Iraq and the end of Pax Americana
There is no doubt that Leslie Gelb is not the issue, but US policy of intervention is very much so, especially in so far as it reflects the last desperate acts of a declining superpower. In so far as Gelb reflects the position of segments within the political mainstream, discussing his proposal is addressing the [...]
2011: Children’s Rights a Year in Review
Summary of the Past Year 2011 has surely been a year of trial and tribulations for children across the globe struggling for freedom and their basic human rights. I wish I could write and say that 2011 was the year that we abolished child trafficking, child marriage, prevented children dying from preventable childhood diseases and [...]
MexicoBlog Editorial: Debunking Drug War “Spillover”
An article published this week in the New York Times, “Money-Laundering Case Speaks to Border Fears,” originally published in the Texas Tribune, got us thinking about the hot topic of border “spillover.” The article provides an excellent description of a money-laundering scheme. But it begins with this sentence, “… when federal agents raided the stately [...]
Kenya: Elite Kenyan Special Forces revealed
[A SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON KENYA’S SPECIAL FORCES IN THE FRONTLINE WAR ON AL-SHABAAB] They are the most secretive and presently are in the first line defense in the Kenya’s war on Al Shabaab. Little is known about them and their work. Within the Kenyan Defense Forces (Kenya Army, Kenya Air Force and Kenya Navy) [...]
Clinton’s Africa vision is out of focus, say critics
On Monday, October 3, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet with 40 women entrepreneurs from 36 African nations participating in the 2011 African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program, at the U.S. Department of State. The African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program is a people-to-people exchange that connects women and enhances their ability to be key economic [...]
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