All Commentaries
Retaliate in Kind Even if Doomed by a Nuclear Attack? Really?
Is there any real reason to retaliate when you’re about to be wiped off the face of the earth in a nuclear attack?
After Osama: China?
If the killing of Osama bin Laden were a Hollywood murder mystery, the shootout scene in Abbottabad would be followed by the unveiling of the sponsor who arranged for the al-Qaeda safe house. Is it the Pakistani intelligence officer who appears early in the movie to assure his U.S. counterparts that he is fully committed to bringing bin Laden to justice? Is it the Saudi construction magnate who owes several major favors to the bin Laden family? Or perhaps it’s the U.S. embassy official who, it might turn out, believes that Osama is more useful alive than dead — until finally, he is useful no longer.
Microcredit on Trial: The Sacking of Muhammad Yunus
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has become the fall guy for microcredit’s abuses by major banks.
Mercenaries Once Again Operating at the “Tip of the Spear” in Africa
If private military and security companies are here to stay in Africa, their lack of accountability for criminal acts needs to be addressed.
One Group of Students Proves Immune to Bin Laden-Death Fever
At least some students seem to have been inoculated again the bout of nationalistic fever infecting the nation since bin Laden was killed.
Thanks to Fukushima Nuclear Terrorism Got a Whole Lot Easier
Japan’s nuclear disaster has thrown a few clues terrorists’ way on how to sabotage a nuclear power plant.
Decapitating the Head of the Snake: bin Laden and Our Inner Avenger
Japan’s nuclear disaster has thrown a few clues terrorists’ way on how to sabotage a nuclear power plant.
Could the Death of bin Laden Become a Cornerstone of Peace in Afghanistan?
If getting the Afghanistan peace process going involved taking out Osama bin Laden, well, in the cynical world of the “Great Game,” to make an omelet, you have to break eggs.
WikiLeaks: Gitmo Guards’ Rewards System for Detainees Backfires
Young Guantanamo detainee Yasser Talal Al Zahrani took advantage of guards relaxing the rules to commit suicide.
Taboo Economics
I have a proposal: Let’s double US government funds devoted to promoting renewable energy. Let’s expand allocations for foreclosure prevention to help another million Americans keep their homes. Let’s launch a $10-billion infrastructure programme to repair crumbling roads and bridges. Let’s double the number of new maths and science teachers that President Obama hopes to train, bringing the total to 200,000. And let’s hire back all of those police officers fired by the city of Camden, New Jersey – already among the most dangerous places in the country before budget constraints compelled it to dismiss half of its police force in December.