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climatechange

Transformational Change

In talking about the limitless potential for renewables last week, I mentioned the letter from three key ministers from France, Germany and the UK cal…
developmentaid

Greeks Bearing Gifts?

Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Islamabad to start a two-day visit aimed at improving U.S./Pakistan relations and to solidify…
globaltrade

Other WTO News

Indonesia is brining a case against the United States over the ban on clove cigarettes. The Americans claim the ban is meant to improve the health of …
globaltrade

WTO: Boeing vs. Airbus

Last month the WTO ruled against Airbus, stating that they had illegally received loans from European governments, giving them an unfair advantage ove…
mediaforeignpolicy

Foreign Anti-Libel Bill Passes Senate

Bipartisan legislation that would protect journalists from libel suits filed abroad, authored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Jeff Sessions (R-…
lawandsecurity

Our Schlieffen Plan

At Informed Comment yesterday,  Tom Engelhardt ripped counterinsurgency (COIN) a new one.  He writes that we should “start talking about the mad…
bangladesh

Malnutrition in Bangladesh: Hope and Blight in a Young Country

Consider for more than a breath that about 50% of children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh are malnourished.  That hard to picture statistic masks …
africa

Barriers to Understanding

A paragraph in an otherwise fine post from Chris Blattman, “Africa’s Coming Disaster,” rubbed me the wrong way. In the post, Blattma…
iraq

Intermezzo…A Brief Aside to the Music of Iraq

To preface today’s post, I’ll be honest…there haven’t been a lot of “glass-is-half-full” stories coming out of Iraq, recently. Between the political …
climatechange

Stephen Schneider

Stephen Schneider was one of the most influential climate scientists in the world.  His career covered four decades.  He did both the very heavy lift…
armscontrol

Fidel Castro, Blogger Extraordinaire

What’s been striking is not so much the content of what he’s said but the fact he can say it at all The semi-retired Cuban leader got some…
developmentaid

The Wines of Southern Ethiopia

I’ve been thinking a lot about a New York Times article from last November about land acquisition in Africa. At the time the article was published, …
armscontrol

Further Thoughts on Korean Reprocessing

Lest my last post left the misimpression that I consider the issue of South Korean nuclear fuel reprocessing to be unimportant, let me emphasize this:…
mediaforeignpolicy

What the Media Doesn’t Say About Falun Gong

11 Years ago, on July 20, 1999, a persecution against a meditation practice called Falun Gong (or Falun Dafa) officially started in Mainland China. Th…
israel

Juxtaposed Meetings

Middle East leaders held two meetings this week that exemplify recent foreign policy crises and personality clashes between Israel and its allies, alo…
lawandsecurity

Europe Becomes A Russian Doll?

Last week Daniel Hannan of the Telegraph argued that since, per the Lisbon Treaty,  the EU can now sign treaties, it is now a state (h/t Opinio Juris)…
women

Mexico’s American Idol…for NGOs

By Cordelia Rizzo Tired of the erosion of the social fabric caused by the proliferation of organized crime heists and other social misfortunes in Mexi…
brazil

New Forest Policy For Amazon, Cerrado, Only in 2011

Brazil farmers get green light to cut more forest. Sort of...…
africa

Mandela Day

A belated happy birthday to Nelson Mandela. Madiba and all of South Africa celebrated his 92nd birthday on Sunday. …
southernafrica

Inside Namibia’s Presidential Succession Politics

Watch this space! …
 

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