by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Sep 6, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe For years you have been smart enough not to be drawn into the Red Line trap vis-à-vis Iran, despite Israel’s incessant demands that you draw that line in the sand. And then! You foolishly boxed yourself in, publically drawing a Red Line re Syria...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeNot so long ago Buddhists and art lovers of the world were aghast when the Afghan Taliban destroyed the famous Buddhist statues in Bamiyan. I thought of this tragedy when I learned that Salafist gangs known as the Ansar Dine (Defenders of Islam)...
by Prachi Naik | Jul 10, 2012 | Monitor
The U.S. and Pakistan Have Found Detente, but It Won’t Last Joshua Foust/ The Atlantic The transactional U.S.-Pakistan alliance means that, once the Afghan War ends, so will their incentive to get along. Robert Zoellick:”Getting Stuff Done” at the...