"The Obama administration has painted itself into a corner in Syria, calling loudly for revolutionary change, repeatedly stating that Assad must go, and then failing to find Syrian opposition leaders it can wholeheartedly endorse" --The American Interest Disappointed with his latest attempt to broker a durable ceasefire, Lakhdar Brahimi was quick to lament that the situation in Syria is getting worse. A couple weeks earlier he expressed similar sentiments. He…

I was on the phone speaking to someone in Nigeria and in the middle of the conversation, they asked about the news regarding Jimmy Savile. Oh dear, it seems the Jimmy Savile fiasco is now global news. The past few weeks have seen a UK ‘national treasure' go from hero to zero. National treasure is used to refer to someone who is much loved, revered and respected in the UK.…

Last week, Pakistan's Federal Minister of Defense Syed Naveed Qamar met with top leaders in Serbia's House of Guards to lay the frame work for an MOU between the armed forces of the two countries. The proposed military agreement with Serbia is to provide Pakistan's armed forced with ammunition, armoured vehicles and assault rifles amongst other weapons. Notwithstanding the cementing of defense ties, Qamar also proposed the idea of Serbia…

1. Why should Muslim countries not admire or emulate Western society? Western capitalist, secular, liberal societies are drowning under a sea of social and moral problems - all caused by the values and laws of their system. Within Western capitalist states, crime is at epidemic proportions. In the US, one third of Americans have been arrested by the age of 23. In the UK, the government is grappling with huge…