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Archive | May, 2008

British Foreign Secretary on UK-US Relations

British Foreign Secretary on UK-US Relations


(Secretary Rice and Secretary Milliband in Silicon Valley)
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Milliband continued his US tour last week by conducting an interview with Public Radio International's “The World” program. You can listen to the interview here.
On the controversial issue about whether Iran–and …

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Electric Cars Looming on the Horizon

I looked last month at the car of the future, and particularly a superb show from Nova. Zero emission cars fueled by zero emission power plants give zero emissions. That equation works for me. (See also

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Uribe's Colombia: A Successful Model Against Internal Conflict?

Uribe's Colombia: A Successful Model Against Internal Conflict?

The US War on Terror has left many great negative legacies in its wake. With troops mired in Iraq and Afghanistan and no clear idea of what constitutes victory in those conflicts, the results of the War on Terror has places US troops in constant danger, has alienated …

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Obama Makes Waves in Britain, not US

The British and some other European media reported a pledge by Barack Obama to strengthen U.S. links with Britain in a telephone address to a group of influential American expatriates gathered at the London home of Elisabeth Murdoch (daughter of Rupert Murdoch) for a supposedly private fundraising event. Guests and …

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Will Talks Test Hamas-Syrian Relations?

Will Talks Test Hamas-Syrian Relations?

Will Hamas-Syrian relations be affected by the Arab state's recent Turkish-mediated talks with Israel? According to a report on AlJazeera.net, Syria's dependency on groups like Hamas and Hezbollah for power, and the shifting of the strategic landscape in its favor, may dissuade the Arab state from distancing itself …

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The UNESCO Peace Prize

The former Finnish president, Martti Ahtisaari, has won UNESCO's annual peace prize. Ahtisaari was the President of Finland from 1994 to 2000. The award is known as the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize, and Ahtisaari is the recipient of the award on account of “his life-time contribution to world …

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Freedom of the Press Rollback

Freedom of the Press Rollback

We’ve had a ‘Good News’ blog and another lighthearted one of various links, but the good times are over! Thanks to Freedom House's newly released Freedom of the Press 2007 Survey, we can put the good feelings behind us as our Central Asian states …

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Déjà Vu

Déjà Vu



Yesterday, Hizballah celebrated the “divine victory” it brought upon Lebanon in 2000. As expected, the state was there to show support for the party. Read Sheikh Nasrallah's speech here.
I have nothing against revolutionary minds. That is needed, but who …

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Another Sad Truth

One issue you never thought about, and neither did I, is the fact that after the post-election violence in Kenya there are a lot of new weapons. I wish I had something more clever to say than: How very frustrating.
Yet anything more clever would involve gun control …

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