If you have any interest in American politics whatsoever you really should bookmark FiveThirtyEight, which does fantastic analysis (usually with complicated statistical analysis that they thankfully are able to make accessible to the rest of us) about a whole host of issues but with particular strenghts on electoral politics. With the upcoming midterm elections in […]
In another bold and well-calculated move, the government of Bangladesh has reached out to yet another powerful country and has made of it another ally. This time, the government through Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and her aides have reached a five-year deal with their Russian counterparts to share peaceful nuclear technology, design and capability in order […]
Nicholas Kristof recently wrote a piece that dealt with Pakistan and Bangladesh’s parralel and diverging moves on Islamist socialization and education. The piece, published in the Times editorial page, has set off a run of commentary. To some extent this is a welcome development; considered another way, it is an unnecessary set of talk backs on […]
And who said the Palestinians aren’t partners for peace? Assuming the reporting is accurate and that the Palestinians are actually willing (and able) to follow through on their offer, a report in today’s Wall Street Journal suggests the Palestinian Authority is willing to give up double the land it offered in the past to former […]
Alaska’s three Congressional representatives – Senators Mark Begich (D) and Lisa Murkowski (R) and Representative Don Young (R) – are supporting Shell’s continued efforts to begin drilling for offshore oil on Alaska’s North Slope this July. On Monday, at a Chamber of Commerce lunch in Anchorage, the three solicited questions from an audience of several […]
Georgia is gearing up for nation-wide municipal elections on 30 May, with the most closely-watched contest in Tbilisi, the capital. Incumbent Gigi Ugulava, a close associate of President Saakashvili, will run against a large slate of opposition candidates, including the charismatic Irakli Alasania, who was once ambassador to the UN before he turned against President […]
Here are some stories that have caught my eye of late: Guernica: A Magazine of Art & Politics has an excerpt from what is sure to be an explosive new book on Israel’s connections to Apartheid South Africa. I’ve written a bit about the Middle East and especially Israel, and while I don’t want to […]
Israel is set to lose its label as an emerging market and will officially become a developed market later this month. Israel has long been a leader in high-tech and military technologies, which is hard to fathom seeing that the country only began its major transformation over the last 60 years. Further, investors should still […]
The BNP has finally announced a plan for nation-wide protests. Beginning with a sit in on June 9 to protest controversial High Court Appointments, Begum Khaleda Zia will lead a day long strike on June 27, against what she believes to be the sitting governments ill-thought policies that sell Bangladesh and Bangladeshi sovereignty down the […]
Zainab Jeewanjee discusses Pakistan’s ban on facebook. She draws a parallel between the notion of a Red and Blue America, to two distinct Pakistan’s. According to Jeewanjee, a ban on Facebook demonstrates the governments failure to lead its Red and Blue population toward more religious sensitbility.
The Wall Street Journal has a new page on its website devoted to Africa and regardless of what you think about the Journal’s editorial stances, its news side is excellent, and you should most definitely bookmark this page. It is a great resource for news, as good as or better than any other American newspaper’s […]
Two days ago an investigative NPR report proposed that the war on drugs favors the Siñaloa drug gang, headed by the infamous ‘Chapo’ Guzmán. Arrests of suspected Siñaloa members account for about 12% of all gang-related arrests since 2006, on par with other major syndicates. (The Gulf Cartel has suffered the brunt of arrests, 44%. However, when […]
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