Ahmadinejad and the destruction of Israel
By Carlos Escud
Does democracy have a chance in the country’s near-future? 
By Sohail Mahmood (for Safe Democracy)
Sohail Mahmood comments on Pakistan’s complex political situation, noting growing tensions between a public calling for democracy and a military regime willing to go to any lengths to hold onto its power. He offers that fair elections would be the only solution to the country’s political instability.
Musharraf’s perversions put Western powers in doubt 
By Sohail Mahmood (for Safe Democracy)
Sohail Mahmood discusses the recent surge of violence and unrest in Pakistan and analyzes the cause of tensions between the current military regime and the opposition parties. He also explains the responsibility that Western powers have in this conflict, backing the regime along the years. In Mahmood opinion’s, the future of Pakistan appears dark as more conflicts across the horizon.
China-Taiwan: Playing with…the Torch
The fusion of sports and politics in Southeast Asia
By Xulio Ríos, 16th May 2007
Xulio Ríos explains how the passing of the Torch to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics has created enormous tension between China and Taiwan. Not even sports are capable of pacifying the complicated relationship between Beijing and Taipei.
Contemporary Political Developments in South Asia
The complex peace process between Pakistan and India
By Sohail Mahmood, 26th April 2007
Sohail Mahmood writes on the history of relations between Pakistan and India and underlines the essential need for dialogue at all costs. Despite the existence of many contentious issues –from Kashmir, to Siachen, to the destabilizing United States-India partnership–. Mahmood believes that much progress has been made in creating peace in South Asia. But in order for negotiation to work, both sides must set aside their long history of enmity, and build trust. Only then can the incredible potential of Pakistan and India, wasted for so many years by senseless conflict, be realized.
Bettering relations for the future 
By Xulio R
Pragmatism tempers a revolutionary past 
By Rafael Moreno Izquierdo (for Safe Democracy)
Rafael Moreno Izquierdo analyzes Daniel Ortega’s second opportunity as President of Nicaragua. Despite his friendship with Raúl Castro, Hugo Chávez and Evo Morales, Ortega is not the same revolutionary that we remember from the seventies and eighties. He has managed to temper his revolutionary past with a strong dose of pragmatism to make him effective in the twenty first century. In Moreno Izquierdo’s opinion, Ortega’s election will not transform Nicaragua into a capitalist paradise, nor will the Nicaraguan economy model itself off of the highly regulated examples of Cuba or China. The future, therefore, will depend on Daniel Ortega’s ability to prove that he truly has changed, and on the politicians and businessmen of the United States and Europe to believe him.
The Formation of a System of Security in Asia 
By Fernando Delage (for Safe Democracy)
Fernando Delage outlines the changes in Asia’s geo-strategic framework with the entrance of North Korea into the nuclear club. In Delage’s opinion, China, Japan, and South Korea have a strong motivation to unite, and form a unified foreign policy with regards to Pyongyang. With the danger of nuclear contagion, as well as North Korea’s new threat to global security, Washington does not trust the possibility of multilateral diplomatic solutions. But while Washington deliberates, Asia should act, and use the diplomatic dynamism instigated by North Korea’s nuclear test, as an opportunity to take the first steps towards the formation of its own system of security.
By Mario Esteban (for Safe Democracy)
Mario Esteban analyzes the relationship between China and Japan since the nomination of the new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the conversion of North Korea’s nuclear threat into a reality. In Esteban’s opinion, both Peking and Tokyo will oppose the nuclear proliferation on the Korean peninsula head on. But when the time comes to decide what measures to take against Pyongyang, the discrepancies will begin to surface.
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