Taliban Terror in Pakistan
By Walid Phares Taliban Terror in Pakistan The war between the Taliban and Pakistan continues to accelerate. Just last weekend, Pakistan’s army responded to a long string of Taliban attacks by launching a massive ground operation in Waziristan. But through this already-long fight, the press and other observers have only focused on the continuing bloodshed [...]
India-China Relations
By Nirupama Rao India’s Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said that India takes a long-term perspective of its relations with China and efforts are being made to narrow down differences and building more understanding. Speaking to All India Radio in an interview with Kalyani Shankar, Nirupama Rao spoke on a variety of issues including India-China [...]
US downturn and reverse brain drain to India
By Achyut Menon Latest news reports indicate that the US unemployment rate climbed to a fresh 26yr high of 9.8% in Sept 09 – A more disturbing thought is, the increase in the U-6 ie people who want full-time work but took a part-time schedule instead because that’s all they could find. As it is, [...]
Where is Mr. Igantieff?
By Kady O’Malley The latest Strategic Counsel poll, which shows the Liberal party’s support sitting pretty much exactly where it was this time last year under Stephane Dion: Some of Mr. Ignatieff’s own advisers admit he has yet to offer a clear, defined political identity to grab them. “They don’t know who this guy is, [...]