On 12 March 2013, U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper presented to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence the worldwide threat Assessment of the US intelligence community. The text below is the excerpts of the statement of the record which relates to the Iranian regime. TERRORISM AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME TERRORISM IRAN AND LEBANESE HIZBALLAH The failed 2011 …

An economic system based on a free market, open competition, profit motive and private ownership is called capitalism. There is ‘capitalism’ and then there is ‘really existing capitalism.’ The term ‘capitalism’ is commonly used to refer to the U.S. economic system, with substantial state intervention ranging from subsidies for creative innovation to the ‘too-big-to-fail’ government insurance policy for banks. The …

Netanyahu insulted the president, backed Romney, and hasn’t moved the peace process. Now, White House should not reward behavior like that, not even from an ally. Iran is accelerating its nuclear program, Syria’s gruesome civil war is beginning to bleed across its borders, Two years after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, Egypt’s political transition is, at best, dicey and yet according to …

The retirement of Benedict XVI on Feb 28 was the first time in nearly 600 years that a pope stepped down. This situation forced the Roman Catholic Church to begin the ancient election process known as ‘Conclave.’ For centuries, the procedure of electing a new pope was simply called a ‘papal election.’ That was, until 1274, when the word conclave …

Nayyera Haq Nayyera Haq, Urdu Spokesperson of the US State Department, comes from a family of Punjabi descent with roots in Multan and Lahore. She holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University where she served as a Fellow of Journalism and Law. She has been the student of history in University of Michigan, one of the top universities of the …

As the majority of coalition forces prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan at the close of 2014, concerns are growing for the future of the detainees they must leave behind. During the course of the twelve-year war, NATO troops have apprehended thousands of suspected insurgents, most of whom have been released or transferred to the Afghan authorities. However, renewed fears regarding …

1.Why a candidate undergoes inferiority complex and how should he shun that? Inferiority complex is very common among the CSS aspirants. The issue is how you handle it. There are thousands of candidates preparing for this exam, many of them have been preparing for years. A large number of candidates compare their preparation level with that of others. They somehow …

Q#1: How to answer the question asked about our personality traits in Interview? Best: conscientious, trustworthy and self-reliant. Worst: intense, competitive, perfectionist. It is a common question in Interview especially with Psychologists’ Panel. When they ask you to describe your three best and worst personality traits, watch out that interviewers are increasingly savvy about evasions of the second part of …

Up, close and intimate with Mr Richard Olson US Ambassador to Pakistan Profile Mr Richard Olson was sworn in as Ambassador to Pakistan on September 24, 2012. Previously, he served as the Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs at U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, from 2011 to 2012. Ambassador Olson also served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab …

Though violence has dipped since June 2012, Iraqis are still a sad and fearful bunch On the last day of 2012, a year after the last American troops left Iraq, ending nearly nine years of military occupation, at least 36 Iraqis perished in a wave of bombings and shootings across the country that targeted policemen, government officials and ordinary people …