Humanity
An humanitarian perspective addressing issues from development to education and beyond.
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Monday, 25 May, 2009
RIYADH--The Wild West Eatery has closed, and there’s a new restaurant in town. The lights are dimmer, the music softer and the tables set with new linen. The chef has popped his head out of the kitchen once or twice to announce he’s working on a new menu. And waiters wearing lapel pins reading “George” and “Dennis” have visited our table to ask what we’d like to drink. Now, we’re waiting for the meal.Analogies are always imprecise, to be sure. And we shouldn’t take this one to...
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Monday, 25 May, 2009
After 9/11, the United States and the United Kingdom launched Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, home to the fundamentalist Taliban who provided a safe haven for Bin Laden and al-Qaeda. Also in the aftermath of the 9/11 events, NATO invoked its Article 5 and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was deployed, under the authority of the United Nations Security Council, to assist the Afghan government in the maintenance of security in Kabul and its surrounding areas, so tha...
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Monday, 25 May, 2009
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eagerly anticipated first meeting with Barack Obama in mid-May proved less dramatic than expected. Whilst many analysts thought the e...
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Monday, 25 May, 2009
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shifted the focus of Western security concerns towards the intertwined threats of terrorism and proliferation of nuclear technology an...
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In a recent speech delivered in Prague, US President Barack Obama indicated that prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons, especially to terrorist networks, will be one ...
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As the attention of the international community is focused on the situation in Somalia, particularly the pirate attacks, the other margin of the Gulf of Aden discloses a set of ci...
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Trust is a fashionable concept, and a valuable commodity, in these days of financial crisis. Without restoring it, we are told, markets will not start working again. US foreign ...
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Monday, 27 Apr, 2009
The report on the disputed city of Kirkuk, handed this week to Iraqi leaders by the UN special envoy to Iraq Staffan de Mistura, reveals a new challenge for minority Kurds in the ...
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Monday, 27 Apr, 2009
RIYADH--The brief movement was barely noticed at the time by the dignitaries in the ornate hall. But thanks to television cameras, U.S. President Barack Obama’s bow as he shook ...
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Monday, 27 Apr, 2009
“I am really concerned about the [Swat] agreement. These [militant] groups will take advantage of any lull. These [militants] are not reconcilables”. With these words, Under S...
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