International Political Will

It has continued for three days, claimed the lives of at least 195 people, and brought a city of 20 million Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians together. The city moves forward, slowly. And somberly.
As if trying to cleanse the city of the evil that has befallen it, a rare overnight rain shower in the middle [...]

The streets 15 miles away from the scene are eerily quiet for a weekday afternoon, and many store shutters are closed. Hushed conversations at outdoor lunch tables lack the usual boisterous crowds. It seems Mumbaikars want to move on – but the nightmare is not yet over.
There are still at least two locations in south [...]

Seven years after Sept. 11, 2001, American media still refuses to ask the most fundamental question that underlies any attempt at preventing a future attack:
Why did they do it?
We know the reasons spoon-fed to us by neo-conservatives whose apocalyptic vision of a Christian rapture preempts logic and reason:
[…cue ghostly screams and haunting music…]
Islam.
Last Saturday, NBC [...]

A status-of-forces agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq – an agreement that has been contentiously debated all year as we approach the end of the United Nations mandate allowing U.S. troops to operate in Iraq – has been approved by the Iraqi cabinet in a nearly unanimous vote.
The avid support by the Iraqi [...]

Disclaimer: I did not vote for Obama…
In a globalized world, Barack Obama’s election victory marks a turning point in history. It is a moment with potentially larger implications for the future than we may imagine: a historic “first” that will shift American leadership in a new direction. His impact is already visible, even before taking [...]