Home » 2011 » MayThe Palestinian security officer at the Rafah border was overly polite. He wore a black uniform and walked around self-assuredly, as he instructed weary travelers on their next moves before…
May 29, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreBEIRUT — Millions of American voters were offended this week by the vulgar display on Capitol Hill which witnessed the annual rite of nearly two-thirds of Members on Congress stumbling…
May 29, 2011 / 7 Comments / Read MoreAfter the killing of Osama Bin Laden by the US navy seals on May 2nd, the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) issued a statement in which they threatened to avenge Bin Laden…
May 29, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More“Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the…
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It has been the contention of this writer since the 1980s that Russia and China are fundamental rivals, regardless of pragmatic alliances. The “fraternal” relations that supposedly existed between two…
May 27, 2011 / 7 Comments / Read More Iran’s former reformist president Mohammad Khatami and 120 Iranian other clerics have urged the authorities in a communiqué to release opposition leaders Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi from house arrest.…
May 27, 2011 / Comments Off / Read MoreThat Pakistan is too important a state to be allowed to fail is long acknowledged. For the US, its strategic location and being the locus of ‘terror’ lend it significance.…
May 27, 2011 / 2 Comments / Read MoreThe deterioration of bilateral relations between Pakistan and the U.S. represents at once potential peril for the region and an opportunity for the U.S. and the Central Asian states. Although…
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