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Ban’s Darfur Moment (With More to Come)
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon meets with President Bush today to discuss (over the din of Iraq) the situation in Darfur. Mr....
Lugar on Energy and Iraq
I heard Sen. Dick Lugar deliver some insightful remarks this morning on energy, Iraq, and U.S. foreign policy at the 20/20 Vision...
UN Emergency Peace Service: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
For the past four weeks or so I've been meeting extensively with Congressional staff about a proposed UN Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS)....
Closing Gitmo
The Washington Post Editorial Board today urged President Bush to close the U.S. prison at Gitmo and seek another way to hold...
Happy Belated Birthday, Eric Arthur Blair!
Or should I say, George Orwell? After being reminded of this interesting historical tidbit, I went back and took a peek at...
Cheney at the Center of Torture Policy
The WP blog carries an important piece from Gellman and Becker titled "Pushing the Envelope on Presidential Power." It highlights how the...
Getting the Ball rolling on a UN Emergency Peace Service
I am writing from the newly painted intern office to say that we are at it again. For the past week we...
Levin: Lincoln’s Example for Iraq
As you may have gathered from some of my previous writings, I am a native of Detroit, Michigan. Though my wife and...
Must Read Editorial in The Australian on Outsourcing of Torture
I believe that this editorial in The Australian should be required reading for policy makers across the globe. The key quote:"The American...
Under the Radar: U.S. Can Make or Break International Nuclear Monitoring System
I have little doubt that readers of this blog have noticed our more-than-occasional rants about insufficient U.S. funding for multilateral activities and...
Going Nowhere
To build upon what my colleague Raj wrote earlier on the Bush Administration's 'movement' on the ICC, yesterday revealed a move by...