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The N.P.A., which both the U.S. and the E.U. have classified as a terrorist organization, is not the only headache in Mindanao for the government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This resource-rich but lawless region is home to two other formidable armed groups. While Manila has struck a fragile...
Military success against the rebels in Mindanao also depends on restarting peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. After all, the Philippine army would be hard-pressed to fight the M.I.L.F. and the N.P.A. simultaneously, especially at a time when more than 6,000 government troops are already involved...
This political mayhem has its roots in the compromises sometimes required in Asia's more fragile democracies. After Bangladesh returned to civilian leadership in 1991 following 15 years of mostly military rule, the two main political parties-the secular, nationalist Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina and the more Islamic...
The differences between the two parties go much deeper than the personal feuds of their leaders. The Awami League came of age during the liberation struggle in the early 1970s when Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan. The party paints itself as the protector of those early secular, nationalist ideals, and...
Some characterize such events as part of an epic struggle to determine whether or not this nation of 145 million people will become a fundamentalist Islamic state. Cynical observers see a more venal struggle-over who gets to control the country's coffers for the next few years. "[A lot...