Hundreds Go Missing in India's North East

For records, law and order situation has improved a lot in India's North East region of late. There are fewer killings, fewer attacks and fewer people wounded. Now, just when you are all tempted to say ‘how wonderful!’, comes the news: there are people vanishing, in...

Secession, National Sovereignty, and Territorial Integrity

By Sam Vaknin Editor-in-Chief of Global Politician I. Introduction In July 2011, South Sudan became a new state by seceding from Sudan, follwing decades of civil war and a referendum. When Kosovo attained its independence in February 2008, some pundits warned against this...

Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited""'Unbounded' morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality."Thomas Sowell There's a story about...

Mizoram, Act Fast!

By Elf Hmar My father often narrated to me that the first Council office and the entire budget of Mizo District Council, at the outset, was run with funds borrowed from Mr. Pasung (or Pachhunga), known to be the richest man in the area in those days. Mr. Pasung was a...

Creation of Sinlung Hills Autonomous District Council in Mizoram

By Elf Hmar As we intend to expose the purpose for creation of Sinlung Hills Autonomous District Council (SHADC) in northern Mizoram, it is pertinent for the government of Mizoram to know beforehand the background and other policy matters linking with the subject. To begin...

Human Rights Watch: Systematic Killing of Teachers in Pakistan.

" Militants are systematically targeting and killing teachers in Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan, says Human Rights Watch. At least 22 teachers were killed in the province between January 2008 and October 2010, says a report released by the organisation. ...

UNMIN's Reintegration Plan is Under Fire in Nepal

UNMIN's Reintegration Plan is Under Fire in Nepal Krishna Hari Pushkar The United Nation Mission in Nepal (UNMIN)'s has imported and now introduced a sixty weeks reintegration plan for ex-Maoist Combatants in Nepal. It has come in a crucial strategic period and political...

Reintegration of Former Combatants

Ministry of Labour Needs To Be Involved in Reintegration of Former Combatants By Krishna Hari Pushkar The reintegration issue of ex-Maoist combatants has become one of the most confrontational issues of the ongoing Nepal peace process. The ongoing Nepalese Peace Process (PP)...

Thailand's politics Apr-May 2010:Thaksin, International Terrorist

"Situation in Thailand April-May 2010 Background For more than seven decades since becoming a democracy with a constitutional monarchy, Thailand has been going through the process of becoming a full-fledged democracy. In recent years, this process of democratisation has...

Jobless Mercenaries - AfPak Region

Global development and improvement in lifestyle has made a major difference in how people think. Religious, cultural and sectarian motives rarely become the driving force for modern insurgencies and the most important and sole WEAPON/ MOTIVE/ DRIVING FORCE is none other...

Brown makes unannounced visit to Kandahar-Meets with Karzai

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an unannounced visit to Kandahar last night.  He bunked with British troops.  This is the first time Brown has made a longer than one day visit. Brown's...

Iraq - Car Bombs in Baghdad kill at least 127 and 448 wounded

Earlier this year, U.S. Forces moved out of urban areas in Iraq and handed over responsibility to Iraqi Security Forces.  Tuesday morning Iraqi Security Forces were tested once again.  In a co-ordinated...

Infrastructure an Inhibitor to Rapid U.S. Deployment /Afhanistan

General James Conway, Commandant USMC, told Marines in Afghanistan, that 9000 Marines will start final preparations for deployment to Afghanistan days after President Obama's address to West Point cadets and the...

Gen McChrystal to Lawmakers - Obama engaged in Thoughtful Process

General McChrystal was appointed as the Commander of ISAF and the Senior Commander of American troops in Afghanistan in March of this year.  President Obama announced his new strategy for Afghanistan along with the new appointment. McChrystal submitted his report...

Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa Unhurt in Assassination Attempt

Tooryalai Wesa left Afghanistan in 1991 after serving as Kandahar University's first president.  He worked at the University of British Columbia's agricultural expert in Canada. Hamid Karzai asked him to...

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