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CENTRAL & SOUTH ASIA Modi Must Clarify His Position on Hindu Nationalism Aparna Pande February 17, 2015 Make Sense of 2015 www.fairobserver.com 2 Atul Singh (Founder, CEO & Editor-in-Chief) Abul-Hasanat Siddique (Co-Founder, COO & Managing Editor) Anna Pivovarchuk (Co-Founder, Deputy Managing Editor & Culture Editor) Fair Observer | 461 Harbor Blvd | Belmont | CA 94002 | USA www.fairobserver.com | [email protected] The views expressed in this publication are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect Fair Observer’s editorial policy. Copyright © 2015 Fair Observer Photo Credit: Meabh Smith/Trócaire, Public Domain Mark 1.0 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-1-4951-9119-0 3 CONTENTS About Fair Observer ............................................................................... 13 Share Your Perspective........................................................................... 14 Contributors........................................................................................... 15 Editorial Make Sense of the World Atul Singh ................................................................................................ 18 Africa Nigerian Elections Set the Stage for Jonathan vs Buhari Hugo Norton............................................................................................ 20 Somalia is Tired of Conflict and Destruction Yusuf Hassan........................................................................................... 23 Africa Must Improve Its Welfare Services Akunyili Tochukwu.................................................................................. 26 Obama’s Kenyan Homecoming: Dreams From His Father’s Land Samuel Ollunga…..................................................................................... 28 Development and Human Rights at Odds in Ethiopia Gus Fincus……..…..................................................................................... 31 4 Asia Pacific China is a Rising Dragon, But With No Blazing Fire Jarno Lang............................................................................................... 36 Thailand: The Land of Smiles and Dictator Craig Moran............................................................................................ 39 “Strong Evidence” of Genocide Raises Stakes in Myanmar Daniel Sullivan........................................................................................ 42 Land Mafia Fire Game Lights Up Indonesia Umi Habibah Mansyur and Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat….................. 45 History is Being Rewritten in East Asia Sébastien Smith….............................….............….................................... 48 Central & South Asia Modi Must Clarify His Position on Hindu Nationalism Aparna Pande.......................................................................................... 54 Sex Education is More Important Than We Think Tanvi Kusum…..….............................…..............…................................... 58 Stop Child Labor in Nepal Suman Giri and Rashesh Shrestha....….................................................... 62 Hamid Gul and Pakistan’s Schizophrenia David Karl....…...................................................…................................... 66 5 Tango Time for the US and India Atul Singh...….............................…....................…................................... 68 Europe The Paris Paradox Landon Shroder....................................................................................... 73 Can Ukraine Turn From Pawn to Kingmaker? Polina Popova....................................................…................................... 76 Corbyn Fever Brings Winds of Change to Britain Tahir Abbas…....................................................…................................... 80 Immigrants in Germany Present Five Challenges and Six Opportunities Rolf Dienst.…....................................................…................................... 83 The Paris Tragedy and the End of Strategic Thinking Peter Isackson..................................................….................................... 88 Latin America Who’s Marching in Argentina? Rodrigo Llauro........................................................................................ 96 Cuba’s Coming Out Party at the Americas Summit Medea Benjamin.............................................…..................................... 97 6 El Salvador’s Draconian Abortion Laws: A Miscarriage of Justice Michael Avender and Medea Benjamin............…................................... 100 Colombia Leads by Example in the Americas Jonathan Bissell……………...............….................................................... 103 What Happened to Brazil? John Feffer............….............................................................................. 106 Middle East & North Africa Does the Islamic State Pose a Threat to Morocco and Jordan? Nicholas Heras and Amanda Claypool.................................................... 113 Oman Could Hold the Key in Yemen Fernando Carvajal..…............................................................................. 118 Learning Lessons From the Iranian Nuclear Problem Peter Jenkins………….............................................................................. 123 A Picture Can Save a Thousand Lives Chaker Khazaal…..….............................................................................. 127 A Glimmer of Hope for the Syrian Crisis… But Only Gary Grappo….…..…............................................................................... 131 7 North America A Love Letter to Young American Muslims Maria Khwaja Bazi................................................................................. 135 Baltimore, the City of Lost Souls Landon Shroder...…............................................................................... 137 Experience Trumps All Patrick Mellody..…................................................................................. 143 Clinton, Sanders, Trump? Just Ask a Casting Director Amy Cook……....….................................................................................. 148 Reframing and Preventing American Gun Violence Veena Trehan....….................................................................................. 151 The Interview Estonia is One of the Most Advanced E-Societies in the World Kourosh Ziabari and Keit Pentus-Rosimannus...................................... 157 Islamophobia is a Lucrative Industry Kourosh Ziabari and Nathan Lean......................................................... 165 The Foreign Policy Bazaar With Ian McCredie Landon Shroder and Ian McCredie........................................................ 173 BBC and India’s Problematic Romance Nilanjana Sen and Mark Tully…….......................................................... 184 8 Lindsey Graham on US Foreign Policy in the Middle East Landon Shroder and Lindsey Graham................................................... 192 Business In the Midst of a Revolution, The X Factor Meets The Apprentice Abul-Hasanat Siddique and Asim Haneef………..................................... 198 Rethinking Retail Development in Morocco Kaylee Steck…………………………………..................................................... 208 Entrepreneurship in India is a Story With Two Endings Punit Arora…………………………………….................................................... 210 Anou Connects Moroccan Weavers to World Market Anna Boots…………………………………….................................................... 215 What Can the Power of Travel Do? Abul-Hasanat Siddique..………………….................................................... 217 Culture Excuse Me, Why is Jesus White? Atul Singh…………………………………………………....................................... 221 Sex: Stone Age Mind in a Modern-Day World? Anna Pivovarchuk and Barry Kuhle……................................................. 224 9 An American Anxiety Hannah Rosenberg……………………..……................................................. 234 Saudi Fighter Challenges Stereotypes of Women Maria Khwaja Bazi.……………………..……................................................. 238 There’s More to Chicago Gang Violence Than Meets the Eye Andre Evans……….……………………..…….................................................. 244 Economics Despite Problems, Greece’s Economy Has Growth Potential John Bruton………………………………………………...................................... 249 Is the Rising US Personal Savings Rate a Bane or Boon? Daniel Currie……….……………………..……................................................. 252 Lessons Greece Can Learn From Seychelles Manu Sharma..…….……………………..……................................................ 256 Why Are Interest Rates So Low? Jeevan Parameswaran.………………..……................................................. 261 How the US Interest Rate Might Affect You Sam Cho………………...………………..…….................................................. 264 10 Environment The Future of Hydropower Even Kuross………………………………………………....................................... 267 Destroy the World… and Feel Good About It Derrick Jensen.………...………………..……................................................. 271 Preparing for Natural Disasters is Becoming Even More Important Laura Janneck..………...………………..……................................................ 276 Why Do Some People Reject Climate Change? Arek Sinanian...………...………………..……...............................................
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