Merkel’s austerity drive faces rising challenge
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing a challenge to her tough line on fiscal austerity as unemployment continues to rise across the eurozone and the region faces up to the…
FX & Gold – weekly outlook – March 04-08: sequestering facts in the web of data
The latest development that global financial market will be watching nervously will be reaction to the automatic spending cut, which is also known as sequester (a general cut in government…
European markets shudder at prospect of Berlusconi return
Europe is holding its breath at the prospect of a return to power of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Although he insists that he has no interest in being…
Strengthening democracy and political parties – II
The military often takes over power swiftly and comfortably without any meaningful resistance either during or after the process of the take-over. Prime ministers are put behind bars and sent…
The PLO’s dangerous rhetoric
Hailed as one of the best spokespersons for Palestine, veteran diplomat Afif Safieh impressed many during his four-city tour in Canada, earlier this year. Safieh – the author of The…
America`s new strategy
After a decade dedicated to the `war on terror` and two long and costly land wars, the US has already shifted strategic gears. It has left Iraq, mission largely unaccomplished;…
Agenda for the nation: 2013 and beyond – I
The next government, which is expected to be in power sometime this year, shall have to formulate a national agenda for the next five years in the context of global,…
Lessons from Cyprus
A few years down memory lane, who would’ve thought that Cyprus – the Russian tax haven and the hub of a massive banking bubble – would bear such a mammoth…
Mirrors shown by India and UK! Articles 62, 63: Don’t falter Fakhru Bhai! 180 million are with you!
The hue and cry over Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan never appears to quite die down. It rises in tandem in noise…
Capitulation
Taliban, two; politicians, zero. Not a bad start to the year if you`re an anti-state militant. You`ve drawn the enemy`s blood repeatedly and yet somehow turned its attention towards peace…
