By Vladimir Gladkov On Tuesday, US scientists published a study designed to draw attention to the problem of using drones in Pakistan’s air space. The study that was conducted by law professors at Stanford and New York University contends that the drone attacks spoil efforts aimed at successfully containing extremisms. Despite the fact that the [...]
Drones In Pakistan: Additional Security Threat – OpEd
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Iran Denies IRGC Link To National Oil Company
Iran has denied the latest U.S. allegations that National Iranian Oil Company is connected to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, insisting that the oil company is guided only by “the economic policies of the government and the oil industry.” A new U.S. Treasury report released Monday links National Iranian Oil Company to the IRGC, which could [...]
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French Coalition Rift Widens Over EU Budget Pact
(EurActiv) — President François Hollande’s government demanded yesterday (24 September) its Green allies fall into line over European Union policy after the ecologist party said it would oppose a European Union budget discipline pact in a vote next month. While the pact is set to pass with votes from Hollande’s Socialists and from the right, [...]
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The Two Major Views About Why Romney Is Losing, And Why The Second Is More Convincing – OpEd
I’ve spent the past few days debating right-wingers — among them, Grover Norquist and Ann Coulter. This isn’t my idea of fun. I do it because apparently many Americans find these people persuasive, and it seems important to try to show why they’re profoundly wrong. There are two major theories about why Romney is dropping [...]
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Western Civilization Is Not Universal – OpEd
By Moez Mobeen The Muslim world has risen once again over the blasphemous film insulting the Prophet of Islam. Although such blasphemous material against the Core beliefs and Creed of the Muslims in the forms of books, theatres, pictures and verbal commentary can be found in the archives of Western Civilization dating back to centuries, [...]
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Nigeria: Arrests And Repression Of Boko Haram Is Not Enough
Military repression alone is not enough to resolve the Boko Haram emergency, said to MISNA Father John Tagwana, head of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Maiduguri diocese in north-east Nigeria, where clashes, summary executions and arrests of militants continue. “The Boko Haram are strong for two reasons: due to the support of top [...]
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Shadow Economy Remains Large In Bulgaria, Romania
By Svetla Dimitrova Owners of vending machines in Bulgaria have until the end of October to equip their appliances with the needed fiscal devices to ensure proper accounting of sales. This is one of the latest measures Sofia authorities have taken with an aim of curtailing the Balkan country’s shadow economy. A new World Bank [...]
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At The Margins Of Kenya’s Democracy – Analysis
By Wossen Ayele and Mohamed Yunus Rafiq In an attempt to construct a cohesive Kenyan state, one of the key questions facing the country is how to coalesce the many ethnic groups into one nation state. [1] Ethnicity has been a powerful organising force in Kenyan politics. Kenya, unlike its neighbour Tanzania, has had a [...]
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Colombia: Peace At Last?
After decades of failed attempts to defeat the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militarily and flawed negotiations, a political solution to the Western Hemisphere’s oldest conflict may finally be possible. Colombia: Peace at Last?, the latest International Crisis Group report, welcomes the recent announcement that formal talks with FARC are scheduled to begin in [...]
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The Dangers Of Political Arrogance – OpEd
By Joharah Baker Every society has them and most likely, there are many who want to shut them up – those arrogant, cocky politicians that do more harm than good when they open their mouths. In the Palestinian arena, at the risk of sounding cynical, it would be hard to enumerate them all. But there [...]
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Obama Is Stuck On The First Envelope – OpEd
As a young woman, I took over a business that was bankrupt: its liabilities exceeded its assets by a considerable amount, and the wolf was well and truly at the door. Lots of people thought I was foolish not to “erase” its debts through filing bankruptcy and be given a “clean slate” by the courts, [...]
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The US Is Still Executing People for Crimes Committed As Teens – OpEd
The United States never misses an opportunity to castigate other countries for “uncivilized” behavior, and certainly there is enough of that to go around almost anywhere you look in the world. But there’s plenty of it here in the U.S. too. Just consider the case of Terry Williams. Williams, a 47-year-old black man, has spent [...]
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Obama: Assad Regime Must End
During his speech at the UN, the U.S. President welcomed the “progress” achieved by the Arab Spring, while deploring the anti-American violence shaking the Arab and Muslim world today. He also called for sanctions if the Syrian regime continues to “massacre its people. Barack Obama said Tuesday that the regime of Bashar al-Assad must be [...]
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Kurdish Issue In Syria: What Is The Truth? – OpEd
By Ali Hussein Bakeer The information transmitted about Syrian Kurds has to be meticulously weeded out of exaggerations. Turkey mustn’t view Syrian Kurds from the same perspective with which it views Iraqi Kurds or Kurds within its own borders. The issue of Syrian Kurds has surfaced, with the regime forces withdrawing from some of the [...]
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Junk Food US Security Threat, Say Retired Military Leaders
America’s public schools are selling enough junk food to pose a U.S. security threat, according to a new report released Tuesday by Mission: Readiness, a bipartisan group of senior retired military leaders concerned that the nation’s youth are unfit to serve in the armed forces. “Childhood obesity is more than just a health issue, it [...]
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Mahinda Rajapaksa’s India Visit: Taking The Ties Forward – Analysis
By N Manoharan Despite protests from fringe groups in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited India from 19 to 22 September 2012. Anti-Sri Lankan sentiments were on the rise in the southern Indian state ever since the holding of Tamil Eelam Supporters Organisation (TESO) in August 2012. These were followed by protests against [...]
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier: Capacity Building And National Pride – Analysis
By Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri The first Chinese aircraft carrier, refurbished out of the Varyag unfinished Ukrainian carrier, sailed for its 10th sea trial on 28 August 2012. The Chinese official news agency Xinhua, while putting this fact out in the public domain cited its naval experts as surmising that the 304 meter long carrier with [...]
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US Election: Ann Romney Berates Husband’s Republican Critics
By Ernest Corea “Stop it.” That was Ann Romney’s peremptory order to her husband’s Republican Party critics, when she was recently interviewed by Radio Iowa. The wife of presidential candidate Mitt Romney came across like a highly strung nanny ticking off a rumbustious bunch of rich kids at a summer picnic. In fairness to Mrs. [...]
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Qatar: Rich And Dangerous – Analysis
By Felix Imonti The first concern of the Emir of Qatar is the prosperity and security of the tiny kingdom. To achieve that, he knows no limits. Stuck between Iran and Saudi Arabia is Qatar with the third largest natural gas deposit in the world. The gas gives the nearly quarter of a million Qatari [...]
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East China Sea Energy And Geopolitical Profile: Territorial Disputes Hinder Exploration – Analysis
(EIA) — The East China Sea is a semi-closed sea bordered by the Yellow Sea to the north, the South China Sea and Taiwan to the South, Japan’s Ryukyu and Kyushu islands to the East and the Chinese mainland to the West. Evidence pointing to potentially abundant oil and natural gas deposits has made the [...]
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