A pen and ink and suminagashi print of the 2007 arrest of the retired general and former Director of Pakistan’s spy agency, Hamid Gul. Lt. Gen Gul is thought to have managed ISI’s coordination with the Afghan Taliban in order to develop strategic depth in Afghanistan to counter any Indian intervention in that country.
Mr. Mannan Bhuiyan, a former Secretary General of the BNP passed away in Dhaka on Wednesday morning at the age of 67. He had been suffering from lung cancer. Mr. Bhuiyan had served as Secretary General of the BNP for 11 years and had also served his country in the capacity of the Minister for […]
The news filtering out of Afghanistan has been damning for what some have called the American cowboy of doing politics. Shoot first; ask questions later. Defeat your enemy in battle; only then figure out a way to keep him defeated in the war. Game theorists work with a concept called subgame perfection, where the stable […]
When I was a young, bubbly lad my mom used to do something for me on my birthday every year. I was an only child, and she enjoyed indulging me I think. She would give me one wish. Her only rule was that my wish had to reasonable, something within the realm of possibility. Sometimes […]
Diamonds may be known for their cachet as the ultimate symbol of love and eternity throughout the world, but not for the San people of Botswana. Recently, the Botswana high court reversed some of the gains made by the San people in their struggle for land rights when the Judge ruled last Wednesday that their […]
Immersed in the agony of the distraught victims, and 20 million cubic meters of rubble, some little candles –sparks of hope– barely noticeable, are flickering in Haiti. They are optimistic signs indicating that the lives of many Haitians are improving. However, if like most people, you were bombarded with traumatic images of the reprehensible conditions […]
The Burmese junta leader, General Than Shwe, is on a five-day visit to India starting today. He will hold high-level meetings with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other Indian officials mostly on matters relating to trade and strategic affairs. The military dictator has been condemned by human rights groups and numerous countries for imprisoning Aung […]
Zainab Jeewanjee discusses the intricacies of implicating Pakistan in the Wikileaks report. She elaborates on the history, motivations and interests of Pakistan and finds that negotiating with extremist groups is perhaps an inevitable reality that policy makers must take into account before implicating that the government in Islamabad aids insurgents.
The War Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants for the 4 senior Jamaat leaders already in government custody. The charges: committing genocide and crimes against humanity and peace during the 1971 War of Liberation. The leaders wanted in connection with the crimes: none other than Motiur Rahman Nizami, the Jamaat-e-Islam chief and his Secretary General, […]
Increasing ties between Syria and Turkey have been making headlines for sometime now, so that means it’s time to discuss the issue here. The process of rehabilitating relations has been ongoing for over a decade now, and over the past year the pace of rapprochement has quickened significantly. This powerful new friendship is multifaceted, with ties […]
Ask ten people their first thoughts when they think about agriculture in Africa and my guess is that you’ll get a litany of grim perceptions. The word “famine” will probably appear fairly early on, as will “primitive” and a host of other stereotyped words. The one you likely won’t hear is “bullish” or “flourishing.” Yet […]
The recent car bomb set off in Juarez marked an escalation in Mexico’s drug wars. After police and medical workers were lured to the car’s location, the bomb was detonated using a cell phone, killing three innocent men. Similar tactics denoted Colombia and Iraq’s spiral into anarchy, but this was the first time a car bomb […]
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