During the last four months, Haiti experienced violent political uprising, a shocking reemergence of an ex dictator, dubious recount of fraudulent votes and a historic debate between candidates Mirlande Manigat and Martelly ahead of their run off elections on March 20. However, none of these events generated as much excitement in Haiti as the second […]
It’s Saturday morning Central European time and the world has changed significantly in the last week. Fukushima has confirmed the worst suspicions of the possibilities of a nuclear meltdown which industry and political experts had been denouncing as outrageously wild for decades. Meanwhile a French proposition to enact – and enforce – a no-fly zone […]
On Monday Namibia turns 21 years old. A lot has changed since this Southern African country gained its independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. Yet, the country faces a high rate of unemployment rate, corruption is on the rise, and the gap between the rich and the poor remains unchallenged. Why? Although the Namibian […]
The somewhat plodding resolution of the Raymond Davis affair last week was good news. Strategic and coordinative relations between the U.S and Pakistan were on the mend. But the recent drone attack that killed nearly 40 people has cut short that much needed re-engagement and amity. Relations have deteriorated so much so that Islamabad […]
The nuclear crisis following March 11’s earthquake and tsunami is still top news in Japan, but for today’s post, I’ll be taking a look at an important story that fell through the cracks this past week. Tsunehiko Maeda, former Osaka prosecutor, may be facing two years in prison after tampering with evidence in an investigation […]
The international community with support from The Arab League have finally decided yesterday to establish a “no-fly zone” over Gadhafi’s forces in Libya. Whether or not any meaningful actions will take place remains to be seen, but it is claimed by Gadhafi’s generals that they will be assaulting the rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Sunday. […]
Today marks one week since an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale devastated the Tohoku region of Japan and caused a tsunami with 33-foot waves that swept six miles inland. As of this writing, 5,692 deaths have been confirmed, along with 2,409 injuries and 9,522 people missing as a result of the disaster. Tokyo […]
There is a lot of news coming out of the Arctic today, some of it involving countries far to the south of the Arctic Circle, and some of it involving Russia. Germany enters the race for the Arctic Der Spiegel reports that German diplomats are “worried that the five countries bordering the Arctic — Russia, […]
…and other positions of European countries explained through song in this brilliant WSJ post: “EU Politics Explained Through Song“
If in fact the United Nations is prepared to impose a no-fly, no-drive zone on Libya, Andrew Sullivan asks a lot of pointed questions about what he calls an “imminent war.” The ones I am most interested in seeing answered: If we are prepared to do this in Libya, why not in Congo, where the […]
Turkey on Wednesday reiterated its commitment for a Russian-built nuclear plant in an important show of confidence in atomic energy as Japan tried to prevent major radioactive contamination. President Dmitry Medvedev and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stressed that nuclear power could be safe even for earthquake-prone areas such as Japan and Turkey. “I […]
The following piece was written by Brandon Friedman, a research fellow at the Center for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University (TAU). It was first published by TAU’s Iran Pulse website. In the last six to eight months several important Iranian newspapers such as Javan, which is associated with President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Khabar, which […]
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