, if his tale is sadly similar to that of many, […]
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. As violence continues to escalate in Yemen, the poorest country of the Arabic peninsula, the US and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are losing patience. If Ali Abdullah Saleh was viewed as […]
As pointed out by an article in World Politics Review, Mexico’s major drug gangs are being squeezed between the “war on drugs” and the global economy, forcing them to turn over a new leaf. So it seems they are looking to generate revenue by stealing legal commodities. Oil tapping is perhaps the most prominent tactic […]
On Wednesday evening, NYU’s Center for Global Affairs and the Quebec Government Office in New York City cohosted a panel on economic development and sustainable livelihoods in the Arctic. The three panelists brought perspectives from the hard sciences, political science, and the Inuit to the discussion. Dr. Louis Fortier, Erica Dingman, and Udloriak Hanson each […]
Russia’s Most Wanted (and Indecisive!) man just keeps coming back! Last year, the Chechen rebel and self-proclaimed Emir of the Caucasus resigned on youtube before changing his mind and retaking control two days later. This time, the man behind Moscow’s airport bombing was reportedly killed in a March air raid before popping up on Radio […]
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Miyagi at 11:32 p.m. Thursday. The quake was the strongest aftershock of the 9.0-magnitude quake that hit the same region Mar. 11. Two people have died and 132 were injured as a result of the quake. One 79-year-old man died of shock and a woman in her 60s died when […]
It is important to keep Gandhi untarnished. The Gandhian can be negotiated with. Two developments in India during the past week convinced me of the above approach in Indian politics. American journalist Joseph Lelyveld’s book The Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India created furore in the country. The book has been banned […]
Are you ready for this? Brace yourself and hold on to your seats because the winner of the most competitive, unpredictable, and exciting election in the history of Kazakhstan (sarcasm intended) is….Nursultan Nazarbayev. Really?! Same guy that has been in power since the late ’80s? Yup! This reads like an article from the Onion, but […]
In 2002, Saudi Arabia put forth its Arab Peace Initiative. The plan consisted of the following: Israel would withdraw to the Green Line and cede all lands conquered during the Six Day War in 1967. They would also allow any refugees displaced by the creation of the State to return should they so choose. In […]
President Medvedev ‘outs’ Vladimir Putin’s sexuality before attacking the Prime Minister’s plane with a sub-machine gun, but it’s the more improbable sight of John Cusack savouring Putin’s rendition of Blueberry Hill that finally gives away the fictional nature of Russia’s most talked-about election video. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/PL1SQhnqgI4″ width=”425″ height=”344″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”fs=1″ /] The spoof trailer, a hilarious tribute […]
The Japanese government defended Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s dumping of radioactive water into the ocean by claiming the action violates no international laws Tuesday. The government claims TEPCO’s dumping of 11,500 tons of low-level tainted water does not violate the 1986 Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident or the U.N. Convention on the […]
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