Most countries of the world are democracies, but recent elections demonstrate the challenges of the political system. The US promoted democracy in its battle against terrorism, and yet entrenched “regimes have borrowed America's fight against terrorism slogan as a way to stifle domestic...
The ritual of elections may have thrown many countries into convulsions in recent months but it has yielded little in the way democratic change. Elections in Iran confirmed the status quo. In Kenya they led to tribal...
The US Congress and the White House have been at odds over the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq for months, but brief historical reflection suggests that the only option left for Washington is to link forces with Iran. Starting in the mid-1950s, the US maintained stability in the Middle East and...
Wrong direction: A US war flotilla enters the Persian Gulf to pressure Iran,
but diplomacy may be more effective to bring balance to the Middle East
WASHINGTON: Increasingly bogged down in the sands of Iraq, the US...
Americans are flocking online to read feisty articles of the British press. Online sites of the Times of London, the Guardian and the Sunday Times all have substantial circulations in the US. ''They got all these readers without even trying,'' said journalism professor Jeff...
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Since 1990, the Muslim population in Europe has expanded from around 10 million to 14 million. This spike in numbers has been accompanied by a growing restless dissatisfaction in the quality of life available to Muslims, either European-born or immigrant. High unemployment and a low glass ceiling...
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Russian President Vladimir V. Putin has promised a pipeline that will carry Siberian oil to Japan. His recent visit to Japan, where plans for the pipeline were discussed, appeared designed to incorporate Japan back into the Asian power triangle that currently emphasizes Russian and Chinese...
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Central Asia has historically been a stage for strategic power games involving Russia and Europe. Russia and China, who have inherited the mantle of earlier imperial powers, conceded the US a foothold in the wake of the September 11 attacks when the US needed Central Asian bases for its operation...
Joining the battle: Defense secretary Rumsfeld arrives in Bishkek to foil Russian-Chinese attempt to expel American bases in Central Asia. (Photo: US Defense Department)
LAHORE: : In a major twist to the continuing Great...
The Yasukuni Shrine has become a symbol of Japanese nationalism and a major target for Chinese criticism. China and Japan still carry bitterness since fighting each other during World War II, and Japanese leaders’ visits to the resting place for 14 class-A war criminals further strain the...
In face of the invading Japanese army, Mao Zedung observed in 1938 that “this is a war that will change China, and it is also one in which Japan could be reborn.” He envisaged that Sino-Japanese peace would have a...
Shortly before the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect in 1994, then US President Bill Clinton optimistically predicted, as more Mexicans gained the ability to support themselves at home, a gradual decline in illegal immigration. Contrary to Clinton’s promise, however, the...
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