Doing Biden’s Bidding
Vice President Joe Biden landed in Mexico City last night and he’s left little doubt about his mission—to lock in the regional drug war. His visit comes at a time of mounting calls to end prohibitionist laws and the drug war model. Biden will be in Mexico City all day Monday meeting with President Felipe Calderon and [...]
Bangladesh: Boycotting Indian Products To Protest Brutality At Border
In January 2012 a 12 minute long uncut video of brutality on a Bangladeshi cattle trader by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) (warning: graphic content) went viral on the Internet. Originally uploaded by an Indian human rights organization Masum, this video attracted widespread condemnation from Bangladeshis. According to reports by Human Rights organizations Indian [...]
India, Pakistan and the future of Afghanistan
Even as the so- called ` end game’ in Afghanistan approaches, in the context of the US and allied forces to withdrawing from Afghanistan by 2014, the future scenario is being contemplated in terms of the role of India and Pakistan vying for influence on Afghanistan. Afghan President Karzai visited India in October, 2011 and [...]
The London Conference on Somalia
Leaders from across the globe are gathering today with various leaders in Somalian civic society at the London Conference on Somalia. The goal of the conference is to develop a new international approach to Somalia that nonetheless keeps Somalians in the center of the dialogue and thus of viable solutions. The British government is central [...]
United States softens on threats to relations with Bangladesh
It now appears that the United States government has softened in exerting diplomatic pressure on Bangladesh soon after the authorities forcibly removed Nobel laureate Professor Mohammad Yunus from the micro-finance institution he founded 30 years ago. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was irked last March and threatened that the bilateral relations with Bangladesh would [...]
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