My Friend, Where You From?
It may surprise you to hear this, but Fidel Castro is not the most popular…More
Browsing: International Affairs
Down and Out in Santa Barbara
After 24 hours in transit, we landed in Los Angeles last week just as Bush…More
Why the French Vote Democrat
If Barack Obama were campaigning to be the president of France he would be elected…More
Space: The New Cold Warzone?
If you have been reading the Chinese media lately, there will be little you don’t…More
Recycling Pakistan
In February 2008, the Brookings Institution of Washington, DC, hosted an exercise in moral abstraction…More
Besieged From the Inside?
In mid-September, during the dying days of his leadership, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert boldly…More
Brown Dodges The Bullets
Is Gordon Brown back? Even in the chaos of international financial mayhem, the question of…More
Rural Pakistan's Silent Victims
The streets of Islamabad’s "Blue Area" are typically wide, straight boulevards lined with greenery and…More
Balancing Trade and Aid
In a recent article in newmatilda.com, titled What’s So New About Rudd’s Pacific Policy?, Maureen…More
Beyond Violence in Pakistan
There was an unmistakable message amid the rubble of the Marriott bombing in Islamabad: military…More