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ISRAEL: STANDING ALONE?

By Deborah Weiss June 2, 2011 @ 12:54pm

Israel celebrated her sixty-third anniversary of independence on Saturday, May 14th, 2011. The following day, May 15th, constituted the holiday Palestinians refer to as “Nakba”, which means “the catastrophe” in Arabic. It is the day in which Palestinians mourn the creation of Israel.

 

Prior to Israel’s anniversary, 350,000 organizations and individuals signed onto a facebook page calli…

Post-Osama Pakistan: Can the civil-military balance change?

By Tridivesh Singh Maini May 13, 2011 @ 1:18pm

Pakistan’s military leadership is briefing a joint session of parliament, today, on operation Geronimo. Army chief General Asfaq Parvez Kayani probably wants to send an unequivocal message that the military and the civilian government led by Asif Ali Zardari are on the same page. With this in mind, the army supposedly ‘wants to throw the ball in parliament’s court’ wit…

Diplomacy on a Strong Wicket

By Tridivesh Singh Maini March 28, 2011 @ 10:23am

 

The usage of cricket Diplomacy, at a crucial phase in the Indo-Pak relationship, by Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has reiterated the centrality of ‘soft power’ in the relationship between the two countries. After India trounced Australia on March 24, in the quarter-final…

Strange Odyssey Dawn

By Bill Paisley March 25, 2011 @ 1:10pm

America’s participation in the military action in Libya is a questionable endeavor fraught with contradictions and head scratching questions by an administration not known for its clarity of thought or focused agenda. Nobody will shed any tears if Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi exits the world stage, but the feckless and confusing attempt to simply “do something” that has been called Operation Odyssey Dawn has result…

Will this thaw last?

By Tridivesh Singh Maini February 11, 2011 @ 2:34pm

 

Pakistan and India have once again decided to resume peace talks, that broke down after the Mumbai terror attacks. The decision to resume peace talks came during meetings in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan between the foreign secretaries of each nation, on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for regional cooperation (SAARC) Foreign Secretaries meet on February 6. According to The Hindu Newspaper, the decision to resume t…