Monthly Archives: November 2014

Mutiny on SAARC ship; China can save it

Posted on November 28, 2014 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen When the eight leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) met in Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, the undercurrent was one of one-upmanship and the atmosphere underscored the truism that there is no altruism in … Continue reading →

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Stage set for battle for Jerusalem

Posted on November 21, 2014 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen The Palestinian-Israeli crisis is taking a dangerous turn towards a religious war with the holy city of Jerusalem being in the centre of the dispute. In recent weeks, several attacks and counter attacks by both the Palestinians … Continue reading →

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US won the Cold War but lost the peace

Posted on November 14, 2014 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen Twenty five years after the Berlin Wall’s fall, which symbolised the end of the Cold War between the US-led Western bloc and the Soviet Union-led East European bloc, the Earth we live in is far from being … Continue reading →

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The balance sheet of China’s new Asian bank

Posted on November 7, 2014 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen Two years after the 1944 Bretton Woods Conference where 44 Allied nations gathered to form the World Bank, governors of these nations met at Savannah, Georgia in the United States. The Bank had not agreed on a … Continue reading →

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Oil politics: The secret US-Saudi deal

Posted on November 1, 2014 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen Is oil a bane or a boon? A blessing or a curse? If there had been no oil, would we have reached the advanced stage that we are in today in industrial development? There would not have … Continue reading →

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