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  • Graceland (And Its Controversies) At 25

    Africa - Graceland (And Its Controversies) At 25

    Twenty-five years ago Paul Simon released his album Graceland, an album that not only became a worldwide hit, but massively expanded the audience of his collaborators, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and simultaneously provided exposure to South African music to millions around the globe. A new documentary (which I have as ...

  • Senate to consider UNCLOS ratification for the first time since 2007

    The Environment - Senate to consider UNCLOS ratification for the first time since 2007

    The Cable reports that President Barack Obama and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) are behind a renewed effort to have the Senate ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Kerry, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, has been trying to set up hearings since last year, but Senator ...

  • Carlos Fuentes, 1928-2012

    The Americas - Carlos Fuentes, 1928-2012

    An aspiring writer in the 1940s, Carlos Fuentes was cautioned by his diplomat father to get a real job. Instead, Carlos threaded the needle: he satisficed padre by acquiring a law degree. Then he spent two decades as a Mexican diplomat, managing to resign twice for more or less the ...

  • Testing democracy’s resolve: a look at Greece and Mexico

    Foreign Policy - Testing democracy’s resolve: a look at Greece and Mexico

    No one ever said democracy is easy (well, if anyone did, they shouldn’t have). It offers the promise of freedom and the ability of people to choose who governs them. But constant vigilance is required to ensure democracy holds on, and prevents government from transforming into something more sinister. Democracy exists ...

  • The Curious Case of Khaled El-Masri

    Humanitarian Affairs - The Curious Case of Khaled El-Masri

      The following is a guest post from James A. Goldston, Executive Director of the Open Society Justice Initiative   Strasbourg – The United States government has been trying for close to a decade to hush up what it did to Khaled El-Masri, a German citizen whose story of mistaken identity, abduction and abuse marks ...

  • International Day of Families

    Humanitarian Affairs - International Day of Families

    Today, May 15 is International Day of Families.  The day highlights the importance families play in our global world.  The Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 with resolution A/RES/47/237 and reflects the importance the international community attaches to families.  The International Day provides an opportunity ...

  • Don’t Be Distracted By The Flowers.

    The Americas - Don’t Be Distracted By The Flowers.

                                              Last night, 4, 200 boxes of beautiful flowers took flight on a plane from Bogotá, Colombia to Miami, Florida. They arrived early this morning to US shores and represent the first product to enter the US under the Colombia-United States Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The agreement went ...

  • The Falklands Discussion: Some Interesting Comments on Argentina and its Foreign Policy

    The Americas - The Falklands Discussion: Some Interesting Comments on Argentina and its Foreign Policy

    In a recent discussion on Argentina’s expropriation of YPF there was much commentary on how the Falklands issue was still one of great importance. Seeing Argentina as independent and able to move ahead, despite having poor relations with the Europeans, created a healthy debate on the issue. ...

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