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This Will Make You Laugh…
...or cry, I'm not sure which. Why did it occur to me to post this? Well, it turns out John Bolton won...
Climate Change Report Negotiations Reach Endgame
According to a report on the BBC , the negotiations over most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changeare going...
Developing Countries Already Doing Their Fair Share on Climate Change?
According to a draft version of a new UN climate report acquired by Reuters, developing countries are already doing a lot to...
Decision Time at the World Bank
Today's Washington Post features an interesting opinion piece defending embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. The author of the "defense" is Andrew...
Feinstein Wants to Close Gitmo
Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) introduced a very important piece of legislation on Monday to close the Department of Defense detention facility at...
The Future of the War on Terror?
This BBC piece from the Old Bailey Al Qaeda bombing trial (five men seeking to use a fertilizer bomb to wreak chaos...
Inclusive Peace Process Needed in Darfur
Ok, call me a policy wonk (I can take it!), but I'm a bit excited about the International Crisis Group's new report...
It’s Hypocrisy…Stupid
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has been on the defensive for the past few weeks. Many nations are calling upon him to...
Misleading Headline Spoils Morning Java
I have been a news junkie extraordinaire for far too many years. I admit my addiction, but there is no way I...
Politkovskaya Wins Press Freedom Award
Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who criticized Vladimir Putin's goverment - and specifically, its prosecution of the war in Chechnya - was posthumously...
Strong Bipartisan Senate Support for the International Affairs Budget
The appropriations process is now in full swing. For those of us who support a more balanced approach to U.S. global engagement;...