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Latest Updates on U.N. Security Council Reform Negotiations
Recent negotiations on U.N. Security Council reform were filled with difficulty. The discussions revolve around three questions: Composition of the Security Council,...
A change in approach but not tone from Tehran
After a year of stalemate, the BBC reports that Iran has allowed inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to...
NewsBill Clinton and Detained Journalists Return from North Korea
On the morning of August 5, former President Bill Clinton returned from North Korea around 6:00 a.m., along with Euna Lee and...
NewsCongress Negotiates Nuclear Program
On July 23, a bipartisan group of six senior senators (including John Kerry, chair of the Foreign Relations committee; Carl Levin, chair...
Ambassador Rice Addresses House Foreign Affairs Committee on Peacekeeping
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs held a hearing on July 29 with Ambassador Rice to address questions on the status of...
What’s Happening in Kosovo?
On July 22, the Atlantic Council hosted a roundtable discussion on the U.N. Mission to Kosovo (UNMIK), and the future of the...
America and Energy Security
On July 10, the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a summit on energy security. Experts from a variety of government...
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 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...
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...