Rails of cultural disconnect
Construction of a rail line from Qinghai to Tibet is as much a feat of political engineering as a technical one. The rail will bind Tibet to the rest of China and accelerate the flow of migrant workers, tourists and military personnel to an area that is already losing its cultural identity 

Below the minaret, a boutique winery

Sharon visit and Pak’s fear complex 
The moral quality of India’s new friends has shocked many in Pakistan. But, instead of engaging in cribbing, Pakistan should analyse the motivations of India and Israel. Can it stop seeing the Palestinian crisis through the prism of pan Islamism?

Why did Oslo fail?
If the Oslo accord had been implemented, leading to an end to Israel's occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza and the emergence of an independent Palestinian state, there would have been no 9/11 attacks on the US