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President Bush has travelled to Israel to celebrate the nation’s 60th anniversary. He met with both Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (abo…
childrenThe gang world has always been viewed through a predominately male lens, however the gang culture is seems to be in the midst of a feminine revival. …
africaAt The American: A Magazine of Ideas Marian L. Tupy has a perceptive piece on the stark differences between Botswana and Zimbabwe. Tupy’s conclu…
middleeastReaders of this blog know that, along with Yemen, Lebanon is a particular obsession here, for reasons both strategic and emotional. I’ll still…
mideastmediaIn response to Hezbollah’s recent show of force against Lebanon’s ruling majority, Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zibari made an in…
humanrightsPain carries along with it a burden, sometimes visible, sometimes hidden. You and I both understand this, we have all experienced it. And undoubtedly…
warcrimesThe chief judge for the U.S. war crimes tribunal at the naval detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, set a June 5 court date for the self-profess…
religionA classic example of the complex dynamics surrounding an “Islamic” party in a secular state is Turkey and the AKP (The Justice and Develop…
mexicoThe Mexican armed forces are a pillar of the war against drugs. Indeed, thousands of regular troops are patrolling several municipalities and large ci…
lebanonThere are many things to be said about the crisis Lebanon goes through. An update here.
Sami Nader said back in 2007 that there are two competing vis…
humanrightsArticle 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is perfectly clear. Everyone has a right to an education. And yet after seven years of bruta…
centralasiaJust a quick one today folks. If you haven’t checked it out yet, make sure to take a look at the post on May 11 ‘A Autocratic Dawn’…
religionThis is a Guest Blog written by Zharmukhamed Zardykhan, an Assistant Professor at KIMEP, the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strate…
southafricaChaos in Alexandra continued to escalate through the weekend, though people are doing the best they can to live their lives as normal and many claim n…
africaWith the caveat that news from Zimbabwe these days is increasingly sketchy, it is clear that things there continue to fester. Agustino Zacarias, the U…
philanthropyAnne Applebaum is a writer that I usually like a lot, and I usually try to maintain a more or less neutral stance on things, but this article in Slat…
mideastmediaHezbollah’s Al Manar TV boasted yesterday that various groups and individuals in the Arab world have pledged solidarity with the leading Lebanes…
electionCome on down to the FPA blog on Climate Change to see the post On the Campaign Trail with John McCain.
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climatechangeThe big news came from John McCain on Monday. McCain Pledges To Combat Climate Change is the story from Reuters’ “Planet Ark” service. In an obvious…
warcrimesSecretary-General Ban Ki Moon spoke on Darfur today, arguing that the joint UN/African Union peacekeeping mission is seriously hampered by a variety o…