Lots and lots of news:
I recommend you start here, with Mr. Robichaud's interview about security, hostages, and other aspects of Afghanistan.
U.S. Wind and Fury:
–This week I talked about loose lips in the U.S. presidential race that can, well, sink ships of state. My collegue James Nadel at the …
In this weeks Weekly Roundup we take a look at the US Presidential Campaign and political attacks by Romney against Giuliani's immigration record, the National Guard situation at the US border as well as Remittances to Mexico and Census changes in the US and problems with the immigration laws in the …
Afrifocus has again turned its attention to China's role in Africa. Worth checking out are a Gareth Evans and Donald Steinberg article arguing that China's mindset toward Darfur has changed to the point that “instead of being part of the problem, it could play a significant …
Marina Nemat has just published her book The Prisoner of Tehran on her time as a political prisoner in Iran in the 1980s. In her time there she was arrested for having negative views of the Revolution of 1979 and was put in prison …
Middle Class Baghdadi Amira ended up in Jordan after losing her husband, losing her family assets and losing her security in the city she grew up in. Despite having a privileged destiny in Iraq, she now sells food on the streets of Amman, Jordan.
More than 2 million Iraqis …
It's Friday: must be time for the CAB. And what a week: there's no keeping up with this hot zone of geopolitical interest . . . although some states have more news than others.
Central Asia General:
–All SCO this week, every day. First, the beginning of a Collective Security …
Well, to finish out a week of SCO backgrounders, I just want to include an uh, informative video of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. It seems that this video shows citizens of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea that President Kim Jong Il is also a participant in Shanghai Cooperation Organization events and meetings.
You will …
The U.S. Defense Department has designated 14 “high-value” detainees as enemy combatants, paving the way to a trial before a military commission at the naval facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The suspects, including alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Muhammad and co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shib, were classified …
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The legacy we leave our children is all we give them, it is truly the mark of what we have done with our lives. Do we really want to leave our children with nothing more than hate, destruction, violence, and death? Are our lives not worth living, …
