There is no doubt that the people of Zimbabwe desperately need aid. Years of Robert Mugabe’s malign neglect, punitive policies, and utter disregard for the masses in his country have meant that access to basic food, health care, and other essentials has been limited to nil throughout the country. And so now, under the new […]
Haaretz reports that Hizballah has a tough time finding another Imad Mugnyeh. The guy was a genius. There is no point to negate that Hizballah is a strong local and regional non state player, and in this context, it is better to have Lebanese instead of Iranians for whatever it is they want to do […]
Kadima is likely to lead the opposition against a Likud dominated government, according to recent reports. The main sticking point in coalition building discussions focused on Palestinian statehood, with Kadima Chairman Tzipi Livni mandating a two state solution and Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu insisting limited sovereignty in the territories. Some analysts are at odds over […]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s foreign minister said Wednesday that his country has asked the United States to provide unmanned planes that would allow Pakistan to strike extremists hiding in rugged terrain along the Afghan border. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said in an Associated Press interview with reporters and editors that Pakistan, and not the United States, […]
WASHINGTON: The US on Tuesday pledged close strategic consultations with Pakistan on plans for the high-stakes region along the Pak-Afghan border. The pledge came after a meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the State Department – marking the formal start of a three-way American policy […]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan is on a rapid trajectory to failure as a stable, democratic state and needs a boost of $4 billion in US aid and loans each year to begin turning around, a private foreign affairs group has concluded. “Time is running out,” said the Atlantic Council, which urged more training and deployment of 15,000 […]
Maybe it was just a harmless aside that means absolutely nothing. Still, when I read that South Africa’s Kgalema Motlanthe recently said that Jacob Zuma would drop out of the race for the presidency if he thought it for the best for the country, my jaw dropped. Motlanthe was asked on Tuesday night by an audience […]
Well, who didn’t see this coming? Whether out of plain opportunistic avarice, fear that their window for self-gain was closing, or a desire to destabilize the unity government, Mugabe’s ZANU-PF cronies, especially the so-called war veterans (many of whom were not even born during the war against Ian Smith’s regime) have started trying to grab […]
A wonderful article here by Paul Reynolds, World affairs correspondent of the BBC on Gordon Brown being the first European leader to meet President Obama. The UK cherishes the “special relationship” with the US, and UK conservative politicians often point to it as an alternative to involvement in the EU. However, as though Reynolds says […]
This article from one of the leading English-language Egyptian papers highlights Egyptian forensic reports of the Hussein bomb. The reports indicate that the bomb which detonated had been left under a bench in Al-Hussein Square, and was not thrown from a overlooking window or rooftop. In addition, details are provided of the composition of the […]
Iraqi elections have left many feeling the healing effects of a working democracy, but left others feeling cheated.
Pakistani intelligence officials briefed the US military yesterday and though they agreed that American drone attacks were degrading Al Qaeda’s leaders and more importantly their ability to foment far reaching violence, that the radical group, partnered with the Taliban, was increasingly destabilizing the Pakistani state. As much as the US desires a stable (and free?) […]
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