Francis Fukuyama: Iran, Islam and the Rule of Law
When Columbia University President Lee Bollinger introduced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at his school in…
Monthly Archives: July, 2009
Pakistani press all praise for Indian Premier
LAHORE: Despite facing sharp criticism by the opposition parties in India for conceding the alleged…
Shirin Abadi: ‘New Elections Must Take Place’
In a SPIEGEL interview, Tehran-based attorney and Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, 62, who is currently…
Pakistan finds ample evidence of LeT hand in Mumbai attacks
LAHORE: While Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik has again stated that there was no proof…
How to confront the allegations of organized fraud in the Iranian elections?
The jury is still out on the Iranian elections of June 12, 2009. There are…
Please, a government that speaks to us
The news on Wednesday from Nabih Berri was that we are closer to a new…
Mohammad-Sadeq Larijani to be named as new Judiciary chief on August 16
TEHRAN, July 28 (MNA) – Hojatoleslam Mohammad-Sadeq Larijani will be officially named as new judiciary…
Summer Heats Up in Lebanon
PolicyWatch #1557 Six weeks after the pro-West March 14 coalition defeated the Hizballah-led alliance in…
Pakistan has not yet tagged al-Qaeda a terrorist group
LAHORE: The provincial government of the Pakistani Punjab’ sudden move on July 15, 2009 to…
Sayed Mahmoud El Qemany Apeal to the World Conscience
An appeal to the world’s conscience From the Egyptian writer and academic researcher of Islamic…
Iran: The Tragedy & the Future
The least that could be said, in the sunny morn after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s emphatic reelection…
“ISI behind the Mumbai terror attacks”
LAHORE: The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks were first conceived on the third floor of the…
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Foreign Fighters and Their Economic Impact: A Case Study of Syria and al-Qaeda in Iraq
In this report, reprinted with permission from the proceedings of a conference of the Foreign…
The war begins, against Resolution 1701
As prospects increase for a conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, Hizbullah and Israel are clearing…
Pakistan has evidence of Indian interference
LAHORE: The Pakistan government has handed over to Indian authorities the evidence of the alleged…
Princess facing Saudi death penalty given secret UK asylum
Woman feared she would be stoned after giving birth to an illegitimate child in Britain…
Mumbai attackers’ confession to expedite trial of his handlers in Pakistan
LAHORE: The under trial Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab’s surprised move on Monday to plead guilty…
Jemaah Islamiyah: A renewed Struggle
Australian report predicted violence in Indonesia By TANALEE SMITH The Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia –…
Jumblatt, or the burden of reinvention
When Walid Jumblatt visited Hassan Nasrallah recently in a catacomb of Beirut’s southern suburbs, he…
Who Will Be the Next King of Saudi Arabia… And Does It Matter?
PolicyWatch #1552: Special Forum Report Featuring Robert Jordan and Simon Henderson On July 13, 2009,…
Calculating Syria:the less it has, the more it wants
Michael Young Last Updated: July 08. 2009 8:44PM UAE / July 8. 2009 4:44PM GMT…
Should we worry about Sami Gemayel?
It’s the kind of person that Amine Gemayel is that he had two sons, one…
A legal manifesto for Iran’s Green Revolution
As the world watches events in Iran, it is important to assess the moral and…
Shiite Clerical Establishment Supports Khamenei
While a handful of marginal clerics and religious groups dispute the official result of Iran’s…
The messy state of the Hindu temples in Pakistan
Of the 300 Hindu temples that Pakistan inherited in 1947 atthe time of partition, hardly…
Who Rules Iran: The Structure of Power in the Islamic Republic
Home Monographs and Special Studies Who Rules Iran: The Structure of Power in the Islamic…
Iran and Leftist Confusion
When I returned from covering the Iranian elections recently, I was surprised to find my…
US diplomats in Pakistan carrying loaded guns
LAHORE: The increasing sense of insecurity among the American diplomatic staff stationed in Pakistan can…
Pakistan turned into suicide bombing capital of the world
LAHORE: The unending spate of lethal suicide bombings across Pakistan has killed 465 people and…
Elmaleh’s case echoes our liberal limits
Much indignation has been voiced in recent days against the actions of the Al-Manar website…
IRANIAN REGIME CRITIC MOHSEN KADIVAR ‘This Iranian Form of Theocracy Has Failed’
In a SPIEGEL interview, Iranian theologian and philosopher Mohsen Kadivar discusses Tehran’s path towards a…
UNDP Lebanon Launches fourth National Human Development Report: “Toward a citizen’s state”
Few weeks after the Lebanese parliamentarian elections, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the…
Iran’s PressTV: Newsweek, western media, “set the scenes for.. overthrow of government”
PressTV- Detained Newsweek reporter comes clean Newsweek’s Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari has admitted to giving…
Human bombs: Pakistani chickens have come home to roost
Human bombs used to be mere puzzling headlines for the people of Pakistan till the…