Uganda — Experiments in Aid
07 15th, 2011BBC World:-
; Repeated: Thursdays at 0930 & 1230 (Asia Pacific only), Fridays at 1530,
Saturdays at 0130 (Not Asia Pacific or South Asia) & 0530 and Mondays at
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S. Amer Latif on Mumbai
07 15th, 2011A measures analysis by S. Amer Latif now a visiting fellow at CSIS on the Mumbai bombings this week.
The Indian government has been very careful not to assign any blame until the investigation runs its course. While no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, speculation has focused on the Indian Mujahideen as a possibility. Lashkar-e-Taiba has also been mentioned as another possibility by Indian press reports. The Indian Mujahideen (IM) is closely affiliated with the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), which emerged in the late 1970s. The IM is opposed to Hindu nationalism, has endorsed al Qaeda’s goals and agenda, and seeks to avenge violence against Muslims in India, as well as protest the lack of socioeconomic opportunities for Muslims within Indian society. The group also reportedly has links to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
China in Europe
06 25th, 2011The Financial Times on Wen Jiabao’s visit to Europe
It is natural and important that the emphasis during Mr Wen’s visit should be on the benefits of co-operation between Europe and China. The future of both international politics and economics will turn on whether a rising China can sustain a co-operative relationship with the western world.
China Vs Vietnam — Dragonstrike
06 10th, 2011Vietnam has accused China of attacking one of its survey ships in an escalating row over disputed waters in the South China Sea.
Chinese aircraft carrier
06 8th, 2011China has confirmed that its first aircraft carrier is under construction, but that it would pose no threat to other nations. The 99o ft carrier – a remodelled vessel from Ukraine, the Varyag – is expected to be ready for sea trials later this year.
China cyberwar
06 2nd, 2011China has rejected allegations of involvement in a cyber-spying campaign targeting the Google e-mail accounts of top US officials, military personnel and journalists. A foreign ministry spokesman said it was “unacceptable” to blame China.
The US is planning to define a cyber attack as an act of war.
Pakistan — Rooting out the enemy within
05 28th, 2011The Financial Times leader argues that Pakistan has an enormous fight on its hands within the ranks of its own military. It argues that this week’s attack on a Karachi naval base was almost certainly an inside job, highlighted the vulnerability of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.
Kissinger on the next world war
05 21st, 2011Speaking to Simon Schama in the Financial Times, Henry Kissinger says:- “An India-Pakistan war become more probable. Eventually….if we let matters drift this could become the Balkans of the next world war.”
China 1972, Libya 2004
05 16th, 2011In 1972, Richard Nixon visited China to try to build a buffer against the Soviet Union. China was then in the middle of its horrendous cultural revolution from which Mao Tse-tung derived the reputation of being a brutal monster. In 2004, Tony Blair visited Libya to try to build a buffer against extreme and violent Islam and to test a new method of turning dictatorship to democracy without bloodshed.
Nixon is generally praised for his China initiative. Blair is condemned.
Uprising manifestos
05 15th, 2011Have either the regimes or rebels in Libya, Syria and Yemen published details of their reform and long term development plans? If not why not?
