To say that the present conflict in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province is bloody is an understatement. While more than a thousand have been killed, there are at least 2 million people displaced.
All these sacrifices will be for naught if Pakistan does not restrategize its ambitions in Afghanistan and Indian Kashmir. The country also has to [...]

The very recent elections in Kuwait is proof that Islamists are not bound to succeed in this country. Four women were elected to parliament out of the 50 seats up for voting, and by all indication, the country is headed towards greater democracy.
The Kuwait elections may just be an auspicious start of the reinvigorated democratic [...]

The arrest warrant issued against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has created a wave of adverse reaction. The Arab League rejects the arrest. al-Bashir haughtily ignores it, even responding to it by kicking out humanitarian groups from Darfur, and predictably calling the arrest [...]