Musings of a modern guy

The European Union has been constantly coming up against public pressure from time to time. Its attempts to make treaties that bring the countries into a tighter Union typically run against the gauntlet of public opinion. The treaties come up for voting in different countries, and the conditions have always been set that the treaties […]

The science of global warming has never been 100% certain because the weather pattern of the earth is incredibly complex, but we are finally starting to see some of the bad effects of global warming in terms of melting of glaciers, loss of polar ice, and so on. It would be a bit naive to […]

Pakistan is in the midst of a major crisis. One would not have thought even a few months back that the all-powerful President and General Musharraf, who leads the army and is also the President, would be quivering at the thought of the return of two has-been former Prime Ministers who were essentially exiled from […]

North Korea has always been seen as a suspicious entity for talks, not reliable; but carrying enough firepower (especially after its acquisition of a nuclear device) such that it needs to be talked to. In addition, it is involved in a fair amount of deception, including official complicity in smuggling and currency counterfeiting. So, it […]

In a major victory for the enthusiasts of closer European Union integration, the discussions for getting a mandate to reach a new treaty were finally concluded. If that sounds confusing, it could be. The discussions reached agreement on a mandate for a new treaty, not an actual new treaty itself. Now, there will be a […]

Europe has a difficult task on its hands. It has a European parliament, and had further plans to move much further ahead on political and economic integration, with a EU constitution finally drafted after a lot of planning and discussion. There was a condition whereby this constitution had to be ratified by several countries in […]