Home » 2011 » AprilAfter 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.…
April 29, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreThe 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…
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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…
April 29, 2011 / 17 Comments / Read More 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…
April 26, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More“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…
April 24, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreSome 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…
April 24, 2011 / 1 Comment / Read MoreAfter 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…
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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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