President Hugo Chávez wants to place restrictions on the Internet in Venezuela after he criticized negative coverage from Noticiero Digital, a website generally opposing the government. The site had incorrectly reported the assassination of a top government official. Frustration with a false report is understandable. Any broader move to limit news sources, however, appears to […]
David Miliband: Do you think President Hamid Karzi will be able to provide a stable situation in Afghanistan with his new cabinet? Mr President Hamid Karzi has possessed presidential election through corruption. Do you think he will be able to eliminate corruption from the country itself ? Do you think Mr Karzi has education, health, […]
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, watch this Irishman named Patrick speak his mind on the current American strategy and presence in Afghanistan and the lack of media coverage of the war: Kennedy does a more than fair job offering a critique of the American presence in Afghanistan and President Obama’s counterinsurgency/Drone attack strategy. But […]
We at the Foreign Policy Association welcome new blogger for Afghanistan, Tahera Nassrat. I, in particular, am very excited to have her expertise and unique perspective brought to this blog. Here is more about Tahera, our new blogger: Tahera was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She finished her primary education in Kabul and higher education in […]
The sitting government is making swift and sound moves to shore up the country’s infrastructure. It now seems like the government has been able to attract private foreign investment to help pay for the infrastructure construction. The Communications Minister, Syed Abul Hossain has communicated to his fellow parliamentarians that up to nine foreign firms […]
This past Sunday in Beijing marked the closing of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and its more eclectic sidekick, the China People’s Political Consultative Congress, familiarly known in Chinese as lianghui, or “the two meetings.” Both are typically derided as “rubber-stamp” bodies, theatrical reenactments of democracy that give the public a vague whiff of political […]
That groaning sound you just heard was South African officials envisioning their worst nightmare. South Africa wants the world to come this summer, and they hope that among those who come will be Africans. But they want the world, including (and I hate to say it, but maybe especially) the Africans, to go back home […]
The pro-Israel establishment, including Israel’s allies in Congress, are fuming over the recent row between the White House and the Netanyahu administration. They are condemning the Obama administration for inappropriately chastising Israel and holding the Jewish state to higher standards. These criticisms of U.S. policy are nothing new, and only took a new form following […]
Thailand: Since the weekend, 120,000 to 250,000 Red Shirts have concentrated on Bangkok, demanding that Thai PM Abhisit dissolve Parliament and call for new elections, which they believe will usher the opposition into a majority, and hopefully signal the return of ousted and exiled Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra. By Monday, the Red Shirts had succeeded […]
Over the weekend Hamas declared a Day of Rage for Tuesday because of an Israeli dedication of the Hurva Synagogue which was restored over the past five years and which was destroyed by the Arab Legion in 1948. The Hurva Synagogue is located in the Jewish Quarter. Ostensibly the Muslim community should have had no […]
One commentator likened what happened to vice-president Joe Biden in Israel to what president Bush endured during his visit to Iraq. This was the shoe moment for Mr. Biden, only this time, a “strategic ally” perpetrated the attack. We have had few days to contemplate and assess the damage of the “ insult” (as described […]
Image: Shahidul Alam, NY Times Lens Blog Bangladesh has the disreputable distinction of being a democracy that supports a killing squad. The Rapid Action Battalion, an “anti-crime” paramilitary group that has killed more that 550 people, under circumstances that are, at best, suspicious. The smarter bet is that this group has been engaging in extra-judicial […]
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