While Indian leaders cling on the image of a rising world power, the rest of the world is disillusioned and surprised by the sudden downturn of a market that economists once praised and held up. However, the economists were not necessarily wrong. So then why has the rupee plummeted to the status of Asia’s worst [...]
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The year 2012 has brought with it changes for the direction of national security policy in the United States. With the war in Iraq over, and a scheduled complete withdrawal of NATO forces in Afghanistan by 2014 our nation has already begun to usher into new age. The reputation of the US military around the [...]
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I don’t think that I have ever seen young people become social activists as fast as with the Kony Campaign. (For anyone who is not familiar with the current Kony mission, there is a 27 minute video/documentary here http://vimeo.com/37119711.) I promise to keep this post short and sweet. Kony is by all means guilty of [...]
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With American combat troops withdrawn from Iraq and soon to be withdrawn from Afghanistan, the U.S. exodus from the Muslim world is truly underway. The only problem is that a bigger problem remains – namely, Iran. The situation has only been further compounded by other regional powers such as Egypt and Syria sliding further into [...]
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Dear Chief Secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left – Outgoing Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, to his successor, David Laws Trying to make sense of the growing financial crisis in Europe is like attempting to explain the Tim Tebow phenomenon in the United States. It’s simple yet complicated. [...]
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Foreword In light of President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s recent remarks regarding the new face of the American military, I felt that a look back into the successes and failures of the last decade could shed some truth on an increasingly complicated matter. Gone are the days of ambitious nation-building and an aggressive commitment to spread the American [...]
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As NATO and the United States begin to transfer the remaining military responsibilities to national governments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the presidential election approaches, I can’t help but think where geo-political and military conflict will take us in the years to come. Although some may stick to what they hear on CNN about ongoing [...]
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