Europe Will Not Act on Libya, US Slow: Has The West Any Resolve?
WASHINGTON – Regarding what Europe is doing about the crisis in Libya, if it were not for...
Category: Security
What Will America Do to Make Gaddafi Go?
WASHINGTON– After having declared in starkly clear terms that “Gaddafi has got go”, what is Washington going...
Americans Do Not Know About The Welfare State Crisis?
“People in Washington assume that Americans understand how big the problem [of solvency for the US welfare...
Libya, Test Case for When and How a Government is Deemed Unfit A new era of limited sovereignty?
WASHINGTON – With the unfolding Libya crisis we are witnessing the emergence of “limited sovereignty” as a novel, (and...
The Arab World’s Glorious, Yet Uneasy, Steps Towards Democracy
WASHINGTON – A recent US public TV documentary featured Gigi Ibrahim, one of the young stars of...
Libya Reminds Us of Unresolved Oil Vulnerabilities
WASHINGTON– First Tunisia, then Egypt and Yemen and Bahrain. And now, back to North Africa, we have...
Obama’s Budget Falls Short, Senators Have Plan?
WASHINGTON – Barack Obama just went to Silicon Valley and Oregon to have another pep talk with...
Protests Grow In Egypt, Mubarak Delegates Power. Tipping Point?
WASHINGTON– Finally the signs of a tipping point in Cairo? Maybe, notwithstanding very confusing developments that may...
Egyptian Regime: Negotiating In Good Faith, Or Just Buying Time?
WASHINGTON – The updates from Cairo create a mixed picture that invites caution in any attempt to...
Not a Revolution; But Egypt Will Get its Reforms – Is Anybody Watching?
“Those who cling to the status quo may be able to hold back the...