News and Analysis 24 April

Libya Lost in Libya – Los Angeles Times editorial In Libya, ‘Mission Creep’ Sets In – Los Angeles Times opinion Syria 120 Dead after 2 Days of Unrest in Syria – Associated Press Shameful Inaction on Syria – Washington Post editorial Assad Must Change Course, Fast – Daily Star editorial Yemen Yemeni President Agrees to [...]

News and Analysis 20 Feb

Middle East / North Africa Unrest Anti-Government Protests Spread Across Middle East, North Africa - VOA Battle Lines Harden Across the Mideast as Rulers Dig In – New York Times From Libya to Yemen, Unrest is the Rule – Los Angeles Times Obama Urges Restraint in Middle East – Voice of America Clashes in Libya Worsen [...]

News and Analysis 30 January

The Arab World Egypt protesters in Cairo standoff Al Zazeera Shots fired in capital’s central square, as anti-government protests continue amid reports of prisons being attacked. As protests swell from Yemen to Egypt, Middle East faces uncertainty Post  A wave of political unrest threatening Middle Eastern governments grew ominously larger Thursday as new protests shook impoverished [...]

The Arab Future

The unrest that toppled government in Tunisia has spread across the region, with big street demonstrations in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen. It’s a movement that appears leaderless – more like a “flash mob.” But it shares a common sensibility – the rising expectations of a younger generation that sees global change on the Internet and has momentarily lost its fear of corrupt, autocratic leaders.

News and Analysis 01 November

Bombs Were Designed to Destroy Planes, U.S. Believes NYT Officials believe the two bombs in last week’s plot, one of which had traveled on passenger planes, were intended to blow up the aircraft carrying them. Explosives tied to al-Qaeda bomb-maker Post Investigators examining explosives found in packages intercepted in Britain and Dubai suspect the material, preliminarily [...]

America’s Wars

Obama has inherited an America at war with itself in virtually all parts of the world. Somewhere it is kinetic where as at other places there are temporal wars being fought by America. All these are draining precious resources and are leading towards an early demise of the American Century. Throughout its brief lifetime, America [...]