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Review of ‘After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World’

After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World. Dilip Hiro. Nation Books, Perseus, New York, 2010. Modern history and current events are aligned in this excellent text from Dilip Hiro.…

US Rethinks Strategy: War as Opportunity in Libya

The brutality of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and his refusal to concede power, is costing Libya much more than innocent lives. The country is now also facing a possible loss…

Why the Planes Were Not Intercepted on 9/11

Of the many unanswered questions about the attacks of September 11, one of the most important is: Why were none of the four planes intercepted?  A rough answer is that…

Iran-Pakistan Relations in Light of Popular Uprising in Bahrain

Pakistan’s interior minister, Rehman Malik, was recently on a visit to Tehran conveying a special message from the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to President Ahmadinejad of Iran. The Pakistani…

The Sting of the Scorpion … Egypt’s Darkest Corner was the forerunner to Guantanamo

“Welcome to Tora Land”, declares the headline on a magazine rack that caught my eye as I was swept along in the rush hour inside Cairo’s chaotic train station. The…

The Dynamic of Mission Creep in Libya

Some commentators and politicians are describing it as mission creep – a slide into deeper military involvement in Libya, going beyond the original goal, and inviting unpredictable consequences. In simple…

Now I’m Talkin’ Vietnamese

After an exceptionally long and frustrating “silent period”, I am finally speaking real Vietnamese. Many people who have been following my blog posts told me that I should already have…

Conflict Resolution in a Hybrid State: The Bougainville Story

Background Information In Oceania, the islands of Bougainville and Buka (together making the Autonomous Region of Bougainville) are geographically and linguistically a member of the Solomon Islands, east of Papua…

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