Nepal: Polity for Peace

Nepal: Polity for Peace   Krishna Hari Pushkar   The article deals with the political dilemmas of ongoing peace and constitution building process of Nepal and it provides possible ways out of the topsy-turvydom. It...

Nepal's Special Security Plan: Political Stunt?

By Krishna Hari Pushkar Nepal is a one of the most leading domiciles of many ethno-political insurgents. Since longtime, the country has lost its normalcy of law and order, good governance, civil supremacy, and democratic practices due to fast growing ratio of institutional...

Asking for a Rethink on US Immigration Diplomacy

By Krishna Hari Pushkar The US immigration diplomacy is ridiculous and inimical for the developing world. It fuels anti-American anger in the developing world, and it assists terrorists who always keep an eye open to see weakness in the US position. Therefore, urgent...

Mediators reflect on today's peacemaking

Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDateline: Geneva, SwitzerlandThursday, 11 June 2009 Some of the world’s most experienced mediators, high-level decision makers and key peace process actors will meet in Oslo, Norway, from 16-18 June 2009, to share their experiences of...

British schoolkids believe Auschwitz is a type of beer

History is dead in the water. No wonder it keeps repeating itself. "A new study shows that around 10 percent British schoolchildren could not identify Auschwitz as a Nazi death camp, and 2 percent believe it is a kind of beer. The poll of 1,000 pupils between the ages of 11...

China Support Network decries missed opportunity of Clinton trip

It was a dismal and disgusting debut for U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. U.S. President Barack Obama ought to be firing her. He ought to fire her; but he likely won’t, because it would be an admission of his own poor judgment in filling that cabinet post with his...