Obama’s Challenges In Syria
President Barack Obama’s case for intervening in Syria is legally weak, internationally divisive and morally hollow Read Here – The Hindu
Under The “Bo” Tree
LLast month’s big-daddy trial of the once high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai has proven two things. One, the Chinese government seems keen to close the former Chongqing party boss’s embarrassing corruption-laden chapter before senior party leaders meet in November to discuss the new economic agenda. Two, Bo’s trial – which made global headlines — seems to be […]
Exasperated Allies
Middle East supporters of the Sunni-dominated rebel forces led by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are exasperated with the hesitation of Western countries but are holding out in expectation that attacks will eventually occur. Read Here – The Jerusalem Post
Mirror Images?
India and China are neighbors with vexed relations. The most that can be said about them is that they share almost equal measures of mutual incomprehension. Read Here – The Diplomat
Unleash Diplomacy, Not Missiles in Syria
The alternative to the proposed US strike is not inaction, but rather a more comprehensive approach which takes into account the underlying reality in which the horrors at al-Ghouta took place: the proxy war in Syria. Come what may, only talks aimed at achieving a ceasefire, including wrangling with Russia and Iran, will stop the […]
Learning From A Former Colony
Singapore is not only a world away from the UK geographically, but as a small city state of no more than 5.5 million people and with a still relatively authoritarian approach to government, it doesn’t obviously hold many lessons for a mature, and much larger, advanced economy such as our own. Read Here – The […]
Nawaz Sharif And His Baggage
If Sharif has learned any lesson from his previous two stints as prime minister, it should be that his chances for serving a full five-year term in office will depend on his establishing a modus vivendi with Pakistan’s powerful military establishment. His prospects for establishing civilian control over the military and intelligence agencies, however desirable […]
Connecting The World
It is a dream that will be eventually fulfilled and everybody, including foreign policy practitioners, needs to listen closely to what Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg has to say because the world will be a very different place to live in when all of it is connected by the Internet. Read Here – Wired
China’s Other Bo Xilai?
Beijing has offered little information about the investigation of several executives from China’s top oil producer, except to accuse them of “severe breaches of discipline,” a phrase often used to invoke bribery and corruption. But the focus on the oil industry itself and specific investigation of two of the four executives adds fuel to a growing sense that […]
Driving Through The Afghan Capital
Kabul is not kind to drivers. It’s a city still expanding between mountains from which rival warlords used to lob ordnance at one another, and the legacy of those men who once laid waste to what was below remains here, on the streets, in the craters they left behind. Read here – The Atlantic
