“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Struck Down in Two Court Challenges
By Graham Phillips
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Convention on Cluster Munitions Holds Significant Implications for Signatories and Non-Signatories Alike
On August 1, 2010, the Convention on Cluster Munitions came into effect as binding international law among its signatories. Even for non-signatory states like the United States, the Convention’s requirements will have a significant impact on the use of cluster munitions and the strategic context for their use. The treaty was adopted at the end of a ten-day conference in Dublin on May 30, 2008. At a subsequent ceremony in Oslo on December 3, the Convention was opened for signatures. Over 100 countries immediately signed in 2008, but it took until 2010 for 30 of those countries to ratify the
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Why Pakistan Can’t
By Malik Ahmad Jalal* – On a visit of Pakistan in July, the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen acknowledged the success of the military operation against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan and Swat. However, the highest-ranking U.S. military commander also expressed concern that Pakistan’s reluctance to fight the formidable Haqqani Network in North Waziristan is undermining the US efforts in Afghanistan. The U.S. pressure on Pakistan to “do more” is likely to increase as the Obama Administration views the dismantling of the Afghan Taliban in North Waziristan as crucial to its exit strategy