How Gangs Have Become A Trojan Horse In El Salvador’s Security Forces
El Salvador seems to be replicating that mythical ploy of war known as the Trojan Horse. In Homer’s poem “The Odyssey”, he tells the story of how the Greek Achilles fakes the retreat of his army and leaves a wooden ho...
Daily news Roundup – 5 October 2012
North Africa & Middle East UN Security Council condemn Syrian aggression The UN Security Council has condemned the Syria attack on a Turkish town that killed three children and two women. The attack warranted Turkish Parlia...
The Falkland Islands: It’s Really Quite Simple
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War, Argentina has decided to reassert its claims over the South Atlantic isles (which it calls Las Malvinas), taking its case to the United Nations and pushing through a ser...
The India-Pakistan Conflict: Thinking Beyond the Violence
India is a growing global force with a rapidly developing economy and fantastic stores of human capital. But there are incidents occurring with Pakistan which could have come straight out of a banana republic Four Indian soldie...
Focus on Africa: Two mainstream African arguments I have refused to accept
My country Kenya – as is the case with many countries in Africa – is effecting numerous political, economic and social changes to conform to current international best practices. These projects are focused on renova...
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