It is not an isolated case. Algeria's usually unbending officialdom is handing out business loans, letting off rule-breaking motorists, easing up on tax dodgers and turning a blind eye to people trading without a license. What changed was the revolts in Egypt, Tunisia and other parts of the Arab World.

Where does public affairs begin and psy ops end? Or for that matter, where does public diplomacy begin and psy ops end? Or how about the line between public affairs and public diplomacy? Then toss in a thread the width of a silk worm's between Congressional relations and info ops and psy ops to make matters more complex.

As a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what’s happening in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and beyond — at this powerful moment when people realized they could step out of their houses and ask for change.

Restless Indian regime with the increasing anti-India sentiment in Nepal which to a larger extent is the result of continuation of British Imperialist policy towards Nepal by India’s ruling elites since its independence in 1947, is organizing yet another seminar to discuss Nepal situation.

A new poll shows that 81 percent of the French think France’s importance on the international stage is declining. After a widely criticised reaction to uprisings in the Arab world, the survey is the latest bit of bad news for French diplomacy.

The Middle East is once again on fire, not because of American warfare, but due to apparently genuine movements aiming to get rid of old rulers and obsolete political systems. Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen have all either passed the threshold of revolution or are on the verge.

“Equally important is our assistance to Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation with strong ties and interests in Afghanistan,” Secretary Clinton told the House Foreign Affairs Committee while urging lawmakers earlier not to reduce US aid to Kabul. “We are working to deepen our partnership and keep it focused on addressing Pakistan’s political and economic challenges as well as our shared threats,” she said.

Every revolution worth the name needs a name. Once upon a century, geography sufficed—American, French, Russian, Iranian. Modern marketing seems to demand something catchier.