When Tea Leaves just won't do...

Banana-Leaves kicks off under the shadow of the Middle East conference being held just up the road in Annapolis, MD. We are a group of seasoned international media analysts who have been actively supporting clients around the world. Being news junkies, we are always looking for forums and venues to sound off and share our insights. And, alas, we have finally succumbed to the blogosphere. We are going to be freewheeling it here, initially at least, covering a wide range of topics from WTO to Terrorism to Middle East to Sudan to Turkey and elsewhere. Something along the likes of "Middle East Monday" to start your week, "Turkey Tuesday", "WTO Wednesday", "Terrorism Tursday", "Free-for-all Friday", and "Sudan Saturday or Sudan Sunday" to round things out. The intent of this blog is to share interesting news along with insightful analysis and hopefully a heaping helping of debate. (Sorry, still in post-Thanksgiving mode.) Because, as someone once said, "it is through debate that we learn to relate..." Hopefully we'll make it through the next 30 days.