World Politics Review AL BAB, Syria -- There is clearly something improvised about the courtroom scene: The prison guard wears civilian clothes and holds an assault rifle. He and a prisoner pose with a wide grin for a visiting photographer. The court sits in a simple office room, in a building…

World Politics Review AZAAZ, Syria -- As the fighting intensifies between government forces and the opposition Free Syrian Army for control of Aleppo, Syria’s second-largest city, the rebels are consolidating their hold over large tracts of territory elsewhere in northern Syria. Azaaz, an…

World Politics Review COMBAT OUTPOST SABARI, Afghanistan -- “Incoming! Incoming! Incoming!” droned the cold, mechanical voice of the warning system as the combat outpost’s radar detected another Taliban rocket launch. Soldiers ran for cover in the shelters that dot this little American army…

The Economist, augusztus 20. Thanks to the rapid advances of rebel forces, Muammar Qaddafi’s capital is now a city under siege “TODAY Zawiya, tomorrow Tripoli,” cried a rebel fighter as he jumped into his open-top truck and drove across an unprotected plain stretching from a dusty mountain…

It’s been a long slog, but Afghanistan may at last be able to contemplate more stable government. THE blast annihilated the back of the Humvee, leaving a smear in the desert. “Every time we venture that far out, we get hit,” says Captain Aaron Tapalman of the US Army, who is responsible for…

Az eheti Economistban irok a kandahari helyzetrol. Magyarul pedig a jovo heti Magyar Narancsban. American troops in Afghanistan The Petraeus strategy up close Slow and bloody nation-building in Kandahar province Oct 7th 2010 | ARGHANDAB DISTRICT, KANDAHAR LAME, toothless and 80 years old, Haji…

World Politics Review   In Northern Afghanistan, a Murky Insurgency  by Balint Szlanko   BAGHLAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- The man standing up at the provincial governor's audience seemed agitated but forceful. He told of a dream in which the Prophet Mohammed had instructed him to…

Ezt írtam az Economistba:   American forces in Afghanistan Helmand hath less fury? A faint glimmer from Afghanistan’s most troubled province Feb 11th 2010 | NOW ZAD AND GARMSER CAPTAIN Jason Brezler of the US Marine Corps had never imagined he might spend his tour of duty chasing…

World Politics Review, február 11. HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- For Gen. Nick Carter, commander of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, and Gen. Larry Nicholson, commander of the U.S. Marines in Helmand, taking a walk late last month in the Garmsir district center's bazaar without a flak…

Tudom, hogy ennek a blognak az a lenyege, hogy vegre magyarul irjak, de azert kiteszem ezt is ide. Ez kicsit reszletesebb, mint a masik cikk volt. A World Politics Review nevu cuccban jelent meg ma. HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Marine Capt. Scott Cuomo of Fox company, 2nd battalion, 2nd Marine…

Tudom, hogy per pillanat ez nem illik ide annyira, de írtam az Economistba a kedvenc témámról egy jó hosszút, tessék kattintani.   Democracy's decline Crying for freedom Jan 14th 2010 | BUDAPEST AND KABUL From The Economist print edition A disturbing decline in global…