In light of the latest set of nuclear maneuverings of Iran and Brazil and new proposed sanctions, it is worthwhile revisiting the confusion of global nuclear policy. Who can be and can’t be granted self-governance over nuclear development plans seems to be based on whim. It reads like a Marx B
05.18.2010 | Americas, Asia, Editorials, Europe, Middle East, Rest of the World | Stuart Ford
Much to the horror of the seal the border Fortress America proponents, the world is integrating at increasingly faster and faster rates. Technology knows no national borders and has become a transnational cooperative (and competitive) medium to speed internationalization. Another important e
It is an interesting contrast, the US economy is under stress and as a result many traditionalist and right wing groups recommend a siege mentality as a response. This sees them advocating protectionism, import tariffs, funding only local projects and proposing a disengagement from the globaliza
There is no doubt that for some children home schooling is appropriate. However, one also has to remain suspect that such strict environmental control and restriction of potentially opposing views can also be abused. In fact, one could also be forgiven for suspecting that for some parents of a p
Regular readers may be wondering about our recent silence. Don’t worry we haven’t run out of things to say or abandoned the good fight for insight; we just got surprised by an unexpected, lengthy overseas trip. Like many changes, being overseas produces multiple benefits. Not least of these
A rerun from the vaults, about an issue that should never be forgotten. There is something intrinsically troubling in there being 37 million people living below the poverty line in one of the top ten richest countries in the world. While the definition of whether the ‘poverty line’ in thi
Afghanistan is a complex theater enough due to its inherent nature; but adding to the level of difficulty is the chain of command challenge. We have reported on this before in relation to NATO, where the chain of command is riddled with what are called “National Caveats.” These are the spe
The debate around health reform in the US is partisan and vitriolic. It has been cast as a battle between the evil of big government versus the efficiency of the free markets. Any reform is demonized as social tinkering, and the fact of the matter that a bloated, over-expensive system with compa
Martin Kramer has stunned many observers in the Middle East by claiming radical Islam is not a response to Western foreign policy, poverty or domestic governance frustration. Instead he states “…that it was inherent in the demography of Muslim societies such as Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan and t
An update to the ongoing saga of the Mig-29 jets that Russia is gifting to Lebanon. If you remember, at first blush this looked like a major act of Russian largesse, the gifting of 10 MIG-29 fighters to Lebanon. This would be a strategic boon for Lebanon situated in a region where neighborhood s
There was a certain symbolism in the recent dinner in Damascus between Sheikh Nasrallah. Leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . The US has been frantically trying to reverse the mishandling of diplomatic relations wi
03.2.2010 | Iran, Middle East, Syria | Stuart Ford
The climate change theory has always had its detractors. They have been made bolder and smugger since the recent spate of apparent scientific manipulation of the data. In a classic ruse of erroneous logic, these deniers of human influence on climatic patterns have created a construct of conspira
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