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Robert Kaplan, writing in the NYT today, proposes that what is understood by the term “Middle East” needs revision. What recently happened in the terrorist attack on Mumbai requires recognition that South Asia cannot be left out of the ME definition. Students of the region know that it often also includes North Africa, due no [...]
In the wake of last week’s terrorist rampage in Mumbai, Israel is faced with new security questions. The Nariman House, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish run hostel and religious center, was one of the targets in the attacks. The question for Chabad Houses around the world, such as Nariman, is how to protect them when they are so [...]
The Times of India announced earlier today that the Israel Defense Ministry has taken great offense to the attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, calling the event “enemy action” against the State of Israel. The Israelis harmed in this terrorist attack will have the same financial benefits as those individuals who are affected by [...]
On Monday, the U.S. Navy confirmed that Somali pirates seized the Sirius Star, owned by Aramco, the Saudi oil company. The ship, carrying a crew of 25, was boarded by the pirates while it was near the Kenyan coast. It was located by the Navy after the pirates had taken it about 450 nautical miles [...]
Iran is in talks with the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) and India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) concerning oil and gas development in the Caspian Sea. Though nothing has been finalized, Tehran already has a memorandum of agreement with Beijing to store strategic reserves in China. Iran currently produces oil below industry standards [...]
