The News International 02/03/2007 By Michael Shank “O Pathans! Your house has fallen into ruin. Arise and rebuild it, and remember to what race you belong,” uttered by one of Islam’s exemplary non-violent leaders. This quote is relevant now more than ever before, one-hundred years after Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan […]
International Herald Tribune/Daily Star Egypt 01/25/2007 Conducted By Michael Shank United States Representative Wayne Gilchrest is a Republican Congressman serving the State of Maryland’s 1st District. Recently, Michael Shank, Policy Director for the 3D Security Initiative in Washington DC, interviewed US Congressman Gilchrest for THE DAILY STAR EGYPT. Shank: Is […]
International Herald Tribune/Daily Star Egypt 01/12/2007 Conducted by Michael Shank Now serving his eighth term in the United States House of Representatives, Roscoe G. Bartlett is one of three scientists in the US Congress. In the 109th Congress, Dr. Bartlett served as a senior member of the Science and Technology […]
Foreign Policy in Focus 01/05/2007 By Michael Shank The United States, fearing a new Taliban had come to power in Somalia, recently did what many expected it would do: invade Somalia. Not directly though. In the final weeks of 2006, Ethiopian forces that were trained, financed, and outfitted by the […]
International Herald Tribune/Daily Star Egypt 12/28/2006 By Michael Shank Israeli government officials in charge of conducting an end-of-year review cannot be happy. While their mid-year review was equally disappointing, with the loss in Lebanon and lack of international support for Israel’s role in Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, the end-of-year review is […]
International Herald Tribune/Daily Star Egypt 12/14/2006 By Michael Shank With the United States Congress stamp of approval this month on India’s nuclear pursuits, it may behoove world’s leaders to retire the near-defunct Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and start configuring a new regulatory framework. The NPT is on its last breath […]
Arab News 12/04/2006 By Michael Shank & Patricia Karam With midterm elections ushering in a new Democrat-dominated Congress, US policy on Iraq is likely to change. So far, a number of approaches have been put forth, ranging from increased securitization of Iraq and a concomitant surge in troop levels, to […]
International Herald Tribune/Daily Star Egypt 11/17/2006 By Michael Shank As the United States veers from its modus operandi in Iraq and contemplates alliances with Syria and Iran to remedy Iraq’s catastrophic reality, the question of dialogue remains at the fore. Does the US engage, or not engage, in talks with […]
International Herald Tribune/Daily Star Egypt 11/07/2006 By Michael Shank Last April, in the delegate’s lounge of the United Nations’ headquarters in New York, this columnist met with the Organization of Islamic Conference’s (OIC) permanent observer to the UN, Ambassador Abdul Wahab, to discuss ways in which Arab, Islamic, or African […]
International Herald Tribune/Daily Star Egypt 11/05/2006 By Michael Shank and Khadija Ali Unlike the Middle East, which is frequented by senior officials from the United States government, when it comes to Africa, the US prefers to send its second-in-command. This is not new State Department protocol, however, as Congo’s 4 […]