Pakistan

On Monday, up to 100 Afghans lost their lives in a US air strike on Bala Baluk near the Iranian border in Afghanistan. According to the LA Times, “…dozens of people were killed as [...]

"On the road outside Kacha Garhi camp, eight-year-old Zafarullah and his little brother are among a number of children begging for coins and scraps. ‘I want to go back to my village and [...]

Wounded Afghan woman Safia (C), 27, lies on a bed at a hospital in the western Afghan city of Herat, on August 25, 2008 after she was allegedly injured in US-led air strikes in Azizabad village [...]

AP – Pakistani tribesmen stand beside coffins of the victims of a suspected U.S. missile strike in Zharki Pakistani reaction to US drone attacks in Pakistan grew this week with the [...]

President Obama made his first personal foray into world diplomacy this week and he didn’t even have to leave the White House. On Monday he gave his first formal interview since being sworn in to [...]

When we talk about “Real Security through International Cooperation and the Funding of Human Needs” it is sometimes hard to understand what that means in terms of our daily lives.  On my way home [...]

I don’t have a lot of time to make a proper analysis of the situation in Pakistan today but I wanted to take some space here to reflect on Democracy.  How is it that our President claims to have [...]

This week we have all seen the horrors unfold the territory formerly known as Burma. It was renamed Myanmar in recent years by the ruling military junta.  Up until 2 weeks ago Myanmar was the [...]

It is hard to believe how much in our world has changed since the events of September 11th. I do not intend this post to paint a rosy picture of the world before the towers fell, only to mark how [...]