South Asia Security Monitor: No. 222
A "
surge"
for Afghanistan;
The LTTE on the ropes?
A "
surge"
for Afghanistan;
The LTTE on the ropes?
What should the United States do about the war in Gaza? That's the question plaguing policy-makers in Washington these days as they watch the unfolding conflict between Israel and Hamas. The cause for the current fighting – and its morality – is exceedingly clear. Since its bloody ouster of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party from the Gaza Strip 18 months ago, Hamas has established a virtual terrorist enclave there.
Russia's building boom collapses;
A chilly reception for the new "
Solidarity"
"
Floating population"
of Chinese workers hit hard by crisis;
Chinese navy to join hunt for Somali pirates
Transition in the Russian Orthodox Church;
Backward from privatization