Archive for February 12th, 2010
Background: How the U.S. Botched Up Somalia
As the "Yem/Som" War advances through its early phases, this article published over 3 years ago in Ha'aretz provides useful background and lessons. Ha'aretz | Shmuel Rosner (Chief U.S. Correspondent) | 31 December 2006 Somalia as an allegory for the state of the world Madeleine Albright, then United States ambassador to the United Nations and [...]
An Indian View on Af/Pak
Indian Express | By Pranab Dhal Samanta | 12 February 2010 Exit causes In the past few days, Pakistan has been seen to be gradually revealing its plan ahead of what has come to be known as the “surge year” in US President Barack Obama’s Af-Pak policy. Having made it clear to the NATO top brass at Brussels that Pakistan does seek strategic [...]
