The Daily Star reports that a little more than half the funds allocated for the annual budget has been spent in the nine months of the current fiscal year. The reason? The government had lower subsidy and interest payments this fiscal year than was projected. The Daily Star fails to report the reason why this […]
What is an EU diplomat? So far the term has covered a wide scope of diplomats of European origin. It can mean a European Commission official (the only truly European institution), a European Council official or even a diplomat from one of the member states. This state of affairs has been marked by the so-called […]
This week’s New York Times travel section includes six South Africans providing advice for visitors to five different cities.
In a show of opposition to the Israeli government and the blockade on the Gaza Strip, thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square last night. We were driving around the area and there was some traffic congestion and we know something was afoot. However, the 15,000 protesters were barely a blip on the radar and […]
According to the official FIFA Countdown Clock there are 4 days, 18 hours, 56 minutes, and the seconds are counting until the World Cup kicks off. In the interim you might want to check out Global Post’s guide to the World Cup, Vanity Fair’s Fair Play, a photo-heavy football blog, and Pitch Invasion, which purports […]
Bangladeshis observed a day of national mourning on Saturday to remember the 117 people who died in Thursday’s blaze in Dhaka’s old town. With the national flag flying at half mast, Bangladeshis of all stripes and beliefs joined in prayer and commemoration, unified in quiet and mannered grief. Now is the time for searching and […]
As expected, President Saakashvili’s United National Movement (UNM) won nation-wide in Georgia’s recent municipal elections, with Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava winning re-election with a vote of over 55% in the Tbilisi race, competing against eight other candidates. UNM got a stunning 66% of the popular vote across the country, a convincing mandate, although a little […]
Rob Grace, writer for FPA’s Law and Security Strategy blog (one of my favorites), has covered the recent Maqaleh v. Gates ruling regarding Afghan detainee rights. Grace provides a historical angle to the ruling and tackles further questions in the comments. Here is a piece: Last week the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in […]
With all of the attention being paid to the legitimately terrible British Petroleum travesty in the Gulf of Mexico it might be worth pointing out that oil spills in Nigeria surpass those off the Gulf Coast by a matter of magnitude and in the West we pay virtually no attention.
After all the pretty words, is the Obama Administration actually willing to walk the talk with some concrete policy choices when it comes to India?
Outraged at the water pollution caused by the BP oil spill, “Good Cop” Medvedev proposed today a global fund to ensure against and deal with such disasters in the future. But as any schoolboy knows, Russia has had very few qualms about destroying its own environment. Putin may talk a nice talk about how “Russia’s […]
According to the law of comparative advantage in economics, each country has production advantages in comparison to other states. Venezuela too, has its strengths. It produces more Major League baseball players per capita than most other countries. Along with Puerto Rico, it has won the most Miss Universe crowns over the past two decades. Venezuela […]
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