India-Pakistan Dialogue: The Way Forward
A terrorist bombing of a bakery in Pune resulting in 14 dead greeted the announcement that the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan are to meet at New Delhi on…
Book Review: Golden Leaf – A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor
Golden Leaf wonderfully depicts the struggles and subsequent victories of a remarkable human being, and will inspire readers because it reaches deep into our souls.…
Threats to Pakistan’s Strategic Nuclear Assets
It is now up to the US to walk its talk and prove its claim that it wants to see a secure and stable Pakistan. It must pull the plug…
American Sentenced to Three Years by Burma’s Military Junta
A Burmese court sentenced American democracy activist Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also know as Nyi Nyi Aung, to three years imprisonment in Rangoon on February 10.…
Ukraine’s Future: The Precarious Alternatives to an EU Membership Perspective
While the EU cannot directly influence relations between Russia and Ukraine, any more than it can solve her problems, its Eastern policies do nonetheless affect both Kyiv’s foreign affairs and…
Finding the American Dream – in China
As the reality of China’s prowess continues to worry some and impress all, we may have to embrace China as a centripetal force in green energy and find our point…
Burma: An Interview with Zoya Phan
The people in Burma will continue until we have human rights, democracy and freedom in the country. If we don't resist, our whole race could be destroyed. …
It’s Not a New Turkey, It’s The Right Time
Turkey is not to be bullied, threatened, or intimidated. Even Israel, which has for long defied the norms of diplomacy, is now becoming more aware of its limits, thanks to…
Afghanistan: Karzai Reappoints Dostum as Chief of Army Staff
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reappointed Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum as his chief of army staff.…
India’s inter strategic paradigm debate and engaging Pakistan
India has major, continuing, and long-standing problems with its consequential neighbors. With China it has an unresolved border dispute. The Kashmir dispute remains a key roadblock with Pakistan. With Bangladesh,…
Abdurrahman Wahid: Indonesia’s Visionary Democrat
The passing of Abdurrahman Wahid on Wednesday 30 December, 2009, marked a sad day in not just the short history of Indonesia’s democratic tenure, but also throughout the Asia-Pacific region.…
Female Political Prisoner Victim of Non-Existent Health Care in Burma’s Prisons
Tin Tin Htwe was arrested in September 2007 along with 14 other activists for taking part in the Saffron Revolution. …
Peshawar Press Club Attacked Tuesday Morning, 3 Killed
A suicide bomber Tuesday morning attempted to attack the Peshawar Press Club, facing the Frontier Governor’s House. He was intercepted by a security guard, who was killed…
Burma: US Congress Members Call For “Immediate Unconditional Release” of Jailed Democracy Activist
There are growing fears for the health of Kyaw Zaw Lwin, a Burmese-born American democracy activist on hunger strike since December 4.…
Kristol Clear: The Source of America’s Wars
Unless Americans soon realize that they’ve been deceived by those for whom “American greatness” is merely a means to advance “the survival of the state of Israel,” that legacy promises…
Democracy
One of the many words in the mantra of the imperial apologists is that of democracy. From its Greek roots meaning “people” and “power” the word has travelled a…
Turkey Between Ethics and Politics: Put It All On the Table
Newly-independent Armenia’s ostensibly mature policy—which I supported as the nation’s first foreign affairs minister—of seeking establishment of diplomatic relations without the positing of any preconditions can today, 18…
A Wolfowitz in Sheep’s Clothing
Paul Wolfowitz, the chief architect of the Iraq War, now wants the United States to help refugees. No, not the estimated 4.8 million Iraqis forced to flee their homes in…
Pakistan: Hamesh Khan Arrested in United States
The NAB said the US Justice Department informed Pakistan authorities Thursday that Hamesh Khan had been arrested and would be handed over to Pakistan shortly.…
Asif Ali Zardari: Beginning of another kind of end
The people of this country laugh at everything only so that they do not weep. They use laughter as a fence against the handiwork of their leaders and the evils…
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