Thomas Friedman of the New York times writes about the Anti-American narrative that terrorist groups use to convince the Islamic world that American policies are aimed at oppressing Muslims. Zainab Jeewanjee critiques Friedman’s article, noting history and tangible consequences of our policies in the Middle East and Pakistan.
While readers were merrily gorging themselves on turkey dinners, FPA Russia Blog spent the past week hard at work: sniffing out traces of Soviet heritage in Hanoi, the capital of one of the world’s last remaining Socialist states. Indeed, most middle aged Hanoians speak at least some Russian, and many experience full-on Ostalgie for the […]
Sheikh Hasina has taken up the claim that Bangladesh deserves a separate fund for being a victim of climate change resulting from industrial carbon emissions. Until yesterday, the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dipu Moni had argued for that claim. Addressing the executive session of the Commonwealth Heads of State in Trinidad and Tobago, Begum Hasina […]
Eid Mubarak. Eid-ul Adha was celebrated with quiet contemplation in New York yesterday. Today Bangladesh and much of the Muslim world celebrates the faith of the patriarch Abraham. Unfortunately as millions of Bangladeshi’s rushed to make their way back home for Eid celebration, tragedy has struck again. News reports show that more than 32 […]
In the midst of a global recession, drastic unemployment, and a non-existent peace process that could turn into an intifada, Israeli home prices are skyrocketing. Home prices are over 10-percent higher today than they were at this time last year, thus the Israeli housing market recently increased in price more than any other country’s housing […]
Journalism 101, that is, the very first lesson of journalism is impartiality. In other words, journalists, at least in civilized societies don’t take any position on issues. And editors make sure that personal opinion don’t seep into the work that the journalists are assigned. This is common practice, and even in India, if you read […]
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak reiterated on Tuesday his nation’s grim warning that Israel will hold all of Lebanon accountable for the actions of Hizballah. The statement came the day before the newly formed Lebanese cabinet was to make an announcment regarding the government’s official stance on Hizballah’s weapons. On Wednesday, it was declared by […]
Happy Thanksgiving to all. On this day, I hope that most of my readers are fortunate enough that should they suffer at all, it is because they are the victim of their qualities. Most people in much of the world cannot stake claim to such fortune. The Asia Foundation has a wonderful donation program called […]
In Canada, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, an independent policy advisory organization consisting of representatives from the environmental, business, and government sectors has found that the country’s northern infrastructure is not ready for the consequences of global warming in the Arctic. Infrastructure refers to everything from ice roads to dikes to […]
On the eve of the Mumbai atrocities, writer Zainab Jeewanjee discusses the detrimental effects of the massacre. Specifically, how terrorism is causing a rapidly deteriorating state of affairs in Pakistan. But the United States has a chance to get things right in South Asia by engaging both India and Pakistan economically. With economic interests in India and security/geopolitical interests in Pakistan, policy-makers should focus beyond immediate security and further extend cooperation to economic development in Pakistan to ensure they remain a long standing ally in the War on terror and in the face of an ascending China.
Last year this time I was busy planning my first Thanksgiving when terror struck Mumbai once again. Earlier that year there was a chain of explosions across various cities, and I thought this was a continuation of the same. But it was much more than crude bombs planted in rickshaws and cycles. So instead of […]
On December 4 the run-up to the 2010 World Cup will begin in earnest as FIFA will conduct the draw for the tournament. South Africa is thus preparing for its long run in the public eye. Danny Jordaan, the CEO of South Africa’s World Cup hosting duties and thus the country’s uber-booster, insists that the […]
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