By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe Upfront Birth of Euro-Asian Economic Union is Vladimir Putin's brainchild and Russia's answer of the European Union (EU). Putin dreams of creating a tariff-free trade zone along with other member states, thereby fostering closer socio-economic ties. All this strategical exercise has to go well with the other two players, namely Kazakhstan and Belarus. More importantly, Russia has to bring the political actors in Astana closer to its Moscow plan because Kazakhstan has pivotal stakes in the region. Russia and Kazakhstan share common pipelines, an electricity grid, and railway links which cover 4000 miles border. Astana will have the region's tallest skyscraper soon. In terms of bilateral achievements, Russia did a business of over $26 billion in 2013 alone. Russia is also the main consumer of Kazakhstan's mining and chemical exports. World's largest spaceport, Baikonur Cosmodrome is managed by Russia in Kazakhstan. About 50 percen...

Photo Source: Ansamed By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe Upfront W hen   a new nationalist movement was born in Europe, advocating the creation of a Jewish state in the First Zionist Congress of 1897, its delivery resulted exodus of about 750,000 Palestinians who were made refugees in the Nakba of 1948 from Palestine, which was actually the part of Ottoman Empire. The end result was the enmity between native Palestinian Muslims and immigrating Jews from Europe. The concept of being away from their land still emphasises their right to return - the most basic humanitarian law. It has been on the list of many leaders, most recently, in John Kerry's framework of peace, who actually wanted a quiet diplomacy in the Arab region. Politically, the Oslo Accords of 1993 and Taif Agreement of 1989, were actually jolted by the intifada of the common people.  In 1940, the British actually ended the mandate of Palestine and left the country on 14th May 1948. The ruling Jewish lead...

Source: Google By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe Upfront T he slogan that Africa is rising has been lingering around for a while now, with many multi-nationals wanting to invest in the continent.  The region is marketed by many business leaders of the West as the next generation economy. However, these slogans have been tired of late because of the increasing social ills eating into the system, which is directly affecting nearly 1.1 billion inhabitants. Only in September last year, about sixty-seven people died in Kenya in a Westgate seize where country showed to the world that it was unable to police itself. In Nigeria, about 200 school children were abducted by Boko Haram militants in series of calculating attacks, where its army took the toll of failing their freedom. The armies of Africa are regarded as one of the best assets in these countries. In fact, such is their pride and confidence that in the year 1994, when Rwandan genocide happened, Africans were bo...