There have been few stories coming from the South Asia region. However, what does get through, is of great importance, especially in the context of foreign policy. When the French President Nicolas Sarkozy made his trip to India, his plan was to add substance to their relationship with the country by offering higher economic fruits and lucrative defense deals. The Indo-French relation ship has never had many problems. In fact, India has always considers France to be their most "tried and trusted friend".
However, in the country of Bangladesh, Foreign relations are not as well forged. Unfortunately for Bangladesh, maintaining a delicate balance of relations between China and India is far more difficult that with other regions. If Bangladesh is even on one side slightly more than the other, the other completely misinterprets the situation. Bangladesh in caught in a dead-lock, between India and China, and the country severely needs both of them.
This past month has seen the death of Abu Laith al-Libi, a senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. There have been rumors that Libi was killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan. However, Pakistan confirm this report. Libi is believed to have behind an attack at an Afghan air base last year while the US vice-president was there.Analysts say Libi's death would make a serious dent into al-Qaeda, both symbolically and operationally.
Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said that if there was a military strike in Pakistan by the US, or any foreign nation, it would be considered an act of war and dealt with as such. Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband made their surprise visit Afghanistan to amid heated debate among NATO nations about their mission to push for more troops for Afghanistan. Rice and Miliband met around 200 soldiers at a major NATO airbase in southern Kandahar province.
Benazir Bhutto was buried the day after her assassination on December 27. The traditional 40 days of mourning has reached it's end for the former premier. During the ceremony, her husband told them he would risk death himself to fulfill what he called her campaign for democracy at the elections on February 18. Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier, Javed Cheema told the press, I can confirm two people have been arrested in connection with the probe into Bhutto's murder and they are being interrogated by the joint investigation team."
Friday, February 8, 2008
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Project Theme #1 Rough Draft #3
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The aggression of the German Nazi party, and the Japanese Militarists played extremely important roles in the concepts of personal freedoms and human dignity. In 1919, Adolf Hitler had joined the National Socialist German Workers Party, or the Nazi Party, and soon after became the leader. In a similar fashion to Italian fascist, Benito Mussolini, Hitler became the the Prime Minister and created the third German Empire. In his new empire, Hitler wanted to enforce extreme nationalism and racial "purification." The concept of degrading human right comes into play here with Hitler believing that blond-haired, blue-eyed "Aryans" were a "master race," and that ethnicities such as Jews, Slavs and any nonwhites were "Inferior Races," and were only fit to serve the Aryans. These beliefs of Hitler's led to the creation of the concentration camps and horrific events such as the Holocaust. Hitler also believed in a militaristic expansion (a means of increasing living space and population), as well as the Japanese and their Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo, who had rendered the Emperor Hirohito powerless. Once they had seized power, the Japanese military launched an attack and took control of the Chinese province of Manchuria. The League of Nations, established after WWI, was created to prevent this type of aggression and to support the evolution of personal freedoms. After discovering what had happened in Manchuria, the League condemned Japan, which was a useless effort because they quit the League anyway. These events that degraded human rights and personal freedoms in Europe and Asia were what caused the Second World War.
The aggression of the German Nazi party, and the Japanese Militarists played extremely important roles in the concepts of personal freedoms and human dignity. In 1919, Adolf Hitler had joined the National Socialist German Workers Party, or the Nazi Party, and soon after became the leader. In a similar fashion to Italian fascist, Benito Mussolini, Hitler became the the Prime Minister and created the third German Empire. In his new empire, Hitler wanted to enforce extreme nationalism and racial "purification." The concept of degrading human right comes into play here with Hitler believing that blond-haired, blue-eyed "Aryans" were a "master race," and that ethnicities such as Jews, Slavs and any nonwhites were "Inferior Races," and were only fit to serve the Aryans. These beliefs of Hitler's led to the creation of the concentration camps and horrific events such as the Holocaust. Hitler also believed in a militaristic expansion (a means of increasing living space and population), as well as the Japanese and their Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo, who had rendered the Emperor Hirohito powerless. Once they had seized power, the Japanese military launched an attack and took control of the Chinese province of Manchuria. The League of Nations, established after WWI, was created to prevent this type of aggression and to support the evolution of personal freedoms. After discovering what had happened in Manchuria, the League condemned Japan, which was a useless effort because they quit the League anyway. These events that degraded human rights and personal freedoms in Europe and Asia were what caused the Second World War.
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