Sunjeev Bery

Category: Bery’s pen

  • CNN praises a dictator

    The Huffington Post Posted: June 23, 2009 By Sanjeev Bery It has barely been a day since my last blog post criticizing a CNN commentator’s Iran analysis. But somehow, CNN has already managed to outdo itself. In a new article linked to its home page as of Monday, CNN.com heavily quotes the son of a…

  • CNN’s Navarrette gets Iran wrong

    The Huffington Post Posted: June 22, 2009 By Sanjeev Bery   CNN.com columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. is the latest to join the chorus of voices calling on President Obama to get tougher with the Iranian government. While tempting, the CNN commentator’s words fail to consider the legacy of 25 years of U.S. intervention against Iranian…

  • Israel’s Ban on Crayons

    The Huffington Post Posted: June 18, 2009 11:09 AM By Sanjeev Bery Israel’s massive blockade of Gaza continues, but it is easy to lose sight of what this really means. As the BBC reports, the blockade is so extensive that the Israeli government even bars musical instruments from entering the territory. Little is allowed to…

  • “Israeli Media Reads the Fine Print”

    The Huffington Post 06/06/09 by Sanjeev Bery In the 48 hours since President Obama’s speech in Cairo, Israeli journalists and pundits have had a lot to say. Their comments offer insights into U.S. foreign policy that many American observers might not get at home. Some were particularly struck by Obama’s implicit linkage of Palestinian aspirations…

  • Why Deepak Chopra is wrong

    The Huffington Post 05/05/09 by Sanjeev Bery, Sahar Shafqat It is always easy to tell someone else what they need to do. Just point your finger, clear your throat, and boldly offer your advice. Don’t worry about the realities of history — just speak your mind. In his recent essay, “The Dilemma of the ‘good’…

  • Reacting: William Bradley on Huffington Post

    I couldn’t help but react to William Bradley’s April 30th Huffington Post column on Afghanistan and Pakistan.  It had some interesting points, but it was also filled with vaguely orientalist notions of Pakistani security issues. There were the noble generals, the scary ISI, and the invisible 170 million civilians who would soon fall to a…

  • Dollar vs. Dollar

    Until recently, a fundamental reality has been missing from U.S. media coverage of the “drug wars” in Latin America.    Time and again, our headlines have pointed to the scary “other” — the corrupt Mexican police officer, the Colombian drug trafficker, the peasant farmer who ekes out a living growing a poisonous crop. A case in…

  • Opinion: “U.S. has chance to help real democracy in Pakistan” | Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    U.S. has chance to help real democracy in Pakistan Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday, March 12, 2009 By Sanjeev Bery, Wajiha Ahmed Today, a major Pakistani movement for democratic reform will challenge Pakistani President Asif Zardari with a call for government accountability. Known as the Lawyers Movement, this coalition of civil activists will give America a chance…

  • Pakistan’s Long March is an Important Step to Democracy

    (Post co-written with Samad Khurram,  a Pakistani citizen who participated in the 2008 Long March.  Samad is currently a student at Harvard University.) There is something about marching for democracy that captures the imagination.  Perhaps it is because walking is the simplest of human activities.  One foot goes in front of the other, and a…

  • Opinion: U.S. policies have weakened Pakistani civilian rule

    …it is fairly clear that the idea of the Taliban somehow controlling Pakistan’s 172 million people is absurd.