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Where is Obama on Social Media and E-Government?

Ari Herzog | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Media, Kazakhstan, E-Government, Bulgaria, Unesco, Ecuador, World Bank, East Africa, New Media, Vietnam, Technology, Barack Obama, Politics News

At a time when the World Bank describes the Obama Administration as embracing e-government themes, why does the President-elect's own tech roadmap fail to mention it by name?

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Hillary's Big Ethics Problem: Bill

Jon Wiener | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Kazakhstan, Hillary Clinton, Hilliary Clinton Secretary of State, Bill Clinton Foundation, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Politics News

What guidelines should govern Bill if Hillary becomes Secretary of State? Well, no more favors for human rights violators in exchange for big contributions to the Clinton Foundation -- and no more lying to the media about such deals.

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Nursultan Nazarbayev

James Love | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbaev, Hilary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Secretary of State, Ethics Violations, Westinghouse, Obama Administration, Barack Obama, Politics News

It will be interesting to see if the attention to Nursultan Nazarbayev will become more than an occasional opportunistic exercise in Hillary bashing.

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"New Cold War" Leaves Voters Cold But Shows Obama's Need

William Bradley | Posted 08.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Syria, John McCain, Presidential Campaign, Middle East, Georgia, Geopolitics, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan, Barack Obama, Russia Georgia War, Joe Biden, Politics News

It turns out that McCain's hot rhetoric in the wake of the Russia-Georgia War isn't catching on. But McCain is still seen as the national security/geopolitics maven.

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Europe, Pakistan, Czechoslovakia, Balance of World Power, Hitler, Czarist Empire, Germany, Washington Post, Natural Gas, Saakashvili, Turkey, Communist Revolution, Czarist Russia, Russia Georgia War, Medvedev, Machiavelli, Tajikistan, Fall of the Soviet Empire, India, Trans-Caucasus Pipeline, The Washington Post, Russian Empire, Free Markets, Nazi Germany, Caspian Sea, World History, Oil Pipeline, Market Reforms, Napoleon, Azeri Chirag Gunashli Oil Fields, Putin, Iran, Kgb, Nato, 1917, Financial TImes, Balance of Power, Ukraine, Missile Defense Shield, Russia, Collapse of the Soviet Empire, Caucasus Mountains, World Power, Kazakhstan, Mikhail Saakashvili, Yeltsin, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, Afghanistan, Mediterranean Sea, South Ossetia, Kremlin, Uzbekistan, Mt. Elbrus, Black Sea, France, Czar, Moscow, Georgia, Oil, Soviet Empire, New York Times, Realpolitik, Alexander Yeltsin, China. 1917 Communist Revolution, Cease-Fire, Baku, Shevardnadze, Turkmenistan, Ceyhan, Kygyzstan, Azerbaijan, Sudetenland, Tbilisi, Machiavellian, Balkan, Home News

No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.

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Miracle on the Steppes (and the Red Carpet): Tulpan, Winner of a Certain Regard

Karin Badt | Posted 05.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Lamb, Cannes Film Festival 2008, Kazakhstan, Animals, Cannes Film Festival, Movies, Entertainment News

Dvortsevov's film had traveled from the Steppe to Cannes -- and he had been in the audience when they thunderously applauded.

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Clinton and the Vast Media Conspiracy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Tim Russert, George W. Bush, Texas, Democrats, Nafta, Barack Obama, Arkansas, Ohio, Sexism, John Edwards, 2008 Campaign, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Kazakhstan, Rezko, Politics News

The media continue to portray Clinton as strongly viable, if not quite the frontrunner. This is a remarkable feat by her campaign, and a failure by journalists to accurately portray the state of the race.

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Hillary's $5 Million Dump Truck

Marc Cooper | Posted 02.07.2008 | Home

When Obama said Republicans would find a "whole dump truck" of dirt on Hillary Clinton he knew what he was talking about. She just poured $5 million into its tank.

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Hillary Summons Her Inner Clintonian

Beverly Davis | Posted 02.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Kodak Theatre, Cnn, Clinton, Clintonian, Super Tuesday, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, politico.com, Kazakhstan, Barack Obama, Wolf Blitzer, Rand Corporation, New York Times, Home News

While there were no major slap downs, Obama won tonight's debate against Hillary Clinton, because he finally found his voice by undercutting her claim to "be ready on day one" by saying "you have to be right on day one."

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The Strange Case of the Ex-President, the Mining Mogul, and the Dictator

Mark Kleiman | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Clinton Foundation, Human Rights, Billl Clinton, Kazakhstan, Crony Capitalism, Politics News

A story from Thursday's New York Timesis enough to make your gorge rise. Can you say "crony capitalism?"

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Undercutting U.S. Policy, Bill Clinton Praised Foreign Autocrat

New York Times | JO BECKER and DON VAN NATTA Jr. | Posted 01.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Clinton Donor Giustra, Kazakhstan, Frank Giustra, Politics News

Late on Sept. 6, 2005, a private plane carrying the Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra touched down in Almaty, a ruggedly picturesque city in sou...

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Borat Is Back: "To Give A Woman Power Is Like To Give A Monkey A Gun"

Reuters | Belinda Goldsmith | Posted 11.06.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Borat, Kazakhstan, Hillary Clinton, Sacha Baron Cohen, Barack Obama, Entertainment News

Q: Who do you favor for President in the United States? A: "I cannot believe that it possible a woman can become Premier of US and A - in Kazakhstan,...

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Hillary: 1, McCain: 0

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, League of Democracies, Palestine, Muslim Democracy, Iraq, Mccain, Hamas, Democratization, Putin, Foreign Policy, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Venezuela, Security First, Burma, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Ukraine, Neo Con, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan, Security, Kazakhstan, Bolivia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Albright, Politics News

Hillary used her Foreign Affairs essay to move her position further away than ever from the Neo Cons' "democratize the world by Monday" position. McCain showed that he forgot nothing and learned less.

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