Can the kind of economic integration that the European Union (EU) now enjoys be applied to Central Asia? The development of a single European market has raised standards of living across Europe, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is looking for ways to develop a...
For decades the European Union has been working to increase the level of economic cooperation among its member states. The most spectacular example of this integration in recent years is the introduction of the euro...
With Democrats controlling US Congress, many anticipate new federal regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Executives of energy firms have shifted attention away from battling the existence of global warming to debating methods for controlling the trend: taxing emissions, capping...
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Doubts about global connections have emerged in every country, even those that have benefited most from globalization. Recessions, job loss and vanishing savings are not new, but this global crisis struck swiftly, sparing no nation. Many governments look inward, observes Ian Verrender, in the...
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The international community vocally condemned the bombing of the UN headquarters in Iraq and reaffirmed its commitment to the pursuit of peace. However, though this reaction was thoroughly appropriate, it was also insufficient, the editorial in a Lebanese daily maintains. "The imperative...
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Kazakhstan borders two great powers, Russia and China, and lies within Europe’s sphere of influence. Its geography, together with its massive oil reserves and majority Muslim population, make Kazakhstan a point of interest for all three parties. However, the European Parliament has thus far ruled...
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At the United Nations this week, the US is expected to request an extension of a resolution exempting its military personnel from prosecution at the newly established International Criminal Court. To grant such a request, say human rights advocates Steve Crawshaw and Richard Dicker, would weaken...
The US administration has in the past two years seemed determined to undermine the International Criminal Court, one of the world's newest but most important instruments of international justice. Those efforts come to a...
In 2013, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and the secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union at that time organized a summit to address Africa’s need for information communication technology, or ICT, an endeavor they called “Transform Africa.” More than 1,200 delegates from...
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The growing realities of world geopolitics have given non-traditional languages an elevated profile in the US-waged war on terrorism. The recent revelation that over 123,000 hours of FBI-collected audiotapes of terrorist "chatter" had been left untranslated has further sparked a movement...
MONTEREY - If the United States is going to win the war with Islamic
extremism, it will need a lot more soldiers like Aimee Sullivan. Her weapon
of choice is not an automatic rifle or an armored...