Thursday in Berlin, before a crowd of up to two-hundred thousand people, “citizen of the world” Barack Obama gave a call-to-arms speech concerning the Trans-Atlantic relationship. The text of the speech is here. Video here. The turnout for the speech blows...
The Pakistani intelligence agencies have reveal that there are approximately 10,000 foreigners terrorising tribal belt. The repeated assertions by the American and Afghan officials that the tribal areas of Pakistan have turned into a safe haven for Al Qaeda militants...
After two days parliamentary debate Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA) of 12 parties survived a confidence vote 275 to 256. The confidence vote was necessary because of the Prime Ministers push for ratification of a nuclear deal...
This is a really good piece from BlackFive.net regarding the necessity of Iraqi’s perceiving the Iraqi government as legitimate. There is an important concept needed to understand the negotiations — both formal ones, and those using the press as a proxy...
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated the limits of American power. The number of problem spots in the world is not limited however. Consequently, the world has need of other nations that are willing to step up and take a leadership role in international...
