http://www.globalpolitician.com/ Global Politician is an independent magazine providing objective, in-depth analysis of events in the world today. en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:49:29 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26053-health-care Americans are rightfully dissatisfied with the high cost of health care and the rough treatment they receive from private insurers, but the reforms Democrats in Congress are cooking up will only make things worseFri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26052-ukraine-russia On November 21st, 2009, Ukrainian democrats will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of the start of demonstrations in Kyiv which led to larger political developments that came to reshape our understanding of post-Soviet politics. During the last five years, the 2004 events in Ukraine known as the Orange Revolution have become important reference points in the international study of democratic tr...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26051-india As the campaign for climate change is gaining momentum and talks to cut down carbon emission is reaching its crescendo, a humble attempt is being made in southern India to push the cause of the good old peddle bicycle.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26050-israel-arab-peace-process Last August, PM Salam Fayyad released a Plan to “establish Palestine as an independent, democratic, progressive, and modern Arab state, with full sovereignty over its territory in the West Bank and Gaza, on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.” within two years. Israel took little notice of it. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26049-terror-osama-bin-laden Osama Bin Laden’s terror group Al-Qaeda and several other Al-Qaeda clones seemed to have changed their strategy. It’s not too clear whether Osama is still alive and whether Al-Qaeda is still continuing with its agenda of bombing people, although terrorism in its various forms and with the Al-Qaeda stamp are still seen and mainly in Asia and Africa. Osama is most probably too ill and his days o...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26054-psychology-criminal-justice Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, is one of the most controversial mental disorders. The questions of its etiology and epidemiology are omnipresent in the psychological community. Research concerning the disorder’s connection to aggressive and violent behaviors in society is only in its infantile stages. However, if dissociative identity disorder is...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26026-pakistan If we go by the recent statement of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, the two most dangerous countries on this planet are Pakistan and Afghanistan. This statement of Moon is neither prejudiced, nor does he belong to any enemy country of Pakistan or Afghanistan rather this statement is the harsh reality of the world today. The question is that who is responsible for notorie...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26035-economics Stocks are soaring, yet unemployment surges and the dollar slumps. A contradiction made possible by Washington�s neglect of international challenges to U.S. growth. During the recent expansion, the trade deficit swelled to more than $700 billion or five percent of GDP. Americans borrowed from abroad, mostly to pay for oil and Chinese consumer goods. They posted as collateral homes at values inflat...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26034-india The �veterans� of communal politics in India have once again got a golden opportunity for the time being. A few days back, the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind adopted a resolution at its 30th general session in Deoband asking Indian Muslims not to recite 'Vande Mataram', an Indian national song. Upto what extent Indian Muslims will follow this resolution, this resolution applies on how many sects of Islam, Do...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.globalpolitician.com/26033-iran The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of the United Nations begins with the statement that all peoples and all nations should strive to promote respect for human rights. Moreover, the Declaration ends with the principle that �Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the de...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT