On International Women’s Day, March 07, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared that the Awami League “will eradicate gender discrimination from Bangladesh by 2021, the golden jubilee of the country’s Independence.” Speaking in Dhaka, she reminded her audience that though Islam secures women’s procedural and property rights, the BNP-Jamaat coalition, the previous government in power, made […]
Foreign Policy Association’s Water’s Edge series currently features an article by Daniel Widome analyzing President Obama’s surge strategy by taking a closer look into the Marja offensive and recent arrests of high ranking Taliban members inside of Pakistan. Here’s an excerpt: Taken together, the operation in Marja and the arrests in Pakistan could signal an […]
With the announcement that Israeli and Palestinian officials intend to resume peace talks, stakeholders and analysts are chiming in with their interpretation of events. Because the Palestinian Authority agreed to drop peace talk preconditions that would entail a complete settlement freeze, the two sides will resume postponed talks through a negotiator. The resumption of talks […]
The elections in Iraq are over with relatively lower number in violent incidents and attacks against the voters. A positive sign indeed of the progress Iraq has achieved, manifesting jubilation and declaring the beginning of a new era, however, is premature. We must keep in mind that the government in Baghdad is operating from behind […]
In so many ways this event mirrored bilateral relations today, cordial, but increasingly thorny as an accumulating list of important issues, from immigration to international trade and non-proliferation, lead more and more Brazilians to the conclusion that the United States is part of the problem, not the solution.
Who celebrates International Women’s Day anymore? 100 years since its inception, the venerable event could use a lift. While it remains an official national holiday in Russia, time and government cooptation have dulled its radical roots as it transformed into an apolitical celebration of femininity and spring time – a sort of Eastern European Mother’s […]
Iraqis voted in the parliamentary elections despite violence by terrorist forces. Even though the people have spoken the results of the elections are still undetermined. Two coalitions are now fighting for control of the Iraqi Parliament, the coalition of Al-Maliki and the coalition of Ayad Alawi. Violence during the elections included mortar shells, rockets and […]
China can be less “hurried” on the Iran nuclear question, a scholar with a key PRC think tank wrote last week. Writing in an op-ed for the Party mouthpiece Global Times, Gao Zugui argued for calm in the face of Western pressure over Iranian sanctions and to “be less rushed, more independent, less tied-up.” This […]
If you know your internet memes, you’ve probably already met Eduard Hill, the ‘Soviet Rick Astley’ whose somewhat sinister lip-synched song is being sent by scores of bemused American hipsters to their unwitting friends. Meanwhile, their counterparts in the Russian blogosphere are getting fired up by a much more literal car crash; in which a […]
While both the European Union and the United States are extending targeted sanctions on Zimbabwe, South African President Jacob Zuma believes that a change is in order: “Our view is that the unity government should be supported so that it can get out of the difficulties that face Zimbabwe … We plead with the countries […]
Capping a long list of U.S. dignitaries travelling to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Vice President Joe Biden is currently en route to the region for meetings with various officials. Biden’s visit follows a trip made last year by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and repeated efforts by Special Envoy George Mitchell to get Israeli […]
Nigeria is set for what may well be one of the most momentous years in its history. Even as Acting President Goodluck Jonathan promises that the country’s 2011 elections will be free and fair his own status continues to be riddled with question marks. The reality is that it seems clear that President Umaru Yar’Adua’s […]
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