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I follow world affairs pretty darn closely, but I have to admit that the toppling of the Kyrgyzstan government took me by surprise. And yes, I had to look at a map to figure out just where the country is...
Hundreds of people in Uganda protested against Sir Bob Geldof this week. Why? The rock star offered an opinion on Uganda politics and was asked to butt out. Actually, Geldof's comments were pretty tame. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ushered democracy...
Real news unexpectedly broke out today at the Arab League summit in Algeria. First, the meeting of 22 Arab states revived a 2002 initiative intended to bring peace to Israel and Palestine. The meeting also seemed to produce a firm...
As expected, Monday's report from Kofi Annan included an ambitious checklist of actions needed from world capitals...actions which must be carried out before the United Nations can really consider the fundamental reforms which will make it valuable in the 21st...
At U.N. Headquarters today, Secretary General Kofi Annan will take one more step in the most ambitious effort to modernize the United Nations since it opened in 1945. The blueprint released today, "In Larger Freedom: Towards Security, Development and Human...
The Arab League is an inter-governmental group made up of all 22 Arab nations. The group was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Cairo. Next week, the Arab League holds its annual summit in Algeria under heavy security. U.N....
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is one of the most successful international agreements ever crafted. When it was signed in 1968 there were five nuclear powers in the world, and experts predicted there would be 30 more nuclear nations in...
Two hundred seventy-five Iraqis, elected on January 30, gathered in Baghdad today to open the country's first freely elected parliament in 50 years. But the meeting was largely ceremonial since the members have been unable to agree on the shape...
Americans like their politics wrapped up in nice little packages topped with simple labels. Flip-flopper, wimp, warmonger. We have no frame of reference for understanding something as confusing as politics in Lebanon. Even the most acclaimed foreign policy writer in...
The U.S. says it will now have a unified policy with Europe on Iran's uranium enrichment efforts. But there is confusion over just what this means. Why should you care? More nuclear weapons anywhere in the world seems like a...
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