Regions

Today’s edition of the New York Times features an editorial co-authored by Scott Borgeson and Caitlyn Antrim. Borgeson is a visiting fellow on ocean governance at the Council of Foreign Relations, while Antrim is the executive director of the Rule of Law Committee for the Oceans. The crux of their argument is this: Before the […]

A new article from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies essentially details how Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert failed in every initiative of his since taking office. Namely, the author blames Olmert for failing to handle Hamas, thereby permitting the terrorist group to act freely, without repercussions, in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, Olmert failed to […]

Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erakat penned an op-ed for todays Washington Postdelineating steps towards the renewal of the peace process. He expresses concern regarding the upcoming Likud-led government in Israel, stating that the peace process reached a critical juncture putting a two state solution in jeopardy. His plan inlcudes: commitments by both sides to negotiations; […]

WASHINGTON: President Barak Obama on Friday announced a new strategy which seeks to triple US economic aid to Pakistan and promises 4,000 additional troops to train Afghan security forces. ‘Make no mistake: al Qaeda and its extremist allies are a cancer that risks killing Pakistan from within,’ he warned the Pakistani nation. ‘Al Qaeda offers […]

The Kazakh Prime Minister has compared the economic situation to wartime and told his cabinet that the “government will be ruling the economy manually”. He warned that “wartime regulations” may be a necessary step. Obviously, this is a bad sign. Four of the sixteen laid-off oil workers who are on a hunger strike have been […]

This Newsweek Article considers the stability of the Euro currency. There are 16 members of the Euro-zone since Slovakia adopted the currency as of 1st January 2009. As the article states, in the current instability many other countries are scrambling to join the currency.

The Russian Federation is giving ten of the  fighter jets to Lebanon as military aid. The Lebanese army is largely funded by the United States, so the gesture from Russia is a bit of a surprise, especially to Israel, Lebanon’s neighbor to the south. Lebanon also seems to be surprised by the offer. The United […]

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide bomber demolished a mosque packed with hundreds of worshippers attending Friday prayers close to the Afghan border, killing at least 48 people and injuring scores more, officials said. The attack in the Khyber region was the bloodiest in Pakistan this year and came hours before President Barack Obama was due […]

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After agreeing to bury their differences and unite forces, Taliban leaders based in Pakistan have closed ranks with their Afghan comrades to ready a new offensive in Afghanistan as the United States prepares to send 17,000 more troops there this year. In interviews, several Taliban fighters based in the border region said […]

A New York Times editorial questions Binyamin Netanyahu’s intention on pursuing a peace plan and lists ways of beginning to forge trust between Israel and the Palestinians. However, the piece does not address what Palestinians must do in return to work towards a peace process. The piece urges: we suggest that he start with freezing […]

Due to the demands of coalition partners, Likud members will have very few ministerial portfolios in the coming government. Binyamin Netanyahu originally sought to give himself the Finance Minister along with Prime Minister post, but he may need to reconsider to appease his own party. Moreover, with Labor now in the coalition, many supporters of […]

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama called President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Thursday to tell them Washington had completed a review of its new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials said. According to TV reports, President Zardari expressed concern over US drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas and told President […]