May 20, 2010
Bill for Afghan War Could Run Into the Trillions … and doesn’t include effective social and economic development Monday 17 May 2010 by: Eli Clifton Inter Press Service Washington – The U.S. Senate is moving forward with a 59-billion-dollar spending...
May 20, 2010
Continued expansion into Africa of military only approaches to instability and ‘terrorism’ Military Manoeuvres in the Sahel By Brahima Ouédraogo A U.S. Marine debriefs a Malian counter-terrorism unit after mission rehearsals as part of Operation Flintlock...
Mar 5, 2010
One Third of US Drone Victims are Civilians The report, by the Washington-based New America Foundation, will fuel growing criticism of the use of unmanned drones in the fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, who use Pakistan as a base for attacks on Nato forces...
Mar 5, 2010
From End Poverty in South Asia – A blog to promote dialog on development in South Asia SUBMITTED BY EJAZ GHANI, CO-AUTHORS: LAKSHMI IYER ON THU, 03/04/2010 What can be done to reduce conflict in poor regions? A speech given by Indian Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan...
Mar 2, 2010
Huffington Post, December 14, 2009 Jeffrey Sachs, Economist and Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University President Barack Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan does not pass the tests for war that he offered in his Nobel Lecture. Afghanistan is being...
