Could Obama’s investment in a strong outreach to Medvedev mean that the Russian President, for so long considered a mere window dressing to Prime Ministerial rule, might stick around longer than Putin might like? But as Obama assured Russia of entry into the WTO and resolved the chicken wars, could all this rapprochment be a […]
Lawmakers get that Israel acted in its self defense by boarding the Gaza-bound flotilla of ships. AIPAC and J Street have been battling on whether lawmakers should use the incident to push for an end to the blockade (J Street’s position) or reaffirm the U.S.-Israel strategic alliance and American support for Israel’s security (AIPAC’s stance). […]
A recent New York Times article on disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff is worth a read, if for nothing else than a good chuckle. The former lobbyist, caught in a corruption scandal, is living in a halfway house and working at a Kosher pizza parlor in Baltimore. But, it appears the NYT reporter has never met […]
The annual Global Attitudes Survey released last week offers a fascinating snapshot of how Indians presently see their place in the world and their dealings with other leading countries.
Here are a few observations from Michael Hasting’s Rolling Stone article Obama-McChrystal seemed to be on same page in terms of actual Afghanistan war strategy/policy – This has been an underreported aspect of the whole incident. McChrystal and his aides were mainly critiquing (if ‘bite me’ is a critique) the political process and not the […]
Dear FPA Family, I am happy to announce my return to DC. I shall resume my weekly blogs soon. P.S: Thank you Derek Catsam for bringing the World Cup to us.
I am writing this in the King Shaka International Airport in Durban where I am about to trade the sea breezes and fine sandy beaches for Nelspruit, the gateway to Kruger Park, where I will attend the Cote d’Ivoire-North Korea game in hopes of seeing Didier Drogba and company bury the North Koreans in goals. […]
The July/August issue of Foreign Policy includes a piece by George B.N. Ayittey that lists what he designates are the world’s worst dictators. The media is jumping all over his unapologetic account. Kim Jong Il places at number one in these “top 23,” and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Iran) is at number eight, but Raúl Castro is given a spot […]
President Obama did as good a job as was possible in his short speech to the country on Gen. McChrystal’s dismissal and the placement of Gen. Petraeus as the leader of all foreign military forces in Afghanistan. In his talk, President Obama emphasized that this was a change in military leadership and not one of […]
With all the problems that Israel has, ranging from terrorism to international bias to internal identity crises you would think Israeli officials would have some sympathy for problems here in the United States. Well, if you thought that, you clearly have never met an Israeli. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met today with Secretary of […]
The incarcerated leader of Harkatal Jihad al Islam (HUJI), Mufti Abdul Hannan has implicated members of the BNP in a 2004 grenade attack against members of the Awami League. When asked whether they were guilty of the charges brought against them, Hannan, his brother and a deputy claimed they were innocent. Instead, they claimed local […]
Landon Donovan’s extra time goal drove the United States into the next round in the most dramatic way possible. At the Fanzone in Durban the response among the Americans and their other supporters (the locals seemed fairly split between the US and Algeria — not surprising, all things considered) exploded with joy and the sort […]
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