Since the quelling of the Red Shirt pro-democracy protests in May, Thailand has witnessed a show of unity between Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, whose legitimacy in office has been questioned, and the military, a key player in the government's stability. Local media - especially those controlled by the military - have spotlighted the government's leadership and the military's efforts to restore peace during and after the protests, while contrary views of the crackdown on the Red Shirts have been censored.
GUVECCI, Turkey - Terrified Syrians ran for their lives Wednesday as elite army units swept through a restive northern province, expanding a deadly operation to crush signs of dissent against President Bashar Assad. Farther south, tens of thousands took to the streets in the central city of Hama to show solidarity with victims of the military crackdown. Hama was the site of a 1982 massacre by the government of Assad's father and predecessor, Hafez Assad, whose forces shelled the city to crush a Sunni Muslim uprising.
A decade after the 9/11 terror attacks, homeland security experts are hammering on the same old issue: Getting government agencies to play on the same team. The 2011 term for it is "smart power." In the past it was called "interagency," "synergy" and a "paradigm shift." Despite the name changes, the concept has remained a hot topic at the annual National Symposium on Homeland Defense and Security in Colorado Springs.
CAIRO -- On Egypt's first day in nearly 30 years without Hosni Mubarak as president, its new military rulers promised Saturday to abide by the peace treaty with Israel and eventually hand power to an elected government. Protesters, still partying over their victory in pushing Mubarak out, now pressed for a voice in guiding their country's move to democracy. The protesters' first act was deeply symbolic of their ambition to build a new Egypt and their determination to do it themselves: Thousands began cleaning up Cairo's central Tahrir Square, the epicenter of their movement. The sprawling plaza was battered and trashed by 18 days of street battles and rallies by hundreds of thousands.
Farge explores the legacy of Baba Bunko, an important critic of the Japanese military government who confronted the centralized power of the state apparatus by strategically maneuvering between censorship laws through the public presentations of satirical literature. He notes that because these public expressions of opposition, saturated with elements of humor and satire, threatened the stability of the military government, the authorities responded with increased arts censorship, surveillance, and punishment of dissent.
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