The World Today War Against Iraq: D-Day or Delay? Soldiers traditionally view warfare as ninety percent boredom and ten percent sheer terror.
The World Today Iraq and its Kurdish 'State': Dream On For half a century the Kurds of Iraq have struggled for their national rights, but failed to secure them. Ironically, since 1991 the international pariah status of the present Baghdad regime has brought them remarkable independence and prosperity. But change in Iraq could challenge this. The danger is that Kurdish nationalism may also draw neighbouring states into a wider conflagration.
The World Today Economic Fallout From a War in Iraq: String in the Tail President Saddam Hussein of Iraq may have another weapon of mass destruction in his armoury – the economic effects of war. Changes in oil prices and the cost of conflict might just produce regime change in Saudi Arabia and recession for us all.
The World Today Korea: Gobbledygook America’s North Korea policy has been a resounding failure. It has lost friends and alienated allies. The people of North Korea continue to go hungry. It’s time to talk, but this requires clear goals and a proper strategy – regime change should be off the agenda for now.
The World Today Weapons of Mass Destruction: Creating Panic America and Britain were on heightened alert against terror attacks for most of last year.
The World Today Nigeria: Critical Condition Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is to be his party’s candidate in the April election. It will be the first time in twenty years that a civilian government has held polls. But the president is accused of failing to deal with corruption or manage the economy. Increased ethnic polarisation will also play a key part in voting.
The World Today Nepal: The King and Mao Maoist insurgency might sound like a historical note from a world that knew nothing of the ‘war’ against terror or the ‘axis of evil’, but in Nepal it is all too real.