“The message here is that the US must seek to re-define its core interests in the region more clearly. Well-meaning statements about the spread of
Month: January 2015
Should we be “Charlie Hebdo”?
In the aftermath of this week’s “Charlie Hebdo” attack, many editorialists and much of the public have adopted the slogan: Je Suis “Charlie Hebdo” (“I
Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 12 -Various
“Gunmen have shot dead 12 people at the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an apparent militant Islamist attack.” The gunmen apparently
Managing a Sectarian Conflict -Various
The Shi’a political elite in both Iraq and Iran realize they need to manage the intensity of Iraq’s sectarian conflict very carefully. Both understand they
Islamic State and the idea of statehood -BBC
What is a state? “It is possible to say that there are three different concepts of statehood in this story: Syria: UN member with defined
Euro plummets as global oil prices collapse -Al Jazeera
Note the interconnection of oil prices, the US dollar and political instability in Greece. “Global oil prices on Monday collapsed under $50 for the first
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