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South Asia: Of War Clouds and Silver Linings

Prospects are not bright for Dr. Manmohan Singh traveling to Islamabad on Mr. Gilani’s invitation extended at Mohali during the latest spot of ‘cricket diplomacy’. The foreign secretaries are to…

The Truth vs. Think Tankers Maloney & Takeyh

An op-ed published this week in The New York Times repeats a number of well-worn claims about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Written by the Brookings Institute’s Saban Center senior fellow…

Is The State a Monster? Pro & Contra Nietzsche

In Part One of Friederich Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra, there is a particularly provocative section entitled ‘Of the New Idol.’ Remembering that this pivotal writing of the great German thinker/philosopher,…

The Ultra-Importance of Turkish AKP’s Parliamentary Victory for Iran

One of the countries most jubilant about the AKP’s June 2011 parliamentary victory in Turkey is Iran. After the formal announcement of the polls results, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was…

‘Permanent’ Despair: Did Egypt Really Open Rafah Crossing?

For most Palestinians, leaving Gaza through Egypt is as exasperating a process as entering it. Governed by political and cultural sensitivities, most Palestinian officials and public figures refrain from criticizing…

Patriot Act: A civil liberties breach or a foreign policy necessity?

U.S. President Barrack Obama signed an extension to H.R. 2975, an Act to Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (2001), known as the Patriot Act. The…

Interpreting the AKP Victory in Turkey

It is the first time since the founding of the republic by Kemal Ataturk that such widespread international interest was aroused by Turkey’s June 12th elections. Naturally it is a…

Aging, Not Overpopulation…

TRANSCEND Media Service, June 13 – Aging, not overpopulation, will be the dominant tendency of the twenty-first century demography, writes Gérard François Dumont in Le Monde Diplomatique in June 2011.…