The Northern Distribution Network and Withdrawal from Afghanistan
The United States has committed to withdrawing from Afghanistan by 2014. Given the sheer amount of equipment and number of personnel currently on the ground, t...
Conversion and Settlement in Pre-Mandate British Foreign Policy
I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In England’s green & pleasant Land[1] With thes...
Review: China Airborne by James Fallows
With a recent glut of books from political commentators attempting to explore the modern Chinese economy, China Airborne by James Fallows stands out for it...
An Arendtian Analysis of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
On May 10th, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first president of South Africa to have been elected by citizens of all races. The selection of a black...
Cold War Nationalisms: Metropolitan Encounters, WWII, and the Politics of Frantz Fanon and Ho Chi Minh
On 7 May 1954, a victory rang out in a northwestern province of Vietnam that reverberated throughout the colonial world. For the first time in modern memo...
Review: Why Nations Fail
To forgo reading Why Nations Fail – a weighty but intensely engaging investigation of the determinants of economic prosperity – is, it seems, to risk being left...
Italy, Europe and the Euro Crisis: Partnership for Reform or Discord for Disaster
Little more than two years ago, European news outlets and politicians spoke about the prospect of economic downturn and financial unrest as if it were only caus...
India 2012: Economic Performance & Challenges
The creation of a functional financial system is essential to the growth of developing countries. In the decades following its independence, the Indian governme...
Blackwater and Private Military Contractors
BLACKWATER On March 31, 2004, an enraged mob attacked and overturned a vehicle in the streets of Fallujah, Iraq.[1] Four men were dragged from the wreck and bea...
Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
The question “who is to be blamed” wafts uneasily through the entire tapestry of Changez’s tale. The Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid, leaves the reade...