Goodluck Jonathan has been President (head of state and head of govt) since 2010, rising to that position from Vice President, which he was elected to be in 2007. Mr. Jonathan's predecessor, Pres. Umaru Yar'Adua, died after a long illness in 2010.
Why do people automatically assume that the nations with the most geographic proximity to one's own country are the best ones to form an international organization with? The EU appears to be suffering from a crisis of difference...In economic policy, political/cultural policy etc... Maybe it would have made more sense if like-minded countries teamed up rather than putting everyone close to each other together despite economy and political policy differences. Seems like that would make for a much more cohesive and eventually successful union.
This article claims that one of the plotters in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack, David Headley, was a) a double agent for the US and b) a member of a militant group created and sponsored by Pakistan's intelligence agency. And that the Mumbai attack was intended to provoke conflict between Pakistan and India, both of which are nuclear armed.
Posted as a Critique to the David Harvey Piece--the author is anonymous (why?); identifies himself as "How the World Works"; in videos where he is talking, he looks like a college-age person.
