The two states are working overtime to ensure mutual deterrence. …
BEIRUT — “My friends and I like Iran. Maybe they will ask their friends in Lebanon to help baba (daddy) to be allowed to work and our family allowed to…
A confusing controversy between the United States and Egypt is unfolding. It has already raised tensions in the relationship between the two countries to a level that has not existed…
The visit to Djibouti by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in late 2011 seems to be an omen foretelling the rebirth of the US African Command’s (AFRICOM) base in the…
The 'leaked' NATO report on the military situation in Afghanistan was largely recycled information, useful for the official leakers and journalists who got the scoop.…
Since 2003-04, India has been the biggest beneficiary of Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) policy.…
The U.S. reliance on attack drones to engage in targeted killing, especially in third countries (Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, Pakistan) has raised controversial international law issues.…
We can only hope that Turkey stays the Davutoglu course, pursuing every opening that enables positive mutual relations among countries and using its diplomatic stature to encourage peaceful conflict resolution…
Washington has made tremendous preparations for a military assault on Iran. …
This good news is a mirage. It is due to faulty seasonal adjustments and to the BLS birth/death model.…
Over the past several weeks, Iran’s nuclear program has occupied a central place in the reports of mainstream Western media and demonization of Iran has reached new levels.…
The consequence of printing money when jobs have been moved offshore is an inflationary depression. This catastrophe could begin to unfold this year or in 2013.…
We all know it is not just American and Lebanese politicians who use Palestinian refugees as political footballs during electoral campaigns; but they are currently the two most egregious apart…
There is a new emerging breed of Islamists, the neo-Islamists, who are likely to debunk conventional wisdom and opt for a departure from that image.…
Comparing these Israeli and Iranian patterns of behavior with respect to nuclear weapons, it is difficult not to conclude that it is Israel, not Iran, that should be subjected to…
Favoring human security can help the government realize its constitutional obligations. Since India faces no existential threat, exaggerations such as the ‘two front’ threat notwithstanding, India can make this shift.…