http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/ en Copyright 2007 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:43:50 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss New Delhi, India - In ten years, George Bush's legacy will be evident. In Iraq, give two years for the departure of American troops, three years for local power struggles, and five years for consolidation and recovery. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2007/01/allied_with_iran_against_israe.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2007/01/allied_with_iran_against_israe.html Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:43:50 -0500 New Delhi, India - An old Sufi saying: When you are trapped in a vicious circle, draw a larger circle around it... http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/12/bloodstained_circles.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/12/bloodstained_circles.html Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:30:53 -0500 New Delhi, India - "Muslims want to revive the Caliphate," I hear pundits say. The idea is just preposterous. The Caliphate is a pre-nation state concept, relevant only to the Age of Empire. The Caliphate was defeated by the British in 1918. It was buried by the Turks in 1924. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/12/new_caliphate_nonsense.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/12/new_caliphate_nonsense.html Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:50:58 -0500 New Delhi, India - North Korea agreed to 6-party talks because China and Korea, not America. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/11/chinas_nuclear_pawns.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/11/chinas_nuclear_pawns.html Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:12:22 -0500 New Delhi, India - "Most dangerous" is an interesting phrase, because it's first qualified by a question: "Most dangerous" to whom? North Korea is not a direct danger to any nuclear power: It is friendly with China and Russia; it is, or was, a partner of Pakistan; it is indifferent to India and Israel; and it has no proven capacity to reach France or Britain. It is certainly dangerous to America, however, if not as a nuclear power then because of its ability to play havoc with two peaceful, stable economic powerhouses in its neighborhood, South Korea and Japan. That certainly does constitute a threat to world peace. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/10/north_korea_doesnt_threaten_me.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/10/north_korea_doesnt_threaten_me.html Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:29:08 -0500 New Delhi, India - The generation that gave the world free love and the pill in the 1960s and fed its collapsing libido with Viagra thirty years later has a curious hangover: Intrusive morality. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/10/bushs_misguided_war_on_infidel.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/10/bushs_misguided_war_on_infidel.html Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:18:12 -0500 http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/09/indias_unity_depends_on_free_s.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/09/indias_unity_depends_on_free_s.html Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:00:00 -0500 New Delhi, India - An intriguing part of the conversation between the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus and "an educated Persian" now made world-famous by Pope Benedict XVI, is that the Persian seems to have no name. There is no mention of it in the speech made by the Holy Father during his "Apostolic Journey" to the University of Regensburg on 9/12. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/09/name_the_persian_interlocutor.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/09/name_the_persian_interlocutor.html Tue, 19 Sep 2006 08:00:00 -0500 New Delhi, India - Karzai's sincere effort to be something more than the mayor of Kabul has been a quiet joke ever since he took office. The President of Afghanistan invites sympathy rather than censure. He did not become president because he had either a mass base or an army. He was placed in office by Bush who then forgot to add in the power. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/09/engage_afghanistan_for_its_own.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/09/engage_afghanistan_for_its_own.html Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:00:00 -0500 New Delhi, India - The most important word in the question is 'three', for 9/11 occurred five years ago. Muslims of faith are sensitive to the difference between justice and injustice, and they view the occupation of Iraq, with its chorus of lies and daily scenes of death, as the ultimate injustice of our times. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/08/install_a_muslim_force_in_iraq.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/08/install_a_muslim_force_in_iraq.html Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:57:04 -0500 New Delhi, India - [Pick: Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Woodehouse] Alternatively the question could be framed thus: The British authorities permit you to carry one book in your assigned plastic bag on an air journey. Which one book would you carry on-board? In either scenario, dream-holiday or nightmare, the book I would recommend is any Jeeves-Bertie Wooster novel by P.G.Woodehouse. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/08/familiar_story_of_a_well_meani.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/08/familiar_story_of_a_well_meani.html Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:00:00 -0500 New Delhi, India - Sand shifts fast in the Middle East so discussing the region's future isn't easy. But the increasing strength of Hezbollah and importance of Syria are safe bets. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/08/hezbollah_syria_and_iran_will.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/08/hezbollah_syria_and_iran_will.html Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:00:00 -0500 New Delhi, India - My first suggestion is do not travel without a destination. At the moment, the U.S. Secretary of State's journeys are more in the spirit of Marco Polo or Ibn Batuta: We shall find what we can when we reach. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/07/look_beyond_failed_formulas.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/07/look_beyond_failed_formulas.html Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:00:00 -0500 New Delhi, India -- A peacekeeping force is a good idea that often has given the United Nations a bad name. There is a U.N. force in Lebanon right now -- the U.N. Interim Force -- but where and this force is engaged is anyone's guess. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/07/peace_should_not_be_left_to_pe.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/07/peace_should_not_be_left_to_pe.html Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:59:25 -0500 New Delhi, India -- The G8 must resolve to create a fund for education and jobs in those spots that have become septic through neglect, brutality, injustice or indifference. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/07/g8_fight_terror_with_butter.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mj_akbar/2006/07/g8_fight_terror_with_butter.html Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:00:00 -0500