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Here’s an interesting if unsettling question: Which U.S. presidential candidate would Osama bin Laden prefer - and what might he do about it? For Colombia’s El Tiempo newspaper, Isaac Bigio writes in part: “Osama bin Laden has never lived in the Americas, but thanks to the slaughter he directed on September 11, 2001, he became the most important U.S.

In his nomination speech, the Democratic presidential candidate reiterates his commitment to direct diplomacy with Iran and his hawkish position on Pakistan, which I describe at Atlantic-Community.org.

Foxnews.com has just posted the transcript of Sen. Obama’s acceptance speech. Now’s the time to dissect it and find out how often his rhetoric didn’t match reality. Here’s the first instance where rhetoric didn’t match reality: Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less.

In the International Herald Tribune, Hassan Abbas writes that in order to strengthen Pakistan’s transition to democracy in the wake of the resignation by Pervez Musharraf the West must consistently support democratic reform and demonstrate patience about its pace.

In the midst of all the convention hooplah, some important stories get missed. That seems to be the case with the tale of Bush ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, who has been engaged in some very irregular cozying up with Pakistani presidential hopeful Asif Zardari. Mr.

In the midst of all the convention hooplah, some important stories get missed. That seems to be the case with the tale of Bush ambassador to the UN, Zalmay Khalilzad, who has been engaged in some very irregular cozying up with Pakistani presidential hopeful Asif Zardari. Mr.

I’ll continue the concept of Pamela’s excellent article with another long shot possibility that may have been made by Barack Obama. I agree with Pamela that all this smoke may be a screen for another VP pick. With that as a basis I’ll bring another name to the list. A name I know very well. Wes Clark.

As the combined military-presidential rule of Pervez Musharraf has come to a close many are questioning where Pakistan is headed. The Economist writes that “Mr Musharraf goes at a time of alarming instability in Pakistan”, and that to maintain cohesiveness “Pakistan needs confidence in its democratic

Nepal & Pakistan: Lessons For The USA August 21st, 2008 by SWARAAJ CHAUHAN, International Columnist Nepal and Pakistan provide good lessons in foreign policy to both Barack Obama and John McCain. The democratically-elected new Prime Minister of Nepal, Prachanda (photo above) who led a 10-year guerrilla war, now professes that his country’s era of “capitalist democracy” has begun.

Reihan Salam at The Atlantic writes that “the tragedy of Musharraf is that he had a rare opportunity to remake Pakistan as a stable, prosperous, Muslim democracy at peace with its neighbors, and he squandered it.” Salam reviews Musharraf’s rise and fall from power, and notes that the future of Pakistan