A contentious issue around net neutrality and citizen journalism is buzzing in the cyberactivism world. There is emerging evidence that some US blog web hosts are systematically denying services to international bloggers living in and/or writing with a dissident voice against regimes such as Iran
The date was 13th February 2008 - a little over one year ago a momentous apology was made by the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, to the indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Islander people. The apology was an attempt to salve a national sin whereby Aboriginal children classified as 'not of
There is an alleged 4,00 strong British Army in Afghanistan, however they are not fighting for Queen and Country, but rather are British-born Central Asians fighting for the Taliban against NATO troops. These British youths have been detected by the intelligence services monitoring Taliban radio c
The map above should be front and center on every desk in the US State Department. It may help the budding US diplomat (or remind an experienced one) how besieged the Pakistani government in Islamabad feels, and the potential consequences of any failure of US policy in the region. The Pakistan
02.24.2009 | Asia, Features, Pakistan | Clarity Staff Reporter
We are reviewing the latest twist of the US-Israeli relationship today with satire, because we think that otherwise the US populace might actually get angered by this. We believe that most people can agree that there is little question that the US is in economic crisis. President Obama is searc
Obama's first steps on Afghanistan foreign policy resemble a stumble more than an authoritative stride. His other foreign policy moves, for example with China, Syria and Iran, may not please some of the hawks, but at least remain intact from his campaign playbook. His circling of the Israeli-Pa
02.22.2009 | Afghanistan, Asia, Features | Clarity Staff Reporter
In the new, still forming political landscape of a democratic Iraq, old grudges are being repaid and sometimes not subtly. In the case of the powerful Shiite cleric, al-Sadr, he is facing political undermining from Prime Minister Maliki, and also from Maliki's mentors in the regime in T
02.21.2009 | Features, Iraq, Middle East | Clarity Staff Reporter
There is a certain naivety in the discussion of Pakistan political transparency as undertaken by Western analysts. When an impatient diplomat asks why can't the Pakistan government do this or that, they are using the performance driven language of Western culture where results can be mea
02.20.2009 | Asia, Features, Pakistan | Clarity Staff Reporter
Israel is allegedly running a covert war against Iran, including assassination, supply chain interruption, kidnapping and other such high jinx. The covert war seems to be a little less secret now that it has been reported in detail in the British newspaper, The Telegraph. There are quite a few c
02.19.2009 | Iran, Israel, Middle East | Clarity Staff Reporter
In the current global economic climate, any politician that can reduce the annual cost of the Presidential office from $150 million per annum to $4million deserves a listening. The Maldives is known to many as an idyllic vacation spot. It is an economy that is largely dependent on attracting
