Editorials.

In this article, authors shares their views regarding various political issues related to different parts of the world. The recent detonation by India of five underground nuclear tests in two days is a world-changing event. And it compels attention to an inescapable question that the nuclear powers have done their best, in the seven years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Excluding Gaza, the Palestinian Authority now controls 3 percent of the West Bank and shares control with Israel of another 24 percent. During the Oslo talks the Palestinian negotiators, according to then, Israeli negotiator Yossi Beilin, asked for an agreement that would turn over 65 percent of the disputed areas before the final-status talks began, while the Israelis preferred to keep the number closer to 50 percent.