Entries from April 2009

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Decision time for Pakistan

You have to wonder what is going on in the minds of Pakistan’s leaders as the Pakistani Taliban seemingly retreat from their defiant occupation of a district dangerously close to the nation’s capital –- a crisis that has left the country and the world on edge.
Are President Asif Ali Zardari and his advisors so confident [...]

Monday, April 13th, 2009

U.S. foreign policy is headed on right and pragmatic course

Peter W. Galbraith, the author of The End of Iraq and Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America’s Enemies, formerly served as a U.S. ambassador to Croatia. He discussed global challenges for the United States with foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Seeking a solution to the pirate problem

The U.S. Navy’s sudden rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from pirates this week ended an ugly episode of what has become a familiar drama. Sadly, the problem is occurring not only off the coast of Somalia but around the world. From Africa to the Middle East to Latin America to the Asia-Pacific region, pirates have [...]

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

The beginning of a positive U.S.-India relationship

The future of the United States and India, in broad terms, beckons largely from the same direction. Thus, it was encouraging to learn that a substantive meeting between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India in London recently went well. Obama called India a critical partner, and Singh described the president as [...]