Among Islamic State terrorists’ bizarre beliefs: The end of the world is near, and Muslims should embrace fear of God and rigid IS beliefs. As self-appointed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi claims to lead all Muslims. Despite roots with Al Qaeda, he and other leaders became frustrated with priorities...
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Pakistan’s youth confront two stark realities: one that’s ambitious and cosmopolitan and the other radical and inward looking. Oddly enough, young Pakistanis obtain much of their news from international sources like BBC or CNN, even as those same broadcasts focus on violence and radical elements of...
Tale of two worlds: In one Pakistan, the Taliban attack on girls attending school stirs protest (top); in other, audiences embrace a Turkish soap opera with themes of seduction and love
LAHORE: To witness two realities in one country, one needs go...
This past summer, advances of the Pakistani Taliban toward the capital Islamabad caused wide concern in the media. Though the Pakistani army vigorously pushed back, reclaiming Swat Valley and an American drone killed the top Taliban leader in Pakistan, the threat to the regime remains, according to...
Raiders at the gate: Police cordon off the gate of Wah Cantonment Ordance complex after a suicide bombing: It is believed to be one of the locations of manfacturing Pakistan's nuclear devices. (Photo:
WASHINGTON, DC: Pakistani Taliban leader...
在关闭的大门背后，政府官员相互交流着往往跟公开声明不同的情绪，公众对此习以为常。但维基解密曝光的美国国务院密电的几百个具体例子还是令人震惊。泄密凸显了快捷的全球通讯的前景和风险。在这个世界上，个人能够破坏全球战略计划，强大无比的政府则竭力控制危害性的蔓延。这是私人和公共声明之间、言论自由的要求和保密的需要之间矛盾的戏剧性展示。鉴于维基解密泄密事件提出的诸多严肃问题，以及针对泄密内容的争议和辩论使世界每个角落都不得安宁的事实，耶鲁全球在线将以两篇的系列文章探讨密电泄露事件所涉及的外交、民主、国防和司法等领域。在上篇文章里，贾姆希德•乔柯西集中探讨了伊朗核政策密电泄露所产生的影响。贾姆希德•...
印第安纳州布鲁明顿：美国国务院大量被盗窃的密电在网上泄露，此事的影响将在未来若干年里都会是人们分析的对象，但有一种模式正逐渐显现：虽然这些密电似乎让伊朗在追求核武器时胆子更大，但也显示出伊朗在世界上的孤立程度。美国对北非和中东腐败的专制政权的坦率评估或许能恢复阿拉伯民众对美国的信心，这或许是伊朗付出的代价。
12月，在日内瓦举行的有联合国安理会成员、欧盟和伊朗参加的核问题会谈没有什么成果，这并不令人吃惊。但是维基解密泄露的密电所显示的信息却鼓励了这次伊朗的谈判者，让他们采取了强硬的立场...
In July, Kenya’s government declared Asians as the nation’s 44th indigenous group after a successful petition from the Asian community, a nod to their long history in the country. Although individuals from the Indian subcontinent, referred to as Asians in Kenya, first immigrated en masse to the...
While the Balfour Declaration was not as strong as Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann had hoped when ratified in 1917 as it turns out, the public statement of support issued by the British government during World War I for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in...
Brazil has loosened environmental protections and stepped back on international commitments for reducing carbon emissions and deforestation. The Bolsonaro administration in Brazil expresses concern that such protections reduce the country’s sovereignty, transferring value of resources to foreign...
Breaking in the Amazon: The Tucuruí project was the first large-scale hydroelectric project in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest in the 1980s; this summer’s rush to burn rainforest, to expand fields and replace US soy markets due to the trade war, led to...
让人震惊的9-11恐怖袭击使得基地引人注目，但发展跨国网络争取全球圣战的并非仅有基地组织一家。此次上下两篇的耶鲁系列对恐怖威胁作出分析，自9-11以来，恐怖威胁就在寻求结束现代化和亚洲各地多元文化社会之路，挑起宗教间的战火。下篇分析了巴基斯坦的拉什卡-伊-塔伊巴组织（或称虔诚军）的目标。作者史蒂芬•坦克尔（Stephen Tankel）认为，虔诚军最初的目标是将克什米尔从印度解放出来，这一目标得到了巴基斯坦军方和情报部门的支持。虔诚军扩大其覆盖面，对印度发起攻击，招募印度、孟加拉国和尼泊尔，乃至如沙特和英国等国家的心怀不满的穆斯林。不久，全球圣战者对虔诚军领导人施加压力，...
华盛顿：早在恐怖分子空袭美国之前，一个激进伊斯兰组织在巴基斯坦已经开始了对印度的恐 怖活动。拉什卡-伊-塔伊巴组织即虔诚军在2008年11月对孟买的震惊世界的恐怖袭击，造成160多人死亡和300多人受伤，国际上因此臭名昭著。之前 许多人认为这一名字有“纯洁军队”意思的激进组织的活动仅限于南亚。然而，9 / 11之后七年，攻击发动之时，这一组织放言其跨国网络跨越几大洲。
像基地组织和许多其他圣战组织一样，拉什卡产生于反苏圣战时期的阿富汗。一开始它是一个 泛伊斯兰主义的组织，致力于发动圣战，...
