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North Korea: Not Waving. Perhaps Drowning

June 4, 2010
Nations bordering North Korea would prefer less isolation, belligerence and unpredictability. But abrupt collapse of the current regime could be equally dangerous. Any loss of control in a nation with such pronounced poverty, as detailed in this article from the Economist, could destabilize South...

Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

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February 15, 2007

Ecologists Fear Disaster as Oil Rush Takes Grip in Quake Zone

August 25, 2003
The Russian island of Sakhalin will soon be home to the largest energy project in the world, and there is fear, possibly the largest disaster. The oil rich island borders Japan and lies directly on top of an active seismic fault line, a fact that has environmentalists up in arms. They fear that...

It’s Too Late for Later

December 18, 2007
People worldwide, even those in the least developed nations, are fully aware of the causes and dangers associated with global warming. “‘Later’ was a luxury for previous generations and civilizations,” writes New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. The planet’s transforming before our eyes –...

Full Steam Ahead for America's Empire

November 6, 2004
In his pre-election campaign, John Kerry pledged that the United States under his administration would exercise restraint and follow a multilateral strategy alien to the last four years of US foreign policy. With the presidency of George W. Bush reconfirmed, many observers anticipate an even more...

Pyongyang Damps Hope for Nuclear Deal

February 11, 2005
By announcing that it has already manufactured nuclear weapons and that it would withdraw from multilateral negotiations on its disarmament, North Korea surprised its dialogue partners and the world. The US, Chinese, Russian, Japanese and South Korean governments, as well as foreign policy analysts...

European Court Agrees to Hear Chechens’ Suits Against Russians

January 17, 2003
In a move that both brings Russia within the fold of European law and alienates it from the European community, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Chechens could sue the Russian army for crimes against humanity during the war in Grozny and its surroundings. This moves the Russian and...

In Washington: Gutsy New House Speaker

April 12, 2007
Floundering with its own Middle East policy, the Bush administration targets criticism on Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives and third highest ranking public official in the US, for her visit to Syria. Critics suggest that she interfered with presidential authority by meeting...
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