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Momentum Backs the Climate Bill
After passing through the House, The American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R. 2454, has continued to attract much attention and controversy...
Obama Holds G-8 Closing News Conference and Discusses Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, UN Reform, and R2P
President Obama held a news conference on the morning of July 10, 2009, to wrap the three-day G-8 summit, held in the...
The Reckoning: A New Documentary About the ICC
A new film, called The Reckoning, is coming out on PBS on July 14th which will look at the workings and struggles...
Obama Delivers Speech on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Russian-U.S. Relations
On July 7, 2009, President Obama spoke to the graduating class of the New Economic School in Moscow. He discussed the importance...
Robert McNamara’s Legacy of Peace
Robert McNamara has passed away today at the age of 93. He was most well known for being the eighth secretary of...
World Opinion of the U.S. in the Obama Era
A lecture on world opinion towards the United States in its transition to the Obama era was led by Steven Kull, director...
T. Friedman on Waxman-Markey Climate Bill: “let’s get it passed in the Senate and make it law.”
Thomas Friedman said of the Waxman-Markey Bill: "It stinks. It's a mess... Now let's get it passed in the Senate and make...
U.S. and Russia Work Toward More Extensive Weapons Cuts
The United States and Russia have announced that they will hold talks aimed at reducing the amount of weapons, particularly nuclear weapons,...
A Window of Opportunity: The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea
Dr. John T. Oliver has published a new paper describing the history and benifits of the United Nations Convention on the Law...
House Passes Key Climate Legislation!
On June 26, 2009, the House succeeded in passing the Waxman-Markey Bill, which takes important steps towards addressing climate change. The bill...
It’s time to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty
Yesterday Pew Charitable Trusts ran this ad in the Washington Post and Politico, showing once again that the Law of the Sea...