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Questions for Secretary of State Nominee John Kerry

Freedom House | Posted 03.25.2013 | World
Freedom House

Freedom House has compiled the following questions for Senator John Kerry, who has been nominated as the next U.S. secretary of state. Kerry’s c...

Aid Transparency: Will Obama and Romney Walk the Walk?

George Ingram | Posted 11.28.2012 | World
George Ingram

In an era when people empowered by technology demand transparency and accountability from public institutions, foreign assistance must keep pace with trends toward greater openness and participation.

From Totalitarianism to Turbines: The Unending Struggle for Power in Central Asia

Derek Henry Flood | Posted 06.29.2011 | World
Derek Henry Flood

The deadly June crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan highlights the extreme fragility in Central Asia's inherently flawed post-independence nation-state structures. However, the five republics are being simultaneously courted by the U.S. military.

Rise of Eurasianism through institutions: the CICA as the OSCE of Eurasia

Tuncay Babali | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Tuncay Babali

Leaders from about 40 countries across Eurasia and the Middle East including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliy...

"Vital Voices" Honors Andeisha Farid in Washington

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jim Luce

I spoke to Andeisha Farid yesterday in Washington yesterday, who was pleased to have just met Michelle Obama. Hillary Clinton then spoke about her in...

Eurasian Geopolitics and Energy Security Deserves More Attention

Tuncay Babali | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Tuncay Babali

With vast energy resources and located between existing (Russia, US and EU) and emerging great powers (China and India), Eurasia is geopolitically very strategic.

Jumpin' Jack Verdi, It's a Gas, Gas, Gas: Iran and the Pipelineistan Opera

Pepe Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Pepe Escobar

Whatever Washington thinks, the Europeans know that energy independence from Russia is, in reality, inconceivable. Bottom line when it comes to natural gas: Europe needs everything.

'Obama Does Globalistan'

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Russ Wellen

Obama "inherits" a Globalistan where teeming masses have discovered, to their grief, that markets do not suppress poverty, unemployment and exploitation.

Frozen Ice Balls and the Bush Legacy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Lincoln Mitchell

It is worth trying to determine precisely what Bush means when he asks us to take a more historical perspective on his presidency.