Monthly Archives: April 2015

Reviving the Bandung spirit of 1955

Posted on April 24, 2015 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen Some 70 world leaders, including China’s President Xi Jinping and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gathered in Indonesia yesterday and the day before for a conference to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Afro-Asian solidarity summit in … Continue reading →

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For forms of elections let fools contest

Posted on April 17, 2015 by ameenizzadeen

How India conducts its elections is a tale of courage and hope – and a lesson for Sri Lanka Book review By Ameen Izzadeen Man is nasty, society is chaotic and politics is nothing but a struggle for power. What … Continue reading →

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Obama: From Bay of Pigs to peace-prize diplomacy

Posted on April 17, 2015 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen The United States President Barack Obama is on a diplomatic drive to turn foes into friends. Apart from ending combat operations by US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has been mending fences with Iran and Cuba, … Continue reading →

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Protect this historic nuclear deal

Posted on April 11, 2015 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen Finally a win-win situation for Iran and the P5+1, said reports last Thursday from the Swiss holiday city of Lausanne after a decade of haggling and eight days of painstaking bargaining during the last round of talks … Continue reading →

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Saudi-Iran cold war explodes in Yemen

Posted on April 4, 2015 by ameenizzadeen

By Ameen Izzadeen When the Gaza Strip was being pounded and thousands of innocent civilians including hundreds of children were being massacred by Israel last year, the rest of the Arab world was mere onlookers and took little or no … Continue reading →

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