Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, May 17, 2012 (IPS) – Growing numbers of activists are beginning to counter U.S. Drone attacks into Pakistani territory. The activists are confronting the U.S., but increasingly now the Pakistani government for allowing such attacks to continue. The Tehreek Insaf party led by former [...]
U.S.-Mexico Border Build-Up Found Excessive
April 20, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Apr 19, 2012 (IPS) – While Republican politicians and other "border hawks" call for ever-tougher measures to secure the U.S.-Mexican border against drug trafficking and illegal immigration, a one-year bi-national study released here Thursday suggests that current efforts may be excessive. The study, a [...]
Disastrous Friendly Fire Event in Pakistan Could Grind the U.S. Afghan Campaign to a Halt
December 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By. John C.K. Daly of http://oilprice.com NATO recently literally shot itself in the foot, imperiling the resupply of International Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan by shooting up two Pakistani border posts in a “hot pursuit’ raid. Given that roughly 100 fuel tanker trucks along with 200 other trucks loaded with [...]
MIDEAST: ‘Flytilla’ Debacle Another PR Nightmare For Israel
July 10, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mel Frykberg BEN GURION AIRPORT, Tel Aviv, Jul 10, 2011 (IPS) – Confused foreign tourists arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport on Friday would be forgiven for thinking that a terrorist attack was about to take place. Hundreds of armed Israeli soldiers and police spread throughout [...]
POST-ABBOTTABAD PAK SULKING HAS HAD NO IMPACT ON OBAMA
June 23, 2011 By
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO. 729 Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By B.Raman Pakistan’s post-Abbottabad sulking and partly-real, partly-manufactured anti-US anger have had no impact on President Barack Obama’s counter-sanctuary emphasis in his counter-terrorism strategy. 2. It was this counter-sanctuary emphasis that enabled the successful extermination of Osama bin Laden on May 2,2011, by US naval [...]
SRI LANKAN TAMILS: A DISCONCERTING SITUATION FOR INDIA
June 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN My attention has been drawn to a disturbing documentary titled “Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields” produced by Mr.Jon Snow of the Channel4 TV channel of the UK. 2.The documentary highlights the results of a forensic investigation into the bloody culmination phase of the counter-insurgency operations of the Sri Lankan Security [...]
PERU-US: Washington Urged to Cooperate with Humala
June 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) – The United States should seek cooperative relations with Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala, a number of Andean specialists urged here Monday. "Humala all along has said he wants to maintain good relations with the U.S. government, and he sent nothing [...]
MIDEAST: September Knocks on Israeli Gates
June 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM, Jun 7, 2011 (IPS) – "September 2011 is knocking on our gates," says an Israeli army officer who, under strict operation procedures, would not reveal his name. He was alluding to the United Nations General Assembly annual meeting expected to resoundingly endorse the Palestinian [...]
China Begins to Look Away From Africa
June 7, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Antoaneta Becker BEIJING, Jun 7, 2011 (IPS) – Jasmine blossoms’ fall from grace in the Chinese flower industry is not the only blow Chinese businesses have suffered as a result of the North African and Middle Eastern democratic uprisings this spring. China is evaluating the impact of [...]
