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NBC's Brian Williams: Changing the World for the Better

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

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Jim Luce

Several weeks ago Brian Williams profiled the children of the Afghan Child Education and Care Organization (AFCECO) and its founder Andeisha Farid in ...

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Who's the CML Champ, Cheney or Gonzales?

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elliot Richardson, Council on Foreign Relations, Politically-Motivated Firings, Bobby Kennedy, Senate Judiciary Committee, Janet Reno, Halliburton, Valerie Plame, FBI Report, Dick Cheney, Perjury, John Ashcroft, Liz Cheney, u.s. Attorneys, Fox News, George H. W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, President Bush, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Nobody listens to Alberto Gonzales in large part because, putting it charitably, he was not merely an unprincipled attorney general but an uninspired one. Of course, we also tune him out because we can't be sure he's telling the truth.

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We Should Be Grateful That Obama Is "Dithering"

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

We, as a country, would be a lot (and I mean a lot) better off right now if Cheney and his boss had done some dithering before invading Iraq.

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Drug Wars: Brazil's Amazon The New Rio Grande

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 09.08.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Council on Foreign Relations, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Lula, Farc, Mexico, Dea, Obama, Brazil, Plan Colombia, Kgb, France Iran, Hip Hop, Colombia, Michele Bachelet, Alvaro Uribe, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, Drug War, Celso Amorim, Cuba, Amazon, Sivam, World News
Eric Ehrmann

The last thing president Lula and Brazilian democracy need is the United States on its northern border using the drug war to interfere in internal politics like it has done in the past with Mexico.

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Summit Postscript: What Did Trinidad and Tobago Get?

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

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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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This Week in Magazines: A Remarkably Resilient Progressive Turns 100, Eliot Spitzer Gropes to Turn a Corner

James Warren | Posted 05.20.2009 | Media

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James Warren

Newsweek has the most vivid rollout so far of Spitzer's obvious image rehab -- he goes jogging around Central Park with a reporter as his shame and ego continue their internal battle.

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Change the Tone Towards Iraq

Lydia Khalil | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Council on Foreign Relations, Sofa, Middle East, President Obama, Iraq, Obama Middle East Policy, Barack Obama, World News
Lydia Khalil

Obama's chiding Iraqi leaders "to take responsibility for their country and for their sovereignty" was uncharacteristically tone-deaf. He ignored the trajectory of Iraqi politics for the past 2 years.

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Cuba at a Crossroads

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 08.05.2009 | World

Read More: Steve Clemons, Congressional Black Caucus, New Merica Foundation, Julia Sweig, Travel Ban, Carnegie Endowment for Peace, Council on Foreign Relations, Cuban Revolution, Daniel Bruno Sanz, Embargo, Fidel Castro, David, Summit of the Americas, Cuba Sanctions, Carlos Lage, Raul Castro, Cuba, Jeffrey Davidow, Cuba Policy, Rothkopf, World News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

TO THE HONORABLE BARACK OBAMA, 44TH PRESIDENT OF...

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World Government

Scott Malcomson | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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Scott Malcomson

The FT columnist Gideon Rachman wrote a column a couple of months ago about the need for world government, and he got more and different readers than ...

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Iran And The Future Of Afghanistan

Council on Foregin Relations | Greg Bruno and Lionel Beehner | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

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

Charles D. Ferguson | Posted 02.15.2009 | World

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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The Money Behind Israel-Hamas Conflict (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

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Al Jazeera reports that the United States supplies $3 billion a year in aid to Israel, and almost all of it is spent on the military. Watch this video...

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A Laurafied Declaration

Jan Herman | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women's Rights, Laura Bush, Council on Foreign Relations, Human Rights, U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cnn, Politics News
Jan Herman

It's well and good that she's such a wonderful humanitarian. But somehow the Bullshitter-in-Chief's track record on human rights, let alone on the U.N., went unmentioned.

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Angelina Jolie Supports Refugees, Speaks At Darfur Panel

Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2008 | Entertainment

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Angelina Jolie is furthering her work on behalf as refugees beyond her role as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. She has teamed up to hel...

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How to Win the Nobel Prize in Literature

Bradley W. Bloch | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

Read More: Council on Foreign Relations, Clinton Global Initiative, Nobel Prize, Social Networks, Social Networking, World Economic Forum, Nobel Prize Literature, Media News
Bradley W. Bloch

The Nobel Prize in Literature is just one example of a larger and more interesting phenomenon: how elite gate-keeping institutions are influenced by personal connections.

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McCain Is Taking Foreign Policy Advice From This Guy?

Lionel Beehner | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, Mccain Foreign Policy, John McCain, Council on Foreign Relations, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Mccain, Iraq, Afghanistan, Randy Scheunemann, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

Like all right-wing foreign policy hacks, Randy Scheunemann is a fervent believer in the sanctity of American power as an infallible force for good.

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Wall Street Continues To Soar On Fed Cut Hopes

AP | Madlen Read | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Council on Foreign Relations, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Donald Kohn, Business News

Wall Street barreled higher Wednesday, driving the Dow Jones industrials up more than 300 points after a Federal Reserve official hinted that the cent...

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