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“Convenience Is Not Strategy – Analysis” plus 15 more : Eurasia Review

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• Convenience Is Not Strategy – Analysis
• Sharif Visit To China To Strengthen Old Friendship – OpEd
• Israel At Its Most Uncertain Times Ever – Analysis
• Eastern Europe On Fire: Any Changes? – Analysis
• A Human Spring – OpEd
• Paraguayan Government Focuses On Training Public Servants
• Climate Change Conjures Up ‘Alarming’ Scenarios In Southeast Asia – Analysis
• Bernanke’s Inflation Problem – OpEd
• Is Snowden A Spy Or A Hero?‏ – OpEd
• Saudi Arabia Cracks Down On 200,000 Yemeni Migrants
• Sri Lanka And The 13th Amendment: Welcome Changes In India’s Policy – Analysis
• Obama And Advisors Review Situation In Egypt
• Referee Quartered And Beheaded for Killing Footballer In Brazil
• US ABM Test Failure Mars $1Billion North Korea Defense Plan
• Bolivia Offers Asylum To Snowden
• Jet Crashes While Landing At San Francisco International Airport

Convenience Is Not Strategy – Analysis Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:25 PM PDT The governments’ lack of enthusiasm and willingness to meet the Maoist challenge is pervasive and perplexing. Neither the 25th May attack in Chhattisgarh’s Darbha nor the 2nd July killing of the Superintendent of Police of Pakur district in Jharkhand by the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres constituted momentous military victories for the outfit. None [...] The post Convenience Is Not Strategy – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Sharif Visit To China To Strengthen Old Friendship – OpEd Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:22 PM PDT and China have maintained solid ties for six decades. In 1951, Pakistan was among the first countries to recognize the People’s Republic of China founded two years earlier. Traditionally close, cooperative, cordial and friendly relations between China and Pakistan are based on mutual interests and shared principles leading to cooperation in various fields. Economic cooperation [...] The post Sharif Visit To China To Strengthen Old Friendship – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Israel At Its Most Uncertain Times Ever – Analysis Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:20 PM PDT The near muted official reaction during these uncertain times could either indicate a Jewish state in utter confidence or one in total and utter unpreparedness for the succession of events surrounding the country from every angle. The time when Hezbollah was the major worry is gone. Just as Israel was perhaps studying how to accommodate [...] The post Israel At Its Most Uncertain Times Ever – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Eastern Europe On Fire: Any Changes? – Analysis Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:16 PM PDT By Raluca Besliu Since 2011, hundreds of thousands of citizens in several Eastern European countries, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey, have taken to the streets to demonstrate against their governments, demand their leaders’ resignation and ardently call for change. While sometimes managing to bring forth a governmental switch, none of these protest movements have brought [...] The post Eastern Europe On Fire: Any Changes? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

A Human Spring – OpEd Posted: 06 Jul 2013 10:02 PM PDT Let me come back to the story about Zhou Enlai, the Chinese Communist leader. When asked what he thought about the French Revolution, he famously answered: “It’s too early to say.” This was considered a typical piece of ancient Chinese wisdom – until somebody pointed out that Zhou did not mean the revolution of 1789, [...] The post A Human Spring – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Paraguayan Government Focuses On Training Public Servants Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:55 PM PDT By Raquel Iglesias The National Institute of Public Administration of Paraguay (INAPP) was established to satisfy the need for a structured and institutionalized organization that designs and implements educational programs, courses, projects, and specific actions related to training public officials on how to better perform their public service duties, optimise management and public services in [...] The post Paraguayan Government Focuses On Training Public Servants appeared first on Eurasia... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Climate Change Conjures Up ‘Alarming’ Scenarios In Southeast Asia – Analysis Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:54 PM PDT By Parameswaran Ponnudurai Imagine these scenarios: The rice bowl of Vietnam cracking. Popular diving spots in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia lying idle with no tourists. Nearly half of Bangkok inundated with water. Well, they could become a reality in 20 to 30 years—no thanks to the adverse effects of climate change in Southeast Asia [...] The post Climate Change Conjures Up ‘Alarming’ Scenarios In Southeast Asia – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Bernanke’s Inflation Problem – OpEd Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:49 PM PDT Ben Bernanke has an inflation problem. There isn’t any inflation and that’s a problem. In the last 12 months, consumer prices have risen a mere 1.1 percent which–according to Bloomberg–”matches the smallest increase since records began in 1960″. At the same time, the velocity of money (how fast money changes hands) has slowed to a [...] The post Bernanke’s Inflation Problem – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Is Snowden A Spy Or A Hero?‏ – OpEd Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:46 PM PDT Interesting to see how Edward Snowden, former employee of a National Security Agency contractor, has dropped off the front pages; how quickly he has become “old news”. The leaders of the European Union are shocked to learn that the U.S. spies on them. Since their own spy agencies routinely share information with the intelligence agencies [...] The post Is Snowden A Spy Or A Hero?‏ – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Saudi Arabia Cracks Down On 200,000 Yemeni Migrants Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:44 PM PDT Yemen has asked the International Organisation for Migration to help some 200,000 Yemenis forced to leave Saudi Arabia in the past three months amid a crackdown on undocumented migrants, the IOM said yesterday. Yemen wants the IOM to help provide basic assistance such as shelter, access to water and hygiene kits to vulnerable returnees, the [...] The post Saudi Arabia Cracks Down On 200,000 Yemeni Migrants appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Sri Lanka And The 13th Amendment: Welcome Changes In India’s Policy – Analysis Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:41 PM PDT By Prof. V. Suryanarayan India is committed to achieving a bright future for the Sri Lankan Tamil community in a united Sri Lanka, in which all citizens can live in dignity, equality, and self-respect. In furtherance of this objective, India would work for a durable political solution through meaningful devolution of powers and the implementation [...] The post Sri Lanka And The 13th Amendment: Welcome Changes In India’s Policy – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Obama And Advisors Review Situation In Egypt Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:39 PM PDT President Barack Obama conferred with the National Security Council today to review the situation in Egypt, according to a White House release. The National Security Council is the president’s principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials, according to the council’s website. Since its [...] The post Obama And Advisors Review Situation In Egypt appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Referee Quartered And Beheaded for Killing Footballer In Brazil Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:36 PM PDT A double murder has taken place at an amateur football match in Brazil’s Maranhao state – a referee, who fatally stabbed a football player was stoned to death, and his body quartered and decapitated by the victim’s fans, the Correio24horas website said. The tragedy broke out when a referee of a football match in the [...] The post Referee Quartered And Beheaded for Killing Footballer In Brazil appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

US ABM Test Failure Mars $1Billion North Korea Defense Plan Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:32 PM PDT A $214-million test launch of the only US defense against long-range ballistic missile attacks failed to hit its target over the Pacific Ocean, according to the Missile Defense Agency. There have been no successful interceptor tests since 2008. In Friday’s test, a ground-based interceptor missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and [...] The post US ABM Test Failure Mars $1Billion North Korea Defense Plan appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Bolivia Offers Asylum To Snowden Posted: 06 Jul 2013 09:28 PM PDT Bolivian President Evo Morales says he would grant asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden if he requests it. Morales on Saturday became the third leftist Latin American leader to offer asylum to Snowden, following Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega a day earlier. In a statement, Morales said Bolivia has [...] The post Bolivia Offers Asylum To Snowden appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Jet Crashes While Landing At San Francisco International Airport Posted: 06 Jul 2013 02:06 PM PDT A Boing-777 aircraft owned by Asiana Airlines, was on the runway of the international airport of San Francisco in the west of the United States when it caught fire, according to a Twitter microblog of the local television station ABC7. Reuters reports that an observer from a nearby hotel said he saw the plane cartwheel [...] The post Jet Crashes While Landing At San Francisco International Airport appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.