Wednesday, May 16

High intrigue

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For readers who are still not convinced that the issue of the World Bank presidency isn't terribly important, read on. Keep in mind that...

More on State-Pentagon battles, and there's no such thing as diplomatic war

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Two interesting takes on Monday's post about the conflict between the Pentagon and State Department regarding the Pentagon's invol...

Weakening US defense of Wolfowitz?

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Alex Wilks at World Bank President reports this morning on telling language that may signal the White House is withdrawing support for Wolf...
Tuesday, May 15

Ah, Mr Wolfowitz, you overlooked World Bank Staff Rule number 500,051.2, Paragraph 613

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"Pundita, dear, it seems you got your wish. Paul Wolfowitz hasn't yet chained himself to his desk but he has been fighting to stay ...
Monday, May 14

Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Newt Gingrich have amnesia about State's record.

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Overview: State needs to move over and make more room for Pentagon-led foreign assistance programs. " The U.S. Department of State is c...
Friday, May 11

Samuelson's wrong assessment of China's predatory trade practice

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Readers who have been with this blog for years know that Pundita wouldn't hesitate to blame the Chinese for anything. Yet I find myself...
Thursday, May 10

Bolivarian, Chavista, or Venezuela's version of 1950s USA?

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"Pundita: Have you lost your marbles? I thought you were anti-communist and a big supporter of free market policies. I can understand y...
Wednesday, May 9

Revenge of the Banana Republics: Hugo Chavez's Southern Strategy gathers steam

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It's becoming clear that it is misleading to apply the term "leftist" to the movement led by Hugo Chavez. The multinational st...
Tuesday, May 8

The crumbling Core

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Overview: the more inclusionary the United States tries to be in multilateral approaches, the more unclear our values and aims. I asked ZenP...
Monday, May 7

Congratulations, President Sarkozy

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If the United States wasn't at war, I would have stayed up all night partying over the news that a strongly pro-American Frenchman was n...
Sunday, May 6

China's toxic medicine counterfeiting causes mass deaths

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China's counterfeiters have been using a poisonous industrial solvent in counterfeit cough syrup and other liquid cold medications, whic...
Friday, May 4

De-escalating the Syria-Israel confrontation

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Visit Riehl World View for a roundup of news and interesting opinion on Condoleezza Rice's meeting at Sharm el-Sheikh with her Syrian c...

Not exactly the wrong stereotype

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" The wrong sterotype : Pundita, The Chinese can pronounce the "l" sound just fine, thank you very much. The Japanese don...

At Sharm el-Sheikh, the pot calls the kettle black

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May 3, Sharm el-Sheikh “Sometimes it appears people in diplomacy use talk as a reward or punishment,” said the Saudi foreign minister, Princ...
Thursday, May 3

Thank God, no more Pidgin English from China's diplomats

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From Stratfor The April 24 attack against a Chinese energy exploration project in Ethiopia is having some significant reverberations through...
Wednesday, May 2

Whither the Bush Democracy Doctrine?

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Here's a conundrum: On April 27, Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who is perceived by many Turks to represent a push by Turke...
Tuesday, May 1

Is there an attorney in the house? From her statement to the Bank's board, does Shaha Riza have grounds for a discrimination suit?

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"The irony of my working to ensure women's participation and rights through the work of the World Bank and to be then stripped of m...