International Affairs

The Axis of Indifference in the Media World

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: International Affairs, Foreign-Reporting, International Reporting, International-Coverage, Foreign Coverage, Foreign Reporting Future, Media News
Danny Schechter

In an age of globalization, as global news grows more important, it is covered less. The network challenge is how to appear to be covering the world without really covering it.

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Education + Experience = Unemployed

Jeanette Khan | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: International Affairs, Education, Work Experience, Unemployment, Business News
Jeanette Khan

My story shows that education and experience do not always equal employment, no matter what society has led you to believe.

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Dealing With Iran

James Zogby | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Arab World, International Affairs, Iran, Arab Spring, Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Middle East, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iaea, Israel Iran Nuclear, Israel Iran Attack, Syria, World News
James Zogby

If we are to believe a variety of confirmed and unconfirmed sources in Israel and the U.S., some day in the next few months we may wake up to the news that Israel has bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. Or maybe not.

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Are We on the Wrong Side of History?

Nida Khan | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, International Affairs, Independent State, President Obama, Middle East, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, UN General Assembly, Palestine, Israel, UN Member States, Un, World News
Nida Khan

When the world is championing the cause of freedom for Palestinians, how can we -- a country that prides itself on independence and exports democracy -- simply reject the notion all together?

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A Disturbing and Dangerous Week at the U.N.

James Zogby | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Arab World, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine Statehood Bid, Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, International Affairs, Barack Obama Un General Assembly, UN General Assembly, United Nations General Assembly, Politics News
James Zogby

It was a week of speeches and exhausting meetings and deliberations over what to do about the Palestinian bid for statehood. In a way, it was the speeches that told the story.

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Space-Monitoring Satellite Will Enhance Global Security

Timothy A. Ridout | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Politics, International Affairs, Politics, International Security, Technology, Outer Space, Space, Foreign Policy, Technology News
Timothy A. Ridout

We all depend on satellites, whether or not we know it. Making space safe and secure for both satellites and space travel will depend largely on enhancing space situational awareness.

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Neo-Zionism -- Israel's True Threat

Dana Agmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eli Ishay, Zionism, International Affairs, Benjamin Netanyahu, Orthodox Jews, Domestic Policy, Israel, Palestine, Illegal Immigration, Israeli Immigration, World News
Dana Agmon

Unlike any Jew in the world, regardless of their human quality, that can set foot in Israel and welcomed with bells and whistles, kids who were brought to life here are being deported because they are not, simply put, Jews.

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Khaled Meshaal Interview: A Hamas Take on Mideast Geopolitics (Part 2)

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Netanyahu, Resistance Bloc, Peace Process, Politics, Palestine, Hamas, World News, Palestinian Authority, Iran, International Affairs, Gaza, Interview, Islamist Groups, Middle East, Israel, Khaled Meshaal, Syria, World News
Sharmine Narwani

It is ironic that Hamas today is criticized for being hardline -- and liberal too. Militant -- and not militant enough. Islamist -- and not Islamist enough. Iranian stooges -- and U.S. pawns, both.

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9/11 Reflection: Let Us Not Waste The Limited Number of Hours We Have Left

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

9/11 brings back haunting memories. Having buried by brother and mother almost back-to-back just before 9/11, losing all three of my life-long mentor...

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God Dammit!

Dana Agmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, International Affairs, Hamas Gaza, Gaza Blockade, Turkey, Gaza, Aid Flotilla, Hamas, Israel, World News
Dana Agmon

Thank you Aid Flotilla, for ruining it for all us moderate, peace seeking Israelis. And thank you our Israeli government for further devastating our e...

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Pakistan's Chronic Crisis with Itself

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Affairs, Politics, Islam, India, South Asia, Farzana Shaikh, Public Radio, Pakistan, Radio, Conversation, Christopher Lydon, Brown University, Chatham House, World News
Christopher Lydon

In this "Year of India" at Brown, we are talking again about the Pakistan question next door -- about India's nuclear-armed neighbor and sibling, on the verge, some say, of meltdown.

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Zone of International Interest

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Oil, International Affairs, Persian Gulf, Oil Industry, World News
Gary Hart

For many years the United States has been the de facto guarantor of world oil supplies. Someone has to do it, but does that "someone" always have to be the United States?

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Foreign Assistance Crucial To World Health And U.S. Security

Jirair Ratevosian and David Bryden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Community, Foreign Aid, International Affairs, Clinton Global Initiative, Economic Crisis, Election 2008, Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, Barack Obama, John McCain, Campaign 2008, Home News
Jirair Ratevosian and David Bryden

Why are both parties, who have repeatedly spoken in favor of increasing foreign assistance, now so quick to propose slowing down or canceling aid that can help fight urgent disease threats and restore America's battered image abroad?

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