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Whats Global Recession?

2009-06-26T09:10:00.000-07:00

What is a global recession? Many individual countries are now in recession, and the world economy is flagging badly. Leading economic organisations and business leaders are talking about "a global recession".

Deffects in the Afghan-Pak Strategy of the US....

2009-06-01T23:26:00.001-07:00

Holes in the US Afghan-Pakistan strategyShahzad Chaudhry Lahore, Pakistan - The affable US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton needs to pay close attention to the serious gaping hole in US President Barack Obama's "AfPak" (Afghan-Pakistan) strategy: the absence of a cooperative geo-political security regime in the larger Afghanistan-Pakistan-India region.The United States is in a unique and

Massage Economics: Is China declaring its actual economic growth?

2009-05-24T02:17:00.000-07:00

PART of the recent optimism in world markets rests on the belief that China’s fiscal-stimulus package is boosting its economy and that GDP growth could come close to the government’s target of 8% this year. Some economists, however, suspect that the figures overstate the economy’s true growth rate and that Beijing would report 8% regardless of the truth. Is China cheating? Economists have long

Same Problems with the New Guard?

2009-05-19T22:07:00.000-07:00

New leaders face old problems in Mid-East The two leaders have differing views on the Palestinian territories

Strong Statesmanship

2009-05-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

There is no alternative May 7th 2009From The Economist print editionThe permanence of Thatcherism and the politics of unpopularity Illustration by Steve O'Brien POLITICS has turned funereal. New Labour was buried by ululating commentators after last month’s flawed budget. Now the -ism that spawned Tony Blair’s hybrid creed is apparently following it into oblivion. The 30th anniversary of the Iron

On the prowl

2009-05-02T02:35:00.000-07:00

China's sovereign-wealth fund is back on the acquisition trail Having kept a relatively low profile after big paper losses on its early overseas investments, China's fledgling sovereign wealth fund, China Investment Corporation (CIC), is hunting for acquisition targets once more. Such a move, combined with the more aggressive expansion plans of other Chinese companies, will reinforce speculation

Is There a real war between Pakistan and the Taliban?

2009-05-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

As the Pakistani army launches a new assault on the Taliban, America hopes it is now more serious about defeating the militants AFP WHEN Barack Obama unveiled his new policy on Pakistan and Afghanistan in March, he gave a warning that al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other jihadist gangs were “killing Pakistan from within”. The generals who guard Pakistan’s national security had shown only “mixed

Battle of Ideas

2009-04-30T01:58:00.000-07:00

Chinese companies are enforcing patents against foreign firms FOR over a decade Schneider Electric of France has bombarded a Chinese firm, Chint Group, with lawsuits accusing it of copying its technology. But the tables turned on April 15th when the two companies settled an infringement case—with the French firm forking over $23m to Chint. The rich settlement against a foreign firm is a landmark

Is Israel heading for a clash with the US?

2009-04-29T04:04:00.000-07:00

It is Israel's Independence Day - traditionally time for leading Israeli politicians to give big interviews about their country's past and future. Israel's new Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has remained conspicuously tight-lipped. Israeli voters went to the polls in February. Mr Netanyahu knows their number one priority is personal and national security. This would have been

Economic slump continuing

2009-04-23T20:32:00.000-07:00

Data 'to show slump continuing' Unemployment has risen sharply in recent months The UK economy shrank in the first three months of 2009 at about the same pace as it did in the final quarter of 2008,

Are Islam and Aristotle compatible?

2009-04-07T22:30:00.000-07:00

Are Islam and Aristotle compatible?Eric Heinze London - This semester I am teaching a course about Aristotle, democracy and law on a University of London campus which has large numbers of Muslim students. Over the past few weeks, two of them approached me – independently, and at different times. They both asked, a bit nervously, whether Aristotle's philosophy is compatible with Islam.They

Stepping Aside

2009-03-18T22:30:00.000-07:00

Reformists will struggle in the presidential race in Iran AFP AS IRAN heads towards presidential polls in June, the contest is shaping into something of a referendum on the nature of the Islamic Republic. Thirty years after the fall of the shah, pride in the revolution is tempered by a widely shared sense that it has gone astray. Yet views differ radically over what ails Iran’s hybrid

FAQ's on Stimulus Plan proposed by Barack Obama

2009-03-03T02:02:00.000-08:00

Q&A: Obama stimulus plan Mr Obama has made the stimulus plan his priority US President Barack Obama has signed into law a slimmed-down economic stimulus plan worth about $787bn (£548bn) aimed at boosting the US

open letter to US President Barack Obama from Conflict Analysis Professionals for Enduring Security:

2009-02-09T04:01:00.000-08:00

Washington, DC - The following is an open letter to US President Barack Obama from Conflict Analysis Professionals for Enduring Security:Dear President Obama,Congratulations on your election. We look forward to working with you to heal our country in every way we can.We are interdisciplinary conflict analysis professionals – psychologists and other social scientists – devoted to the study and

Hero, Statesman... or National Traitor?

2009-01-04T18:53:00.000-08:00

The traitor of the Filipino People The following blogpost is the result of a conversation with a close friend of mine.Opinions expressed here are not purely of the author's, but is a result of the inputs given by his friend..... I met and had a conversation with a friend recently, he was talking about Nationalism and the love of country. He struck a chord with a new argument that I have heard

Pakistan United against the wrong enemy

2008-12-20T00:26:00.000-08:00

Pakistan has made a modest start against the likely culprits of the Mumbai killings. But fulminating against India is more fun AFP IF PAKISTAN’S leaders had ever united against Islamist militancy as they have against India over the past three weeks, their country would not be the violent mess that it is. Ever since India alleged, with subsequent corroboration from America and Britain, that

Somalia's Islamists

2008-12-19T01:50:00.000-08:00

The rise of the Shabab Dec 18th 2008 | KIUNGAFrom The Economist print editionIslamist fighters are taking over swathes of Africa’s most utterly failed state FOR all its paradisal waters, golden dunes and swanky “eco-lodges”, life in Kenya’s coastal district of Kiunga, just a few miles from the border with Somalia, is hard. The place is remote, hungry and thirsty. The harvest and the wells have

2008-12-14T20:09:00.000-08:00

The left's resignation note Dec 11th 2008From The Economist print editionWhy the left in Europe is not benefiting from the economic crisis Illustration by Peter Schrank SOCIALISM in Britain died in 1983. Its demise can be dated to that year’s Labour Party election manifesto, branded “the longest suicide note in history”. This document combined ideological purity (highlights included the creation

Anger over Azhar Mufti meeting Shimon Perez

2008-12-10T00:47:00.000-08:00

Anger as Egypt sheikh meets Peres Sheikh Tantawi insists he did not recognise Shimon Peres Egypt's top Muslim cleric is under pressure to resign from politicians and newspapers for shaking the hand of Israeli President Shimon Peres. Criticism has been steadily

Plumbing the depths

2008-12-05T23:10:00.000-08:00

OPEC has its work cut out to stop the oil price from sinking further ENERGY analysts spent the first half of the year debating how expensive oil could get. Now they are asking the opposite question. On December 2nd the price of a barrel slipped below $47, the lowest level since May 2005 and less than a third of the peak reached in July. The main reason for the slump is the darkening outlook

A Spent Force

2008-11-20T03:32:00.000-08:00

The American economy A spent force Ominous signs that the crisis will have a big impact on spending IT WAS, admitted Hank Paulson as he threw a $250 billion lifeline to American banks, objectionable to most Americans, himself included, to see the government owning stakes in private companies. He had no real alternative. But it would have been less objectionable had he been able to promise that

Is It the Dawn of the Reregulation Era?

2008-09-18T03:14:00.000-07:00

Regulation has been a dirty word in business—and in Washington—for decades. But government oversight is looking a lot better lately The 30-year era of deregulation came to a sudden and surprising end on Sept. 16. Late that evening the Federal Reserve extended $85 billion to take an unprecedented 80% stake in American International Group (AIG) in order to save the floundering insurance giant. Less

2008-09-15T03:40:00.000-07:00

Climate change and the poor Adapt or die Sep 11th 2008From The Economist print editionEnvironmentalists have long said the world should concentrate on preventing climate change, not adapting to it. That is changing Panos “I USED to think adaptation subtracted from our efforts on prevention. But I’ve changed my mind,” says Al Gore, a former American vice-president and Nobel prize-winner. “Poor

In India, the paradox of 'choice' in a globalized culture

2008-09-13T00:30:00.000-07:00

A worker removing English signage in Mumbai on Aug. 26. (Rajanish Kakade/The Associated Press) LETTER FROM INDIA In India, the paradox of 'choice' in a globalized cultureBy Anand Giridharadas The mandarins of money Central banks in the rich world no longer determine global monetary

Hindsights

2008-03-17T02:04:00.000-07:00

The New Colonialist PowerChina's hunger for natural resources is causing more problems at home than abroadIt is not an exaggeration to say China is hungry for commodities.The fact is that it accounts for about twenty (20) per cent of the world's population, but it gobbles up more than half of the world's pork, half of its cement, a third of its steel and over a quarter of its aluminium. Indeed

Centrist Islamist parties Can Be Bulwark Against Extremism

2008-03-15T00:56:00.001-07:00

Centrist Islamist parties Can Be Bulwark Against Extremism by KHALIL AL-ANANICAIRO — For more than three decades, fundamentalist religious organisations across the Arab world – such as the Islamic Group in Egypt, the Armed Islamic Group in Algeria, and Al Qaeda – have monopolised global attention. Meanwhile, moderate currents faced – and continue to face – difficulty expressing themselves at the

A look at the Middle Class: The In Betweeners

2008-03-15T00:28:00.001-07:00

The in-betweenersJan 31st 2008From The Economist print editionA lot is expected of the middle class in emerging economies. But they just want a quiet life TWO jars of chickpeas, 20 bars of soap, three packs of cigarettes and six sachets of shampoo—all these items and more are in stock at a village store five hours away from the Indian city of Hyderabad. It is the leanest of inventories, and yet

Abbas calls for Middle East truce

2008-03-08T18:15:00.000-08:00

Abbas calls for Middle East truceBBC NewsJERUSALEM—Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has calledfor a truce between Israel and Palestinian militantsbefore the Middle East peace process can progress.After meeting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Ramallah, he urged Israel to "halt its aggression so the necessary environment can be created."Mr Abbas suspended the talks in protest of

Keeping Pakistan's military away from politics

2008-03-07T03:22:00.000-08:00

by: Ershad MahmudIslamabad - The clean sweep by opposition parties in therecently held national elections has uprooted PresidentMusharraf’s party, putting his future at risk. Asif Zardari,leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif,leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), surprisedeveryone by joining together to form a new government in Islamabad.This new alliance between

Working against the problem, not each other

2008-02-10T18:28:00.000-08:00

Working against the problem, not each otherby Rebecca Cataldi05 February 2008Washington, DC - In the years since 9/11, war and terrorism have led to much discussion over whether a “clash of civilisations” is occurring between the United States and the Muslim world. This turmoil, however, has inspired many others to work even harder to promote dialogue and understanding between our cultures. “

A look at the new global order as espoused by the West as seen in light of their political theories:

2007-09-03T02:51:00.000-07:00

A look at the new global order as espoused by the West as seen in light of their political theories:An understanding and analysis vis a vis dialectics of the the West . A concept paper by Roque Yusuf Morales Introduction:As the collapse of the cold war, we have seen that a new world order has

reviewing the 96 GRP-MNLF accord

2007-01-04T04:14:00.000-08:00

Review of 1996 GRP-MNLF Accord: A “Sine Qua Non” to GRP-MILF Peace ProcessCAPT JOEL S GARCIA PCG(Muhammad Abdul Aziz Bin Yusuf, Al-Haj)MSc. MSA, MSBM, MMManila, PhilippinesIntroductionThe on-going peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is apparently seems to be heading towards a political quagmire where issues on

an analysis of the recent events in the middle east

2006-08-02T00:02:00.000-07:00

looking at the events of the day:an anlysis by the SRI stafflooking into the context of things it appears that a proxy war is oft in the making. with the israeli military might pounding on hapless civilians. it is quite surprising that the world waits and simply sits and watches as hapless and helpless civilians are mercilessly slaughtered. It is surprising more that the united states, the

How to Obtain Progress in Your Masjid

2006-05-08T02:00:00.000-07:00

O mankind! there hath come to you a direction from your Lord and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts and for those who believe a Guidance and a Mercy. (Qur'an 10:57)As Muslims, we are the only ones whom can improve our Masjid operations. To do this work, we have in our hands today the powerful instruments that brought profound change to mankind,?the Qur'an and Sunnah. In combination with

How to Talk Politics with Friends - And Still Have Some Left

2006-05-08T01:55:00.000-07:00

Grenny offers a few tips for improving the outcome of any disagreement. 1. Look for areas of agreement. Begin by reinforcing the basic values and purposes you hold in common. Political differences are usually over tactics or individuals, not basic values. Let the other person know you share common goals, even if your preferred tactics for achieving them differ. 2.

programs of the strategic research institute

2006-05-08T01:23:00.000-07:00

Strategic Research Institute: The Strategic research Institute is an institute that focuses in strategic and geopolitical studies .It offers a BS degree program in Political Economy with specializations in Strategic research and Islamic studies. It also offers strategic research and analysis as well as providing trainings both on geopolitics, strategic issues both for private and government