Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:58 PM PDT

Last Friday, Christopher Lane, a 22-year-old Australian here on a baseball scholarship, was shot and killed while jogging in Duncan, Okla., population 23,000. He died where he fell. Police have three suspects, two black and one white. The latter said they were bored and decided to shoot Lane for “the fun of it.” As Lane […] The post Patrick Buchanan: Dead Souls Of A Cultural Revolution – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:56 PM PDT

On August 14, 2013, Russell Simmons posted these words on twitter: “Funniest thing I’ve ever seen Harriet tubmans [sic] sex diary.” Those are words guaranteed to catch one’s attention, the way a bomb going off gets attention. Simmons wasn’t lying or joking either. His latest entertainment venture, All Def Digital, had in fact produced something […] The post Sex Tapes And Butlers – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:52 PM PDT

By Abdulateef Al-Mulhim THE Republic of Turkey has one of the richest cultures in the world. Its strategic location gave it such importance that it could influence the course of many a historic event. For hundreds of years, the Ottoman Empire controlled vast tracts of land in Asia and Europe. The empire even stretched into […] The post Erdogan Raises ‘Four Fingers’ And Shoots Himself In The Foot – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:49 PM PDT

I don’t know when it occurred to me that I had gone from having shaken hands with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to being called a white racist, but apparently I was not paying attention. Neither were a lot of others of my generation who had welcomed and supported the Civil Rights movement only to […] The post I Am Tired Of Being Called A White Racist‏ – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:25 PM PDT

In Greek mythology the Sirens were dangerous females who lured sailors with their enchanting singing to shipwreck on their island’s rocky coast. Their voices literally bewitched hapless mariners into forgetting the dangers they were facing until it was too late to save themselves. Something of the sort seems to be taking place in Egypt at […] The post Egypt’s Siren Voices – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:01 PM PDT

How can academics who provide policy prescriptions and policymakers who implement policy determine whether a given strategy works? Controlled Randomised Trials are a useful way to identify racial and religious discrimination, to evaluate policy, and to bridge academic research and policy outcomes. By S.P. Harish THE SINGAPORE Government has identified social cohesion as an important […] The post Do Policy Prescriptions Work? Studying Effect Of Race And Religion On People’s Behaviour...

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:57 PM PDT

Tomas Ojea Quintana, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, was in Myanmar last week on a 10-day fact finding trip. It was his eighth official visit to the country that took him to Rakhine State, Chin State, Kachin State and Shan State, and Meikhtila in Mandalay Region. Quintana’s visit […] The post Can Myanmar Be Civilized? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:53 PM PDT

By Jeremy R. Hammond On Wednesday, August 14, the Egyptian military perpetrated its third massacre of protesters since it overthrew the democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi in a coup d’etat. The attack occurred in Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adaweya  and Nahda squares, where demonstrators had been camped out for weeks to protest the coup. It was “a ferocious assault”, theNew York Times reported on […] The post The Egyptian Military’s Massacres And The US Government’s High...

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:51 PM PDT

By Henning Melber The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) have been negotiated for just over a decade between the EU and the ACP countries without satisfactory results. Most of the ACP countries have refused to enter or implement the agreements. Among those on the African continent at the forefront of resistance has been Namibia. Despite considerable […] The post Namibia And The Economic Partnership Agreement – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:45 PM PDT

Congress is in recess, but you’d hardly know it. This has been the most do-nothing, gridlocked Congress in decades. But the recess at least offers a pause in the ongoing partisan fighting that’s sure to resume in a few weeks. It also offers an opportunity to step back and ask ourselves what’s really at stake. […] The post Private Gain To A Few Trumps Public Good For The Many – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:42 PM PDT

Bibi Netanyahu’s national security advisor, IDF general and avowed settlerist, Yaakov Amirdror is resigning his position next month.  He had a falling out with Netanyahu’s minister for strategic affairs, Yuval Steinitz.  The latter saw Amidror and the NSC as subordinate to him.  However, Israeli law determines that the NSC advisor is appointed by, and reports […] The post Amidror Out As National Security Advisor, Mossad Deputy Director To Take Over – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia...

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:39 PM PDT

Jennifer Argo, a marketing professor in the U of A’s Alberta School of Business, says that people are psychologically hard-wired to believe that products that are damaged or that aren’t whole—such as small or ripped paper or dented cans—are useless, and this leads users to trash them rather than recycle them. To circumvent overcrowding landfills […] The post The ‘Whole’ Problem With Recycling appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:37 PM PDT

A true cynic would question the timing of Middle East-wide U.S. embassy closings and a barrage of drone attacks in Yemen when the Obama administration is defending its intrusive spying on Americans after exposure by an intelligence agency contractor. Although in May, President Obama told us that he would wind down the war against Al […] The post Obama Seems Unable To Limit Counterproductive US War On Terror – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:33 PM PDT

Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army major and psychiatrist who murdered 13 military and civilian personnel and injured dozens more at the Fort Hood Army Base in Texas on November 5, 2009, has explained why he did so: “I would like to agree with the prosecution that it wasn’t done under the heat of sudden […] The post The Inescapable Reality Of Blowback – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:31 PM PDT

By S. Jaishankar It is fashionable in China today to speak of a “new type” of great power relations, indeed of international relations as a whole. In Chinese terminology, this approach is based on three key concepts: non-conflict and non-confrontation including proper handling of differences, mutual respect including for core interests and major concerns, and […] The post China – India: Old Ties Lead To New Model Of Mutual Trust – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia...

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:28 PM PDT

By Mayank S Bubna The first half of 2013 proved to be ‘old hat’ for Afghanistan in five major domain areas: the lack of substantive progress on a bilateral security arrangement with the US, set backs to peace negotiations, an uncertain security transition, problems besetting prison handovers and unresolved election woes. Bilateral Security Arrangement (BSA) […] The post Afghanistan: Stalled Peace Negotiations – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:25 PM PDT

Over the last few years, the use of nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, pesticides, cosmetics and other industries has increased. For example, farmers have used silver nanoparticles as a pesticide because of their capability to suppress the growth of harmful organisms. However, a growing concern is that these particles could pose a potential health […] The post Toxic Nanoparticles May Be Entering Human Food Supply appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:23 PM PDT

By Sam Bahour The first proclaimed leak from Secretary John Kerry’s efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, as it is so often called, were published last week in the reputable London-based daily Arabic newspaper, Al-Hayat. The source is said to be from a posting from the website of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, who […] The post A Peek Inside Kerry’s ‘Peace’ Efforts Or Propaganda? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:22 PM PDT

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met at the Pentagon yesterday with Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Little said Hagel acknowledged Georgia’s continuing contribution to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, and that he thanked Alasania for the sacrifices Georgia’s soldiers and their families […] The post Hagel, Georgian Defense Minister Meet At Pentagon appeared...

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:20 PM PDT

By Donna Miles Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel assured Marines in Hawaii today that despite deep budget and force cuts, the U.S. military will remain the world’s best, and the nation will honor the commitments it has made to them. Hagel kicked off a four-nation trip to Southeast Asia with a troop talk at Marine Corps […] The post US Military Will Remain Strong Despite Budget Cuts, Hagel Tells Hawaii Marines appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:16 PM PDT

Two Russian cosmonauts on Thursday completed an almost six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station and successfully returned on board the orbital outpost. According to Russia’s Mission Control Center, Expedition 36 Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Alexander Misurkin replaced a laser communications experiment with a new platform for a small optical camera system on the […] The post Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk, Unfold Russian Flag In Space appeared first on Eurasia...

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:14 PM PDT

The Department of Justice said Thursday that it will file a new lawsuit against the State of Texas, the Texas Secretary of State, and the Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety over the State’s strict voter photo identification law (SB 14). The United States’ complaint seeks a declaration that SB 14 violates Section […] The post Justice Department To File New Lawsuit Against Texas Over Voter I.D. Law appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 09:10 PM PDT

In an unexpected finding, scientists have linked the activation of a stress gene in immune-system cells to the spread of breast cancer to other parts of the body. Researchers say the study suggests this gene, called ATF3, may be the crucial link between stress and cancer, including the major cause of cancer death – its […] The post The Stress And Cancer Link: ‘Master-Switch’ Stress Gene Enables Cancer’s Spread appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:35 PM PDT

By Chantal Britt A new statistical model predicts that almost 20 million people across China are at a high risk for poisoning because they use arsenic-laden groundwater, Swiss and Chinese researchers warned on Thursday. The scientists from Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Eawag and the China Medical University in Shenyang estimate that […] The post Millions Of Chinese May Face Arsenic Poisoning appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:28 PM PDT

A new tactic has been added to the US democracy promotion arsenal, where ‘color revolutions’ are too difficult, and ‘postmodern coups’ fail. The smoke is already clearing in the wake of Egypt’s latest coup—the whodunnit and why. All traces of the post-2011 attempts to reform and clean up the corruption of the previous 40 years […] The post Egypt’s ‘Color Coup’ – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:21 PM PDT

A nuclear expert has told the BBC that he believes the current water leaks at Fukushima are much worse than the authorities have stated, the news agency said. Mycle Schneider is an independent consultant who has previously advised the French and German governments. He says water is leaking out all over the site and there […] The post Fukushima Leak “Much Worse Than Stated,” Expert Says appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:19 PM PDT

Following the July 2012 elections Timor-Leste formed one of the largest governments in the region made up of 57 cabinet members. This has led to serious mismanagement, corruption and a state of near anarchy. A year later, the country’s leadership is addressing its predicament. By Loro Horta TIMOR-LESTE’s government has been sliding quickly to a […] The post Timor-Leste: Finally Getting It Right? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:14 PM PDT

By Isabella Fabens Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, in the course of a trip to Asia last April, initiated important trade discussions on a stopover in China. [1] In return, Chinese President Xi Jinping returned the courtesy during his visit to Mexico on June 4. [2] Mexico is attempting to reduce its trade deficit with […] The post China’s Latest Investments In Mexico: The Plight Of Maquiladora Workers – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:11 PM PDT

Does Bashar al-Assad check his approval ratings? Probably not. But that’s no reason to believe that he or his government lack interest in their public image. Indeed, Assad probably pays as much attention to how he is perceived in New York and Washington, as he is in Homs or Alleppo, which is not to say […] The post Dictators, Massacres, And The Media – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:09 PM PDT

“Lord! You know well that my keen desire is to carry out Your commandments and to serve Thee with all my heart, O light of my eyes. If I were free I would pass the whole day and night in prayers. But what should I do when you have made me a slave of a […] The post On Egypt’s Class-Struggle: Rabias Of The World Unite – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.

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