It is just awful to see how rapidly everything in Pakistan is degenerating. There is hardly any sector or segment in the society that is either stable or making any progress. The overall situation looks even bleaker when one hears the masses talk about their daily lives. Therefore, it is not unusual to see […]
Eight countries from the Middle East and Central Asia met in Prague on Friday to push along plans for the Nabucco pipeline. Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Egypt signed the agreement while Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan insisted there were more issues to be addressed. Turkmenistan is sending a delegation to Brussels in June for another meeting […]
Normality is returning to Mexico City. Unfortunately, the Mexican economy is not. The economy is clearly beginning to lag, which has enormous implications for public finances and employment. The Ministry of Finance has just revealed that federal income has decreased while government expenditures have increased. This cannot be good for the national debt. It seems […]
A Hizballah official complained Monday that the Lebanese army is still not equipped to deal with Israeli aggression. MP Mohammad Raad commented on the situation: “In military science, two regular armies should own balanced weapons to be able to confront each other,” adding “Despite the brave officers and soldiers of the Lebanese army, there is […]
What Morgan Tsvangirai probably really means when he says that Robert Mugabe is “part of the solution” to Zimbabwe’s problems: Robert Mugabe is part of the solution inasmuch as his very presence represents the very real possibility that he could at any point decide to destabilize the country by calling on the so-called “war veterans” […]
On Wednesday, The European Commission will unveil the amount it will fine the computer chip maker Intel, for what the Commission believes, are serious breaches of antitrust law. It paid computer-manufacturers not to install it the chips of its rival, AMD. There is speculation that an eye-watering sum will be levied on Intel, according to Bloomberg, […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak today, reaffirming that Israel will seek a peace process with the Palestinians. Netanyahu stated that the renew of the peace process could occur as early as the coming weeks. The two leaders also discussed reconstruction efforts in Gaza and the partnership to reduce terrorism emanating […]
Jacob Zuma has named his new cabinet, giving some insight into what sort of President Zuma might make, which comes as a welcome diversion from the cult of personality aspects that tend to predominate South African politics. Naturally, finger pointing seems to rule the day. Critics are wary of Zuma’s “New Blood” cabinet, which includes […]
Chinese growth increasingly driven by domestic factors The conventional view of China as an export-dependent, outbound-oriented economy needs to be adapted to a changing reality. Economic growth is increasingly coming from within, making China into an increasingly self-propelling economic player. There’s a number of indicators supporting this change of economic pattern. While the traditional markets […]
Zimbabwe has received two recent votes of tentative coinfidence in recent days. One comes from Morgan Tsvangirai, who continues to insist that the country’s unity government is on the right path. Tsvangirai has continued to be a booster for the new dispensation and clearly recognizes that however uncomfortable and imperfect the alliance between himself and […]
One of the major buzzwords in South Africa in the post-Apartheid era is “transformation,” which refers to the massive adjustment required to move into a truly democratic world and to throw off not only the shackles of official apartheid, but also, and more vexingly, its legacy and deeply ingrained manifestations. Transformation from apartheid recognizes that […]
A new report indicates that Israel intends to develop infrastructure -such as parks and highways- to surround Jerusalem in order to solidify the country’s grip on the city. Many proponents of a two-state solution state the need for a divided Jerusalem as the capital city of both Israel and a future Palestinian state. Many right […]
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