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Honoring Our Mothers by Changing the Dialogue

Carol Peasley | Posted 07.12.2011

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Carol Peasley

By stating simple facts and stepping away from the emotional rhetoric of the past 25 years, the Council on Foreign Relations has paved the way to improved lives for women, mothers and children globally.

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Harvard's Kenneth Rogoff Predicts Serious Social Unrest Due to Income Disparities In The U.S

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Lenzner

Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told me today in an exclusive interview that the high unemployment rate and high levels of debt in the U.S. will sooner or later trigger serious "social unrest from the income disparities in the U.S."

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"Revolutionary Brotherhood" -- Nicaragua's 21st Century Socialism

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 21st Century Socialism, Alba, Hugo Chavez, Cfr, Daniel Ortega, Nicaragua, World News
Joel D. Hirst

Roughly a year ago in Nicaragua a document surfaced, entitled "Revolutionary Brotherhood -- 21st Century Socialism." This document is purported to have been authored by the FSLN following a meeting with Hugo Chavez.

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Honduras' "Pepe" Lobo Should be Wary of Constitutional Reform

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Honduras, Alba, Cfr, Porfirio Lobo, World News
Joel D. Hirst

Washington should continue to support President Lobo's attempt to bring the country out of the crisis, the Obama Administration should insist that whatever action taken remain within the bounds of Honduras's constitution.

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Ecuador's Coup That Wasn't

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecuador, Chavez, Alba, Cfr, Rafael Correa, Honduras Coup, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Quito, Coup, Unasur, World News
Joel D. Hirst

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa was rescued last night from the Police Hospital in Quito after being held for over twelve hours by several hundred officers from the national police force.

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Multi-Thinking About Iran: Let's be Realist

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colin Powell, Hungary 1956, Al Kamen, Stephen Walt, George W. Bush, Foreign Policy Magazine, Hamas, Barbara Slavin, China, Barack Obama, Machiavelli, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Realpolitik, Flynt Leverett, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, Cfr, Ukraine, Jimmy Carter, Neoconservatives, Orange Revolution, Richard Haass, World News
Leon T. Hadar

As a "card-carrying realist," I find Haass's recommendation to "promote" -- he does not actually call for "doing" -- regime change in Tehran as running contrary to any sensible realist viewpoint.

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Swine Flu Crib Sheet: The Five Things You Need to Know

Ben Sherwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ben Sherwood

In the weeks ahead, there will be plenty of hysteria (and misinformation) about the swine flu. If you can, try to focus on what you can control: Your hygiene, your contact with others, and your health.

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Summit Postscript: What Did Trinidad and Tobago Get?

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pierre Small, Council on Foreign Relations, Trinidad and Tobago, Cfr, American Foreign Policy, Basdeo Panday, Patrick Manning, Obama Summit, University of the West Indies, Crime, Caricom, Trinidad Criminal Deportees, Obama Trinidad, Organization of American States, Barack Obama, Trinidad Summit, Summit of the Americas, UWI Criminology Unit, Trinidad Crime, Tobago Tourism, Criminal Deportees, Tobago Jazz Festival, Trinidad, Tobago, World News
Arlene M. Roberts

As the government of Trinidad and Tobago and Summit organizers keep score and compile their report card, let's be sure that the correct indices are used when measuring success.

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Future Historians: Blogs Drive U.S. Foreign Policy

Ari Melber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Orange to Blue, Washington, Cfr, Leslie Gelb, New York Times, Act Blue, Internet Politics, Iraq, Michael Beschloss, Media, Academy, Daily Kos, Foreign Policy, Media News
Ari Melber

For Internet politics, the controversial becomes conventional very quickly. This Sunday's New York Times Book Review has a salient example of blogs' ascension within the conventional wisdom.

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Iran And The Future Of Afghanistan

Council on Foregin Relations | Greg Bruno and Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Military, Council on Foreign Relations, Afghan Taliban, Middle East, Afghanistan, Middle East Politics, Cfr, Iran, Tehran, Taliban, US Military Afghanistan, Iran Nuclear, President Bush, Iran Nuclear Program, General Petraeus, World News

In crafting a new approach to the war in Afghanistan, U.S. military and political leaders say Iran-once dubbed a member of the "axis of evil" by ...

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George Mitchell Represents America's Commitment To Middle East, But Success Unlikely

Council on Foreign Relations | Posted 05.25.2011

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Interviewee: Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting ...

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Energy Lessons for Europe and the U.S. from the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo

Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Coal Plants, Russia, Council on Foreign Relations, Central Europe, Gasoline Prices, Conservation, Cars, Obama Administration, Coal, Eu, Cheap Gas Prices, Oil Embargo, Solar Energy, Electricity, Oil Price, Washington, Arab Oil Embargo, Israel, Yom Kippur War, Natural Gas, Eu Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Cfr, Opec, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Wind, Russian Gas Dependence, Ukraine, Suvs, Energy Efficiency, Eastern Europe, Increase, Geothermal, United States, Heat Oil, Carbon Dioxide, International Energy Agency, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Sources of Energy, World News
Charles D. Ferguson

While feeling angry is justified in a crisis, the governments would be best advised not to get mad at Russia but to get more secure in energy supplies and smarter in energy usage.

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Should Laura Bush Refuse to Speak at CFR on Human Rights?

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Omid Memarian

The best respect Laura Bush can give human rights and people who have spent their lives addressing these issues is to simply say thanks, but no thanks to speaking tomorrow.

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