It is treated as a petulant child, the infelicitous member of the world community, and devoid of fidelity. Fareed Zakaria in The Washington Post, struggling with his crystal ball gazing, tries to find the tempo the DPRK clicks to. He decides that Karl Marx’s remark about history repeating itself a second time as farce after [...]
Child Petulant: North Korea And Chastisement – OpEd
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The Real India – OpEd
All my life I have believed in an India that increasingly exists only in my mind’s eye. Perhaps, this India of which I am so proud to be a citizen is merely an idea that has not yet been fully realized. Increasingly, it feels like this great vision of India rarely matches the reality that [...]
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US Senate Report Attacks Big Bank’s Trades
A new U.S. Senate report is sharply condemning the country’s biggest bank, JPMorgan Chase, for its risky trading practices and lack of controls that resulted in a $6 billion trading loss last year. Democratic Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, the chairman of the Senate panel investigating the bank’s actions, summarized the findings of the 300-page [...]
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Mexico: 12 Dead, 70 Injured In Religious Fireworks Explosion
At least 12 people died and dozens more were hurt when a small lorry loaded with fireworks exploded in a small village in central Mexico. The explosion took place when one firework apparently landed on the truck in the village of Jesus Tepactepec, part of the municipality of Nativitas, 125 kilometers (78 miles) east of [...]
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Fiscal Policy In Europe: Searching For The Right Balance – Analysis
As the Eurozone growth continues to be negative, debates over the correct degree of austerity continue. This column presents the Commission’s view how and why austerity continues to be necessary. By Marco Buti and Nicolas Carnot The debate on the fiscal strategy in Europe seems at times like a war of religions. This is unfortunate [...]
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China: Li Takes China’s Helm, But Netizens Vote For Liu
China’s ruling Communist Party on Friday confirmed Li Keqiang as the man who will lead the world’s second-largest economy as netizens voted in mock elections for a fantasy president. Li was “voted” in by the National People’s Congress (NPC) by nearly 3,000 hand-picked delegates, and will immediate face the issue of a slowing economy and [...]
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Burma: Authorities Order Protestors At Controversial Mine To Leave
By Aye Nai Protestors who are still camped out near a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in central Burma were warned by the government on Friday morning to leave the area. According to Tin Mar Swe, a DVB reporter on ground, five government officials from the Ministry of Construction entered the camp this morning and ordered [...]
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Bolshoi Director Vows To Return After Recovery From Acid Attack
(RFE/RL) — German doctors have expressed optimism that Bolshoi Theater artistic director Sergei Filin will recover sufficiently from having acid thrown in his face to return to work. Dr. Martin Hermel of Aachen University Clinic said on March 15 that Filin would probably get enough of his vision back to allow him resume work at [...]
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Budget Cuts Threaten U.S. Intelligence Operations – OpEd
During the annual U.S. Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday regarding threats to the United States, U.S. National Intelligence Director James Clapper told the lawmakers that proposed budget cuts from the Obama sequester are a major hindrance for intelligence officials and their subordinates. Sequestration leaves the intelligence community ‘handcuffed” when it comes [...]
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Attacks On Ethnic Minorities Continue Despite Liberalisation Of The Myanmar State – OpEd
By Sanen Marshall It is worrying sign that as Myanmar begins to open up, the Government continues to persevere with armed aggression against ethnic minorities seeking autonomy within, or independence from, the Myanmar state. While it is true that few governments have traditionally interpreted the human rights principle of ‘self-determination’ as referring to the right [...]
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Morocco-Senegal: Historical Relations Defying Time – OpEd
The King of Morocco is starting as of Friday March 15 an official visit to Senegal, first leg of an African tour that will also take him to Gabon and Cote d’Ivoire. The visit to Senegal is not a surprise to anyone, as king Mohammed VI has always included the Dakar phase in his trips [...]
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Tit-For-Tat Resolutions: Indo-Pak Tensions Rise
India’s hanging of a Kashmiri man convicted in a terror attack is threatening to damage further relations with Pakistan. New Delhi reacted angrily to a resolution adopted by Pakistan’s National Assembly condemning the execution last month of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who was convicted in a deadly 2001 attack on India’s Parliament, accusing its neighbor of [...]
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Samira Ibrahim And The Washington Monument – OpEd
By Abdulateef Al-Mulhim Just a short time ago I was surprised to see the name of an Egyptian human rights activist on the list of recipients of the International Women of Courage Award. This award is presented by the US secretary of state and the first lady. So, this year it was presented by John [...]
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Junior Military Leadership In The PLA Today – Analysis
By Mandip Singh As a part of its modernization plan to fight wars under conditions of informationalisation, the PLA has embarked upon an ambitious effort to induct, educate, train and prepare its rank and file to meet the challenges of future wars. A well conceived and planned Professional Military Education (PME) programme is underway for [...]
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Panamá’s Troubled Path Forward – Analysis
By Ronn Pineo Riding in from Tocumen International Airport to Panamá City after sunset, one comes upon the eastern edge of the city, the site of over a dozen looming high rises. Each stands nearly dark. Construction began over five years ago, but most remain empty, never occupied or completed. Ghost-like, they loom in the [...]
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Managing Crisis Communication
(CORDIS) — Modern societies are continually confronted with disasters and catastrophes. Extreme events can threaten societies’ values and/or life-sustaining functions and create an urgent need to respond to them under conditions of severe uncertainty. Under such conditions, it is the responsibility of public authorities to manage the response operation in order to save lives and [...]
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Examining The Effects Of Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
(CORDIS) — Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women worldwide. The highest rate is in North America, with Europe close behind. Most women diagnosed with breast cancer receive radiation to help prevent a relapse, but a new study suggests that such treatment can increase the risk of heart attacks and of dying from [...]
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Syrian Druze: Toward Defiant Neutrality – Analysis
By Gary C. Gambill Syria’s Druze community once played a major role in shaping the country’s modern history, despite comprising a mere three percent of the population. Today, however, this enigmatic highland minority that seldom met an anti-government revolt it didn’t like finds itself precariously accommodating a dying regime as a gathering rebel alliance slowly [...]
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Former Young Communists’ Leader Becomes China’s Prime Minister – OpEd
By Artyom Kobzev On March 15, Li Keqiang became China’s Premier of the State Council (this is the way the prime minister is called in China). The man who appointed Mr. Li to this post was China’s President Xi Jinping. Li Keqiang, who is currently 57, began his career in China’s Communist Youth League, which [...]
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Guantanamo Prisoners ‘Feel They’re In A Living Tomb’– OpEd
Yesterday, I spoke to RT about the ongoing hunger strike at Guantánamo, which involves over a hundred of the remaining 166 prisoners. I first discussed it last week in an article entitled, “A Huge Hunger Strike at Guantánamo,” which, I’m glad to note, was very widely read. The six-minute video is available on the RT [...]
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