Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano urged Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to be more transparent and provide information to the government more quickly. The government revealed a series of missteps taken by TEPCO Saturday, including sending workers into the radiation-leaking plant in Fukushima without protective foot gear. Two workers at the Daiichi plant suffered […]
On Saturday, March 26 the BBC Russian Service aired its last broadcast at 21:30 Moscow time. The BBC Russian Service ceased its radio broadcasts after 65 years on the air because of drastic budget cuts implemented by the British government. The BBC also stopped broadcasting to Russia in English on short and medium wave. A limited […]
For the first time in its history, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution allowing the use of force on a sovereign state. Political analysts and legal scholars argue that the international military intervention in Libya has legal grounds but still raises immense political and legal debates. There are evolving discussion on the […]
After more than two weeks of unrelenting news from Japan following the March 11 9.0-magnitude quake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, here is a bit of soft news. Four major record labels–Sony Entertainment Music, EMI Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group–will collaborate to release a 38-track digital album with proceeds going to the Japanese […]
The following piece is by a guest contributor, Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi. Dr. Amirahmadi is a professor at Rutgers University and founder and president of the American Iranian Council. www.amirahmadi.com; [email protected] The revolts in Tunisia and Egypt will go down in history as two of the fastest and easiest “revolutions” of all times! It is almost certain […]
The following piece is by a guest contributor, Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi. Dr. Amirahmadi is a professor at Rutgers University and founder and president of the American Iranian Council. www.amirahmadi.com; [email protected] In the wake of the “revolutions” in the Middle East and “revival” of protests by the Green forces, some American “experts” of Iran are calling […]
The Following piece is written by a Yemeni-based journalist who writes for Foreign Policy Association, and due to serious security concerns, remains anonymous. On what has been called a “Day of Departure”, Yemeni anti-government protesters gathered on the University ground in their hundreds of thousands, determined to make a stand. Although the memories of last […]
As NATO prepares to take over the command of Libya air operations, NATO spokesman has indicated on March 25 that the İzmir NATO Airbase in Turkey will act as the command and communications center for further air operations. With this capacity a Turkish major-general and an American lieutenant-general will have the ‘authority and responsibility’ for […]
Despite past disagreements with the Libyan leader over the pace of African integration and the awkward fact that Qaddafi provided support for Uganda’s murderous former leader, Idi Amin, Ugandan President Yoweri Musevini is highly critical of the Western intervention in Libya in an article printed by Foreign Policy magazine. While Musevini acknowledges some of the […]
A London tribunal has extended the injunction on BP and Rosneft’s proposed joint venture in the South Kara Sea in the Arctic. The injunction was sought by AAR, a group of Russian oligarchs which own half of TNK-BP, BP’s primary partner for development in the Arctic. All of BP’s projects in Russia and the Ukraine […]
The Tokyo District Court sentenced Tomohiro Kato, who committed a stabbing rampage in 2008, to death Thursday. Kato had been caught red-handed by police in the rampage on June 8, 2008, in Tokyo’s Akihabara district. The rampage, which Japanese media refer to as the “Akihabara phantom-killer incident,” left seven people dead and 10 injured. While […]
India’s abstention on Security Council Resolution 1973 approving ‘no-fly zone’ over Libya and authorizing all necessary measures to protect civilians has disappointed India’s supporters and reinvigorated the critics. It is alleged that an ‘emerged’ India has still not come out of the diplomatic closet. It was expected that India would use the opportunity as non-permanent […]
Ian Bremmer is considered one of the top strategic thinkers on how political developments move markets. FPA Contributor Reza Akhlaghi interviewed the Eurasia Group president on the emerging world order following the so-called “Arab spring,” Iran’s chances of becoming a key player in the global economy and the rise of Turkey. Let’s start off with your […]
The reinvigorated rocket strikes on Israel and the recent terror attack in Jerusalem should put the conflict in a fork in the road — either establishing a comprehensive peace settlement or a complete annihilation of terror-minded individuals. I have a hunch that the latter outcome will prevail, albeit in the most deadliest of fashions. The […]
In an unintended twist of fate, Libya’s expulsion from the Arab League has left the fragile state of Iraq at the helm of the Arab League. It remains to be seen whether they’ll be ready to lead.