Federico Bordonaro

Donald Weadon liberamente sul ruolo di Pechino nel Golfo e altrove:

Energy and economic engagement with the developing world are not the only diplomatic tools at China’s command. China is now capable of unilateral action, with its UN veto a sheathed sword against US action. American influence as has been traditionally exerted will be a thing of the past unless China’s goals are understood, and they are effectively engaged.

Da cui deriva una domanda cruciale: l’unipolarismo USA post-Guerra fredda è davvero seriamente in discussione, o è solo un’illusione ottica?

Un articolo di Syed Shahzad su Asia Times ripropone il difficile ruolo di Islamabad nella “War on Terror”.

Arrests and operations have invariably preceded all of Musharraf’s foreign trips, especially to the US. His present visit to the Middle East was also preceded by a major crackdown on militants in Pakistan.

The most interesting was the alleged killing of Hamza Rabia, said to be a senior al-Qaeda commander. Though the US doubted his killing and al-Qaeda denied it, the Pakistani interior minister termed Rabia’s death “100% fact”, while the minister of information said it was “200% correct”. Not to be outdone, while in the Middle East for an extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference in Mecca, Musharraf said it was “500% certain” that Rabia was dead.

With such fluctuating odds, who’s betting on Pakistan producing the goods for the US?