Categories for Global Watch
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Rattling The Resource Chain
Forecast reports on scarcity predict global actors will move in on dwindling resources. Governments are taking notice, and so should the public, Vivian Fritschi writes As each year comes to a close, we tend to reflect on the past... View Article
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The Fall And Rise Of Religion?
Religion is becoming increasingly visible in world politics. Is this a resurgence of religion on the world scene or was it always present but ignored? Since the 1990s there have been repeated declarations that religion is experiencing a global resurgence.... View Article
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Nepal’s Aimless March
As Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal was addressing the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, drawing developed nations’ attention to the danger global warming posed to his country’s pride—Mt Everest, the tallest peak in the world—another, more imminent danger,... View Article
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‘Pak’ Truth
On February 2, 2000, Pakistan’s National Security Council (NSC), chaired by Gen. Pervez Musharraf, set up a National Command Authority (NCA) to co-ordinate and control policy-making relating to nuclear weapons. It consisted of an Employment Control Committee, a Development Control... View Article
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Costly Blunder Al-Qaeda head Osama Bin Laden was ‘within grasp’ of US
As President Barack Obama faces his toughtest foreign policy challenge in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the US Senate tabled its report on November 30, revealing how the US forces had Osama Bin Laden “within their grasp” at Tora Bora in Afghanistan... View Article
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National Hero v War Hero
Sri Lanka, upcoming elections are predicted to be closely contested. Much of the keenness surrounds the possible candidacy of former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka as a common candidate of the opposition parties. In previous elections, when the cosmopolitan and... View Article
