The United States is taking the next step in its efforts to promote democratic reform in Burma, sending a high-level diplomatic delegation there in the coming weeks for exploratory talks with the nation’s military rulers. For a more complete picture of conditions on the ground, U.S. officials will...
Essay on the Future of Pakistan: Possible Scenarios
Beyond the pendulum of the general and the landlord-politician: Understanding and creating alternative futures and scenarios for Pakistan
By Sohail InayatullahProfessor, Tamkang University, University of the Sunshine Coast, and Prout College.In this essay, I outline Five futures ...
Pakistan was carved out of colonial India and came into existence in
1947. It was the result of religious divisions that actually surfaced
during the last 100 years of colonial rule—especially after the British, by
enunciating difference on the basis of religion, created ongoing tensions and
conflict between ...
India has every reason to welcome US
President Barack Obama's new engagement with the Burmese government
that could help end the prolonged international isolation of our
eastern neighbour so critical to our internal security and Asian
strategy.
For years now
Delhi had cautioned Washington against the policy of isolating Burma
...
Can Islamic World be Saved?
-Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal
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[The US-led international state terrorist (IST) rogues are dismantling the Islamic world according to a plan. Can the shamelessly disunited Islamic world be saved and protected from the Western and Israeli-Indo hidden
India — The saga of Aung San Suu Kyi’s non-violent struggle for democracy in Burma defies known descriptions of political courage, and with the country’s military rulers now deciding to use her ‘legal status’ to their advantage in an...
This month Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi passed two milestones. The first was 14 years – that is the amount of time she has now spent in detention during the past two decades. The second was to meet Western diplomats and begin...
The United States is taking the next step in its efforts to promote democratic reform in Burma, sending a high-level diplomatic delegation there in the coming weeks for exploratory talks with the nation’s military rulers. For a more complete...
Deal with Pyongyang, win diplomatic goodies. The Obama Administration is starting to worry about Burma’s nuclear ambitions...The bad news is that the White House is taking the same failed tack it used with Tehran and Pyongyang and trying to cajole...
The Nobel Peace laureate had "softened" her attitude toward the military regime since her house arrest was extended in August for a further 18 months, the official quoted Thein Sein as saying. ... Building an army of 500000 soldiers and digging
“We underscored the importance of achieving national reconciliation and that the general elections to be held in Myanmar [Burma] in 2010 must be conducted in a fair, free, inclusive and transparent manner in order to be credible to the ... there
NLD re-circulates disciplinary regulation. Mizzima.com - . Thus this issue will be discussed and decided when CEC meets party General Secretary Daw Aung San Suu Kyi or take necessary actions and resolutions when the … ... Myanmar nationals
India Maoist militia kills rivals 29/10/2009. Members of a Maoist militia in India's West Bengal state kill two supporters of the ruling Marxist party, police say. […] Biswas on India 29/10/2009. What does a starving monk tell you about India? […]
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