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Not Everyone Got It Wrong on Iraq's Weapons

February 5, 2004
For years, Scott Ritter, chief UN inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998, has maintained that Iraq's nuclear weapons program was defunct. Current evidence from David Kay's investigation suggests that Ritter was right. Yet Kay stated in his report on the Iraqi Survey Group's progress...

Will Erdoğan’s Victory Mark Rise of Illiberal Democracy?

August 7, 2014
An easy victory projected for Recep Tayip Erdoğan as first president of Turkey elected by popular vote baffles critics in the West. Steady improvements in the Turkish economy throughout his 11 years as prime minister trump ongoing complaints about an authoritarian style, explains Hakan Altinay,...

Putin and Erdogan Move to Restore Russia-Turkey Ties

August 10, 2016
Russian-Turkish relations hit a low point in November after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane that had strayed into its territory from Syria. Both countries are experiencing deteriorating ties with the West, and presidents Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan, the latter who survived a failed...

The Telegraph: Indian Independence Day

August 16, 2017
This August marks 70 years since the Great Partition divided British India into two independent nations: India and Pakistan. The Indian independence movement engaged in non-violent struggle under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and diplomacy efforts in international forums in the wake of the...

瓦齐里斯坦或崩溃之地：为国家生存而战的巴基斯坦军队

October 19, 2009
P巴基斯坦慢慢陷入一片混乱，这是作家和记者艾哈迈德•拉希德（Ahmed Rashid）在过去几年中所记载的情景，而在这一周由于巴基斯坦军方对位于南瓦齐里斯坦的巴基斯坦塔利班基地发起进攻，这种混乱到了重要关头。由于对放肆的恐怖袭击有所警觉而发动的最近这次进攻，只是冰山一角。正如拉希德在其文章中所生动展示的那样，局势的复杂性来源于巴基斯坦内部那些主要角色之间繁复的关系。巴基斯坦军方只是在经受了一连串自杀式袭击以及军队指挥部遭到一次令人尴尬的围攻之后，才最终发动对巴基斯坦塔利班的进攻。但军方不是在攻击那些他们已经与之周旋了多年的旧敌。许多武装分子与巴基斯坦军方及情报局都有联系，或者是从中得到训练。...

Don't Give Up on WTO, Fix It

April 4, 2006
Contrary to what its most adamant critics maintain, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is a primary defense for poor and oppressed nations against exploitation from powerful nations and companies. Economist Richard G. Lipsey traces how the international institution that regulates trade emerged from...

The WikiLeaks Ravage – Part II

December 8, 2010
WikiLeaks taunt the US government with a daily release of classified diplomatic cables. The US has reacted with fury – far more intense than during previous releases of military documents – and with unprecedented censorship that heightens curiosity and counters democratic values. US leaders...

Peace Deal for Turkey

March 25, 2013
Promised rapprochement between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish government has implications for the Middle East, particularly Syria, Iraq and Iran, nations that also have sizable Kurdish minorities concentrated in contiguous regions. Jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan issued a statement on the...
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