Reporting for the Middle East Political and Economic Institute, Foreign Policy Association blogger Manuela Paraipan shares a recent interview on the Muslim Brotherhood, with Dr. Kareem Mahmoud Kamel, Assistant Professor of Political Science at The American University in Cairo (AUC). Please visit the MEPEI website to access the interview in audio/pdf format and to access […]
Reporting for the Middle East Political and Economic Institute, Foreign Policy Association blogger Manuela Paraipan brings us an exclusive interview with Former Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. Please visit the MEPEI website to access the interview in audio/pdf format and to check out other interviews by Manuela Paraipan. By Manuela Paraipan, Middle East Political and […]
Reporting for the Middle East Political and Economic Institute, Foreign Policy Association blogger Manuela Paraipan shares a recent interview on post Hosni Mubarak Egypt, with Dr. Amr Hamzawy, Senior Associate at Carnegie Middle East Center. Please visit the MEPEI website to access the interview in audio/pdf format and to check out other interviews by Manuela […]
Reporting for the Middle East Political and Economic Institute, Foreign Policy Association blogger Manuela Paraipan brings us an exclusive interview with Former Lebanese President Emile Lahoud. Please visit the
A beautiful video at the Atlantic, of the Royal Gurkha Regiment fighting in Afghanistan, and the bonds they have created with the Afghans. The video shows them bonding over Bollywood, Urdu and certain common cultural elements.
“We are not ready to sign under the plans to cut 22-25% as part of a direct continuation of the Kyoto Protocol”, declared Russia’s environmental diplomat Oleg Shamanov. This despite the fact that Russia remains the only developed country ALREADY operating at below-1990 emissions levels, because of the post-Soviet industrial collapse. It has thus benefitted […]
In the beginning, the Arab world was ecstatic with the prospects of President Barack Obama changing the dynamic between the West and the Middle East. His background and willingness to sit down with Arab and Muslim leaders sparked optimism that finally, after eight years of demonization, the Arab world would have a fair hearing by […]
Earlier this week at the world climate talks in Copenhagen South Africa announced that the country plans to cut its carbon emissions by 34% by 2020. However, South Africa will need the support of “developed countries” to do so. This seems like a brilliant strategy. Most discussions about climate change for nations in Africa, Asia […]
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar conditionally approved Shell Oil Company’s plan to drill three “exploratory, information-gathering” oil wells in the Chukchi Sea during the next open season, which will be from July-October 2010. There will be tough environmental restrictions on the exploratory drilling, yet these still aren’t enough to satisfy environmental watchdogs. The Anchorage […]
President Hugo Chávez may be known for his rhetoric, but at the same time he often makes good on his statements. He rails against imperialism and increasingly pushes the country’s political institutions, as well as its society, towards socialism. A Reuters article chronicles some of Chávez’s recent moves in the country’s economy. The government has […]
It is nauseating to see people being slaughtered in Pakistan these days. Human life has no respect for barbaric animals responsible for these bombings and suicide attacks. And if the news of bombings and killing was not enough, I was horrified to learn that Lahore’s commissioner (incorrectly) blames India for these attacks while Punjab’s law […]
Many polls have now been released showing Americans’ feelings toward our presence in Afghanistan and President Obama’s new surge plan. As I mentioned the day of the President’s West Point speech, Obama’s Afghanistan policy approval rating had dropped all the way to 35%, an alarmingly low number. I blamed some of this on the long […]
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), an observant Mormon, bid Jews a happy Hannukah this year in his own special way- by penning a song for the chosen people. While this is definitely not the biggest news of the day, it may be among the funniest. The video has gotten a lot, a lot, a lot, a […]
There has been a fairly energetic mixed reaction on Tarique Rahman’s elevation to second in command, within the BNP, next only to his mother, leader of the BNP and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia. On the one hand within the BNP, senior party members claim that his name did not come up in discussions […]
Zainab Jeewanjee critiques “The Demons that Haunt Pakistan” a SABRINA TAVERNISE article in the New York Times (NYTIMES). Jeewanjee explains that current skepticism of U.S. involvement in the Af-Pak war is not a matter of irrational, conspiracy theories and a personal hatred for all things American, it comes after a prolonged and now daily struggle against extremist Islam, and terrorists who massacre Pakistani’s increasingly since 9/11.