Japanese culture and Superstitions: being lucky and why? Rhiannon Thomas Modern Tokyo Times Being “lucky” is a foreign concept in Japan. While an English-speaking person might wish someone “good luck” before a test or an interview, in Japanese you tell someone “Ganbatte!”: “work hard” or “do your best.” Luck is far from an important factor [...]
Libya: killing black Africans in the name of the revolution and democracy Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Reports for many months have stated that Libyan rebels have been killing and persecuting black Africans in Libya once areas came under their control. The number of reports highlighting this continues to grow and [...]
Training Afghanistan’s Security Forces: NATO Has Made Solid Progress By Sally McNamara The Heritage Foundation Speaking in Brussels last week, outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates predicted a “dim, if not dismal future for the transatlantic alliance.” He stated: The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the U.S. Congress…to [...]
Zero New Jobs in America Mike Brownfield The Morning Bell The Heritage Network President Obama enters this Labor Day weekend with a serious problem on his hands. For all intents and purposes, the economy appears to be stuck in neutral, with news out today that the U.S. economy created a grand total of zero jobs [...]
Hamas in Political, Financial Squeeze IPT News Steven Emerson and The Investigative Project on Terrorism Hamas’ rule in Gaza may face new difficulties, with reports emerging about the group’s potentially dire financial situation and domestic pressure on its sponsors, Iran and Syria. “In a sign of a cash crunch, the Hamas government in Gaza has [...]
Still at Large Ten Years After 9/11: Said Bahaji, Mohammed Atta’s Right Hand Man Publication: Monitor Volume: 2 Issue: 8 By: Derek Henry Flood The Jamestown Foundation Background On the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States, Said Bahaji, one of two known members of the Hamburg cell, remains at large. [1] [...]
Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Waste: Missing Opportunity for Lasting Reform By Jack Spencer The Heritage Foundation Abstract:The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future has just released its recommendations on how to resolve America’s nuclear waste dilemma. The Blue Ribbon Commission has provided some sound analysis and introduced some new ideas, but overall, it [...]
Liberia: How Sustainable Is the Recovery? International Crisis Group EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Liberia’s October 2011 general and presidential elections, the second since civil war ended in 2003, are an opportunity to consolidate its fragile peace and nascent democracy. Peaceful, free and fair elections depend on how well the National Elections Commission (NEC) handles the [...]
DOJ Keeping Islamic Bank Settlement Secret IPT News Steven Emerson and The Investigative Project on Terrorism The Justice Department has agreed to end its investigation into an international financial network with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and a Saudi prince in a settlement in excess of $30 million, sources tell the Investigative Project on [...]
Uyghur Unrest in Xinjiang Shakes Sino-Pakistani Relations Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 33 By: Raffaello Pantucci The Jamestown Foundation It has been a difficult summer for China’s restive western province Xinjiang. A series of incidents characterized as terrorism have struck two of the province’s cities, causing death, destruction and ethnic tension. This picture was [...]
US-Pakistan Counter-Terrorism Cooperation: The Ritual & The Reality International Terrorism Monitor —PAPER NO.723 Secret commitments by both the political and military leaderships to co-operate with the US in counter-terrorism, ritual denial of such commitments in public statements, dragging the feet in the implementation of the commitments and fresh commitments. That [...]
Filling the Void: The Southern Mobility Movement in South Yemen By Michael Horton The Jamestown Foundation The Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) of south Yemen, an umbrella organization for many secessionist oriented groups in the south, is using the increasing weakness of the Salih government and eroding state authority to its advantage. The absence of central [...]
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