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Turkey Saying No to Accepting G.I.'s in Large Numbers

Michael R. Gordon December 4, 2002
Turkey’s newly elected government, which has strong Islamic roots, announced its decision to deny access to substantial number of American GI’s in case of war against Iraq. The government reached this decision, officials reported, because of the need to take into consideration public sentiment, even though Turkey considers America to be a very close ally. The agreement is a product of a long...

The Axis of Irony

Strobe Talbott November 26, 2002
The Iraq crisis could have the ironic but salutary effect of reinvigorating the United Nations, revealing George W. Bush to be more of a multilateralist than the rest of the world thought (and feared), and establishing a welcome degree of continuity in American foreign policy. - YaleGlobal

Arab States See Resolution As Way to Avoid War

Roula Khalaf November 10, 2002
The UN resolution calling on Iraq to disarm has been marked by an unusual unanimity of the Security Council, but that may not last long. Diplomats quoted by the Financial Times say the ambiguities could shatter the unanimity of the Council if Iraq plays by the rules for a while and inspectors report 80 per cent compliance. "If Iraq makes sufficient progress most members of the Security...

A New Front, but It's Still One War

David E. Sanger October 20, 2002
The revelation of a nuclear weapons program in North Korea will test the Bush administration's ability to manage foreign policy and a multi-front war on terrorism. Former ambassador to Korea Stephen Bosworth says he's concerned "about the overload on the intelligence side, human and the technological." The doctrine of pre-emptive defense, outlined recently in the new US...

Unilateral Action Would Make for a Very Difficult World - Kofi Annan

October 4, 2002
In a wide-sweeping question and answer session following a speech at Yale University, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan emphasized that peace and security in the international order were the responsibility of all nations, not only the US. The UN Security Council was charged with this duty, he said, and any nation that ignored that would undermine stability in the world. - YaleGlobal

Transcript of Q&A with Kofi Annan, UN Secretary-General

October 3, 2002
United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, responded to a series of questions posed to him following his speech on globalization at Yale University. Mr. Annan offered his views on the current Iraq-US conflict, the global AIDS pandemic, the Kashmir conflict, the International Criminal Court. He also shared his personal thoughts on the challenges of leading the world's largest...

War On ‘Blood’ Diamonds Ramped Up

Ursula Owre Masterson August 21, 2002
Civil war has ravaged countries like Sierra Leone and Angola for decades. These conflicts, as much about money as about politics, often center around one of the African continent’s most precious resources: diamonds. Rebel groups often sell the gems to developed countries and use the profits to fund their fighting. After years of benefiting from the cheaper stones, Western governments, led by...