The world doesn't want Iran to go down the path towards uranium enrichment and on to membership of the nuclear weaponry club. Everyone says Iran shouldn't be allowed to develop nuclear weapon capability, and we agree. However, if you are the US diplomat tasked with negotiating the cessation of
01.31.2009 | Features, Iran, Middle East | Clarity Staff Reporter
You have to admire the vivid imagination of Libya's Gaddafi. He is now proposing a single state solution to the Israel-Palestine problem, he dubs "Isratine." The following article is from International Herald Tribune: The one-state illusion It is always pleasing to hear Muammar Qaddafi
01.30.2009 | Israel, Middle East, Palestine | Clarity Staff Reporter
After a long time in the wilderness, the lost art of diplomacy appears to be making a comeback into US Foreign Policy. Iran has long been a thorn in the side of the US and others in the region. Bush tried threats, sanctions and derision, That approach failed, it just made Iran more intransigent. Ob
01.30.2009 | Americas, Iran, Middle East | Clarity Staff Reporter
We have, of course, been following with close scrutiny the debate on the Gaza, and the relative positions of those who are pro-Israel or pro-Hamas. There are many positions in between these two ends of the spectrum, but it is the extremities that garner both the most scrutiny and and are most often
01.29.2009 | Features, India, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Palestine | Clarity Staff Reporter
The Congo is often referred to by African correspondents as the forgotten war. The magnitude of the problem should not make this so. Since 1998, 5.4 million people have died as a result of violence in the Congo. This is more deaths than from any other conflict other than World War II. A repor
There are a few mixed messages emerging from the Obama Administration. Obama's message to the Muslim world last night was in some ways conciliatory, but differs from what we are hearing from Defense. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates came out in what appeared almost a challenge to China, saying the U
When Prince Turki of Saudi Arabia sends a direct message via an opinion piece in the Financial Times to President Obama that Saudi is running out of patience, whether you think Saudi is a valuable partner or not, you still better take notice. Prince Turki would not make such an open declaratio
From Fars News Agency: Iran's Air Force has started manufacturing of its first stealth aircraft after completing the design, Air Force Commander Brigadier General Shahsafi said. "The design phase of Iran's stealth aircraft has already completed and they are in the manufacturing phase of ar
The following is a full transcript of Hisham Melhem's interview with President Obama on Al Arabiya TV: Q: Mr. President, thank you for this opportunity, we really appreciate it. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Q: Sir, you just met with your personal envoy to the Middle East, Sena
If you look for an empiric case study for why it might be better to not intervene in sovereign affairs of another country as a characteristic of an improved US Foreign Policy, one could do worse than consider the two examples of Pakistan and Bangladesh. While there are stark differences between
Mugabe is seeking to add to the list of countries that will financially support his failing regime in Zimbabwe. China is still in the mix, much to the annoyance of the West, but now Mugabe has dispatched an envoy to Libya and Iran to ask for help. He is looking for partners that will ignore sancti
The United Nations was created just after World War II, by nations weary of a conflict in which the ultimate deterrent, nuclear weapons, had been deployed in anger. The world reeled at its impact and the UN was born. The UN is still one of the greatest achievements of a diplomatic ideal in the mod
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