Bangladesh election held under supervision of the interim government and the army has initiated the process of a fresh freedom struggle. Democracy with secular principles was wiped out with the blood of Mujibur Rahman, his family and colleagues. Intermittent democratic experimentation with bouts of army rule had not only severely mutilated the spirit of the [...]

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff advocated a “whole-of-government approach” to foreign policy in a speech here last night, urging more funding for nonmilitary departments’ roles overseas. “I believe we should be more willing to break this cycle, and say when armed forces may not always be the best choice to take the [...]

More than 80 countries – including most U.S. allies in NATO – began signing a treaty banning cluster bombs in Oslo, Norway today. The U.S. government is not there and the Bush administration has refused to join the majority of the world’s nations in stopping the use of these weapons, which kill or maim mostly [...]