In Council on Foreign Relations, Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor of CFR.org,  interviews Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, CFR. Boot sums up the Marjah offensive as US troops ‘trying to take out probably the biggest remaining Taliban stronghold in Helmand Province, which has been a safe haven not only for [...]

There are quite a few conflict zones in the world today where everyday civilians are being caught in the crossfire, their villages are devastated due to bombing and homes are reduced to rubble. There is no normalcy and hence no regular source of livelihood and income. People live in rehabilitation and refugee camps. More than [...]

There are a record high number of displaced people due to conflicts in the world today according to latest UNHCR’s annual Global Trends reports released yesterday. At the end of 2008 the total number of refugees was at 42m and now after recent Sri Lanka’s war against LTTE, Pakistan’s crackdown on Taliban at Swat and [...]

Iraq has been showing signs of sure recovery from the devastations of war. After the US nearly flattened some parts of the country with the much criticized ‘US invasion to liberate Iraq,’ American investors now attempt to create a much needed economic crust, that of Iraq’s private sector. This is probably what is most needed [...]