on being one of the Palestinian Authority’s only female judges in an interview with IPS. (I heard about this article through IPS’ GenderWire e-newsletter, a great source for news on women globally). She reviews some of the costs and benefits of being a woman in Palestine; on the one hand, gender equality is less a […]
Over the past month, Mexico has demonstrated why it is not a failed state.
Yesterday, a Moscow court slapped the wrists of ultranationalist leader Alexander Belov with an 18 month suspended sentence for hate speech at a rally of his Movement Against Illegal Immigration. Belov, whose name fittingly means ‘White’, agitates to cleanse the country of non-Slavs under the slogan of ‘Russia for Russians’ (his movement’s logo, a black […]
Geithner to reassure China on U.S. fiscal discipline On his trip to China next week, U.S. Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner will try to reassure Chinese leaders on U.S. fiscal discipline. Promising to promote U.S. national savings and to reduce national debt, Mr. Geithner hopes to ease Beijing’s anxiety about potential losses in its U.S. […]
Where are Muslim countries in Pakistan’s hour of need? Four blasts kill at least 10, hurt over 80 in northwest Petraeus paid secret visit to Islamabad Death toll from Lahore car bomb attack rises to 26 Timeline: Terror attacks in Lahore ‘Now I hate them, now I don’t’ dilemma Taliban threaten to target big cities […]
AFP is reporting that Europe & the US will shortly issue a joint declaration on the closure of Guantanamo which will stress the fundamental values of both in order to encourage the Europeans to help out in closing Guantanamo. As I blogged before, EU governments are currently considering whether to accept inmates and get President Obama out […]
It has been five days since the release of the Spiegel magazine article claiming Hizballah was responsible for the assassination of Rafik Hariri in 2005. So far the streets of Beirut are still quiet, save for the occasional gunshots and fireworks that go off after a speech. But this calm might not necessarily reflect what […]
A U.S. foreign policy analyst has suggested that the NATO-Russia Council could serve as a forum for Russia and the West to discuss issues in the Arctic. The Council had its second meeting yesterday after being suspended in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia conflict. Dr. Charles M. Perry, vice president and director of studies at […]
Emissions reduction: common responsibility, differentiated levels After meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang during his China trip, U.S. Senator John Kerry sees China to play a “positive and constructive” role in the global fight against climate change. The results of Senator Kerry’s trip sparked hope that China and the U.S.–the two largest emitter of […]
Final quick hits before I leave Keele in an hour or so: President Barack Obama has the equivalent of the Midas touch for journalists: If he can be associated with an idea, a product, a movement, or whatever it is you are trying to cover, you (and in some cases your topic) have hit the […]
The Guardian Weekend magazine had a nice feature on Desmond Tutu this past Saturday. Tutu is on the receiving end of one of the strangest phenomena in the current political dialogue. When conservatives mention Tutu they almost always do so to criticize him, and they almost always use the same word, referring to Tutu as […]
The horrific tragedy in Lahore has done little to bring the country together. There is the usual condemnation; people voice their anger, especially if they are in front of the camera or talking to a reporter. The talking heads on television channels repeat the same mantra – India with the help of Israel and America […]
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