Just a couple items and recommendations: First, I highly recommend checking out this the first part of the New York Times coverage of the deployment of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry. The Times will follow this battalion for the next year as they head to the increasingly restive provinces of Kunduz and Baghlan in Afghanistan’s […]
Radio Free Europe reports that the Iranian ambassador to Armenia has warned publicly against the insertion of US peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh in the event of a comprehensive settlement of the 1992-94 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In a Yerevan news conference on June 23, Seyed Ali Saghaeyan claimed that the United States is eager to […]
I am writing this from my friend’s office in a rather unlovely part (the locals call it “Siberia” of the otherwise lovely University of Botswana, where I will be based for the next week or so. I am staying with my friend and his family (he and I met after a conference in Pretoria four […]
I am in the Kruger-Nelspruit International Airport, which is built to resemble a game lodge, waiting to fly to Gabarone, Botswana. I will be working on a project as a fellow with University of the North-West (and possibly the university of Botswana) on resource allocation and the World Cup. I will also be able to […]
Well, the Ivorians gave it their best shot. Needing to make up a virtually insurmountable goal differential of 9 on Portugal (which they had tied, remember) Cote d’Ivoire came out and dominated the game from the outset. They won comfortably, and had two goals disallowed that could have made things interesting. The African side was […]
It looks like Afghanistan does not only have estimated $3 trillion untapped minerals, but also has hidden historical pieces like Buddha’s sculpture. People believed Bamyan was the only province where Buddhiests made their living centuries back, but Ministry of Information and Culture just discovered other precious pieces of Buddhas in south of Kabul in Shadah-i-Salihin […]
To the recent moves that the central government would deploy its own resources in covering remittances from international labor migrants, the AL government has announced that it will recruit international laborers alongside private recruitment agencies. The move is designed to result in lowering the individual and social costs of transacting with these private–often sordid, criminally […]
The Daily Star reports today the program of street protests that BNP leader Khaleda Zia promised would oust the sitting Awami League government was just a bargaining chip to have cases pending against her and her two sons removed from the docket. Against those pending cases, the BNP offered to pull the program of agitation […]
In a move that signals a huge departure from standard practice, the Indian government announced plans to move closer to market-driven fuel prices.
Michael Hastings’ article published in Rolling Stone magazine has claimed more than Gen. McChrystal’s career. Seemingly taking the U.S. leadership hostage, the article seems now to have extended its long tendrils and has squarely, elastically exploded onto U.S. foreign policy in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The New York Times published a stunning article this morning that […]
Nazario Moreno, leader of La Familia, is known as El Mas Loco. He insists his followers do not use the meth they traffic through Mexico and the United States. For spiritual guidance, Moreno has authored a bible, Pensamientos, to guide the syndicate’s members, and he insists on prayer meetings before operations are launched. El Mas […]
Beginning July 1, Canada will enforce the Northern Canada Vessel Traffic Services (NORDREG) policy in its Arctic waters. Vessel tracking will be mandatory for cargo ships, cruise liners, ships over 300 tons, and those carrying hazardous material traveling through Canada’s Arctic waters up to 200 miles out from shoreline (the full extent of the Exclusive […]
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