The President Obama’s, Af-Pak Strategy announcing a reduction and a later withdrawal has set in place and brought to the fore a new dynamism in the new “Great Game” in central Asia. Up to this time, China having any interest in Afghanistan was unheard of but that is now left to the history as change has already set in.
The Chinese have to be worried about their long seashore lines of communication from the African coastline and the Persian Gulf via the Indian Ocean, the Malacca Straits, Sunda and the Lombok …

The fair trade movement as it is well known is said to have its roots as the effects of the Second World War. The energies to sell produce from producers who were said to be “marginalized” were sparked by some of the religious organizations and in some places by politically oriented non-governmental organizations.
In 1946, the Mennonite Central Committee was started and in 1946, the SERRV was formed to promote the supply of fair trade chains in the third world. The products they had were almost all handicrafts that varied from …

For those who read on the news on nations of the world involvement in any international trade system on certain goods for some period of years, what would one first think of? Were there any challenges that these countries would have faced by taking part in the trade?
Foreign trade most a time leads to a trade imbalance, which in effect means that some countries are vulnerable and thus unable to contact trade with others on a “level field.” Some political activities have an effect on foreign trade. Some nations willingly …

It seems to be a great day for Burma. One of the greatest politicians of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been released today, November 13, 2010. The great leader of the National League for Democracy, who was under house arrest for more than a decade, is finally free. The news of Aung San Suu Kyi release has received positive responses from different political leaders of the world.
According to the reports, US President Barack Obama, who has been one of the advocates of the Aung San Suu Kyi’s release, …

Seems like the hatchet between Kanye West and G.W. Bush has finally been buried, for now that is.
In an NBC taped interview in the Today Show, the prolific rapper had said to Matt Lauer that he dully regretted that after the advent of Hurricane Katrina the former president hardly cares about the welfare of black people.
Kanye West said that he would say to George Bush that during a frustrating moment, he lacked the ground to term the former president as a racist, adding that he believed in situations where emotions …

The sharp rise in the rate of incidents of carjacking in Metro-Detroit has led to the issue of carjacking being on the fore of residents’ minds. Here are a few facts that each one of us need to familiarize ourselves with, regarding carjacking.
First and foremost, a carjacking refers to a violent offense where an assailant who is armed with a dangerous weapon, forcibly ejects a vehicle occupier from therein, with the purposes of stealing it. The carjacker may shoot the car occupant if the latter fails to comply with demands …

‘Dismantling America’ is a new book by American author and Economist, Thomas Sowell, who is also a Senior Fellow at Hoover Institute. Professor Sowell, in this new book, discusses the conservative position in the running of government. This position embodies the principle that there should be a lesser regulation of economic affairs by government but a larger participation of the government in social values.
After years of studying the difference between a progressive and a conservative, it all boils down to one issue; what the two groups want greater governance on. …

There are two poles in the American paradigm of personal freedom. One advocates for citizens not needing the government while the other is for the government not needing its citizens. It represents the clash between Federalism and Capitalism and on each side; Liberals and Conservatives battle each other.
The American people voted to replace the Republicans with the Democrats who seemed to be better placed to uphold the principles enshrined in the Tea Party ideal; openness, change, fiscal responsibility and transparency. The republicans rubbished these values and found themselves kicked to …

There are two places called Georgia, one is a state in the Unite States of America, however, this is all about the Georgia which is a country neighboring the country of Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. This is a sovereign situated in Europe on the coast of the Black sea. The country has a population of not less than 4.6 million and has an area of 69,700 km2.
The country has a democratic system of government and is also a member of some organizations like the United Nations, the Council of …

The issues of disability for human rights were unaddressed till recent years. The only reference relating to Social Security is the only reference to disability in the foundational instruments of Human Rights.
The 1975 UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled person the World Program of Action Concerning Disabled Persons (1982) and the UN Standard Rules on the Equitation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1999) are the major legal materials available on this area. Disability is also mentioned in the International Covenant on the Economic and Cultures Rights, 1994.
The Standard …