China’s Chief of Staff to Visit Israel

Israel’s got the defense technology. China is in the market. But Israeli defense executives are wary of getting their hands sullied again, burned once by the US looking warily over its shoulder at advanced weapon sales it forced Israel to cancel. Nevertheless, when Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff […]

Democracy’s drama in terrorism’s theatre

Source/Credit:  : Monday, August 8, 2011 , by Joseph S. Nye President George W. Bush was famous for proclaiming democracy promotion as a central focus of American foreign policy. He was not alone in this rhetoric. Most US presidents since Woodrow Wilson have made similar statements. So it was a striking departure when […]

The Root of All Sovereign-Debt Crises

Source/Credit: Project Syndicate, 2011, www.project-syndicate.org. 2011-08-04: By Amar Bhidé and Edmund S. Phelps  NEW YORK – The Greek debt crisis has prompted questions about whether the euro can survive without a nearly unimaginable centralization of fiscal policy. There is a simpler way. Irresponsible borrowing by governments in international credit markets requires irresponsible lending. Bank regulators […]

Norway killer was on drugs: lawyer

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald The Norwegian who admitted to the Oslo bombing and Utoya island massacre that killed 77 people had traces of drugs in his blood at the time of his arrest. Samples were taken from Anders Behring Breivik after his arrest on July 22, his lawyer said […]