How Will NATO & Turkey Respond to Syria Shooting Down Plane?
Turkey can invoke NATOs mutual defense pact under Article V in what is now a direct military confrontation with the Assad Regime i…
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Will Muslim Brotherhood Save or Betray Democracy?
Adulterating personal liberties in Egypt will be employed by Egypt military (SCAF) to curtail political freedom? The election of D…
Mexico's "Drug Lord" Really Used Car Salesman
It has become a staple of de-facto reality TV in Mexico arrest the big drug lord and then parade him in front of cameras and medi…
Strengthening Human Rights Treaty Body
Strengthening the Human Rights Treaty Body is the title, but it assumes a broad evaluation and consequent recommendations. The 10 …
Rio+20: Failure or Success?
The speeches are over. Now the work begins. Rio+20 has affirmed fundamental principles renewed essential commitments and given u…
Boko Haram & Crimes Against Humanity
Attacks against churches and/or worshipers or even other Muslims in Nigeria who do not share Boko Harams extremist/violent agenda …
Journalists as Enemy/Combatant
Journalists are seen increasingly as either asset or vulnerability. The conflict in Bosnia Herzegovina was one of first to show t…
Drones Guilty of Arbitrary/Summary Executions?
I don't think we have a full answer to the legal framework and we certainly don't have the answer to the accountability issues. Ho…
People's Summit at Rio+20 Impetus for Progress
Civil society representatives and just ordinary global citizens are gathering in Rio at parallel set of conferences to complement …
Will Lebanon be Overflow for Syria Violence?
Concerned about potential spillover of conflict from Syria, UNSG Ban Ki-moon welcomed the resumption of national dialogue talks in…
