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Obama Does Moscow, and Vice Versa

William Bradley | Posted 07.08.2009 | World

Read More: Bishkek, Russia, Islamic Jihadist, Boris Yeltsin, Ussr, Kremlin, Iraq, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Soviet Union, Dacha, Ukraine, Kgb, Iran, Chechnya, Nato, Barack Obama, Kyrgyzstan, George W. Bush, Poland, Gazprom, Manas, Moscow, Afghanistan, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Grozny, John McCain, Dmitri Medvedev, Czech Republic, Fsb, Dick Cheney, World News
William Bradley

Unlike most of the rest of Europe, Russia is hardly in the grips of Obamamania. He's certainly more popular than George W. Bush or John McCain, but that's damning with faint praise.

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Afghanistan's Karzai - Pretty Much Loathed but Pretty Much Re-elected

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Mike Tyson, NATO Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Nato, Hamid Karzai US Criticism, Afghan-Warlords, James Carville, Taliban, Afghan Taliban, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Karzai has shown great political wile in the past year, sugaring up policies, revving up his campaign, maneuvering like a man possessed: he is determined to keep the presidency.

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Tackling European Security in Corfu

Dora Bakoyannis | Posted 06.25.2009 | World

Read More: Piracy, Foreign Ministers, Iron Curtain, Terrorism, Nato, European Union, Nuclear Proliferation, Osce, Berlin Wall, Europe, World News
Dora Bakoyannis

Today, the renewed commitment from Russia and the U.S. to work on common ground, focusing their relationship on what unites them, creates a momentum we should built on.

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NATO Thwarts Pirate Attack Off Somalia

AP | Posted 06.22.2009 | World

Read More: Pirate Attack, Pirate Attack Fail, Nato, Somali Pirates, Nato Thwarts Pirates, Somalia, Pirates Ship Somalia, World News

BRUSSELS — Pirates tried to hijack a Singaporean freighter off Somalia on Monday, but they were chased down and captured by a NATO warship, the ...

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With Friends Like the Brits, Who Needs Enemies?

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Alistair Darling, Alistair-Darling, Johanna Sigurdardottir, America, International Monetary Fund, IMF Funding, Netherlands, England, Johanna-Iceland, President Obama, Holland, Iceland Economic Crisis, Johanna-Sigurdardottir, Obama, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Dutch, Johanna Sigurdardottir Iceland, Iceland Bankrupt, Iceland Banks, Iceland Economy, Nato, Great Britain, Iceland National Bankruptcy, IMF Bailout, Banking Crisis, Imf, Iceland Financial Crisis, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

The single event that has angered Icelanders the most since Iceland's recent financial collapse was Great Britain's decision to invoke its anti-terrorist legislation against Iceland.

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Gen. Stanley McChrystal Takes Command In Afghanistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Mcchrystal, Afghanistan, Nato, Mcchrystal Afghanistan, War Wire, Kabul, Gen. Stanley Mcchrystal, Stanley McChrystal, World News

KABUL — Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a former top special operations commander, took charge of nearly 90,000 U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on ...

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Somali Pirates Hijack Ship In Oman National Waters: NATO

Reuters | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Piracy, Somalia Pirates, Somali Pirates Oman, Somalia Government, Nato, Foreign Affairs, Somali Pirates, Oman, Somalian Pirates, Pirates, Somalia, Advocacy, World News

Suspected Somali pirates have seized a German-owned cargo ship off the coast of Oman, the first recorded attack in its territorial waters, NATO allian...

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Secularism: Surprisingly More Popular in Turkey than in U.S.

Jim Luce | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Muslims in Africa, Muslim World, Egypt, Turkish Cultural Center, The Bible, The Koran, Secularism, Gallup Poll, Republic of Turkey, Ahmet Kuru, Henry Luce Foundation, U.S.-Muslim Relations, Peace, Ideology, George Gallup, Toleration and Religion, Koran-Based Law, Nato, Magali Rheault, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, Quranic Constitution, American Christian, Cairo University, Tamil Hindu, Roman Catholic, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Muslims in Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Aceh, Islam, Secular Nation, Intolerance, Muslim Minority, European Union, Protestant Puritans, Democracy, Turkish Muslim, Islamic Headscarf Ban, Theocracy, Muslims in Europe, Barack Obama, Muslim Protests, Christian Rule, Columbia University, Israeli Jew, Fundamentalist Mindset, Center for Democracy, Orthodox Islam, Muslims in North America, Holocaust-Denier, Christianity, Sharia, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Orphans International Worldwide, Jewish Minority, Extremism, World News
Jim Luce

A disturbing fact: the majority of Americans are more comfortable with a Christian-based legislation than the people of Turkey are with Islamic-based legislation.

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The US War on Yugoslavia: Ten Years Later

Stephen Zunes | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Serbia, Bill Clinton, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Slobodan Milosovic, Nato, Ibrahim Rugova, Bush Administration, Obama, Osce, 1973 War Powers Act, Rambouillet, Kla, World News
Stephen Zunes

For many Democrats, the 1999 U.S-led war in Yugoslavia was a "good" war, in contrast to the "bad" war in Iraq. But it was still an unnecessary and illegal war, with political consequences that are far from settled.

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Foreign Aid, Arms Shipped By Same Firms: Report

Inter Press Service | Thalif Deen | Posted 05.12.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Arms Smuggling, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Colombia, Ngos, Liberia, Arms, Ngo, Arms Smugglers, Arms Dealers, Nato, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Arms Dealer, Advocacy, World News

UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (IPS) - The military conflicts raging across Africa, Asia and Latin America have been significantly influenced by the heavy ...

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4 British Soldiers Die In Afghanistan In One Day

The Independent | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: NATO Afghanistan, British Soldiers, Afghanistan, Nato, England, Foreign Affairs, British Soldiers Killed, Afghanistan War, Advocacy, British Troops, World News

The troops died in three separate incidents in Helmand province. The troops died in three separate incidents in Helmand province yesterday, taking t...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Npt, Middle East, Nepal, Nato, Sri Lanka, Swat Valley, Georgia, Afpak, Taliban, Israel, China, Afghanistan, Weekly Roundup, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs : AfPak War and Understanding Facts: Pakistani PM Yousuf Raza Gilani officially announced a military offens...

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The Thinking Revolution

Scott Diel | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Nato, Singing Revolution, Russia, My Estonia, Rainer NõLvak, Marju Lauristin, Tartu University, Eu, Estonia, Barack Obama, Tartu, Schengen, World News
Scott Diel

Estonians just might be the most skeptical people on earth: they have sayings like "Hope is the comfort of the stupid" and "Crying always follows laughter."

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Negotiate? Are You Kidding? What to Do About the Taliban.

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.06.2009 | World

Read More: Zabiullah Majahid, Nato, Cnn, Nic Robertson, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Isaf, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, Taliban, Talat Masood, Afghan Taliban, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

One of the least popular decisions facing those engaged in Afghanistan (and Pakistan) is, how, if and when do we negotiate with the Taliban?

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Russia Expels Canadian Diplomats, Claiming "Forced Decision"

CBC | Posted 05.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nato, Russia Canada, Expelled Diplomats, Foreign Affairs, NATO Expelled Diplomats, Canada, Advocacy, World News

Two Canadian diplomats have been expelled from Russia in retaliation for NATO's expulsion of two Russian envoys, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow confir...

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Georgia: Army Mutiny Over

AP | MISHA DZHINDZHIKHASHVILI | Posted 05.05.2009 | World

Read More: Georgia Russia, Russia, Tbilisi, Nato, Georgia, Georgia Army Mutiny, Foreign Affairs, Georgia Troop Rebellion, Mikhail Saakashvili, Georgia Mutiny, World News

TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia said hundreds of rebellious soldiers surrendered Tuesday after a brief mutiny, but officials backed away from initial...

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Afghanistan: 5 Coalition Soldiers Killed

AP | NOOR KHAN and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Nato, Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan Deaths, Nato Soldiers, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, World News

KABUL — Three Americans and two other international troops were killed Friday in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. Insurgents a...

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Obama's Deepening AfPak Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: India, Pakistani Army, Britain, Turkey, Australia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kabul, Mumbai, Taliban, Islamabad, Nato, Pakistani Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Ashfaq Kayani, Dick Cheney, Karachi, Pervez Musharaff, Afpak, Richard Armitage, Colin Powell, Al Jazeera, World News
William Bradley

With the appropriate huzzahs for Obama's first 100 days still ringing in the air, his new AfPak strategy, for the linked crisis of Afghanistan and Pakistan, is already in deep trouble.

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NATO Expels Russian Diplomats

Guardian | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Nato, Russian Diplomats, Foreign Affairs, European Union, Brussels, Vasily Chizhov, Dmitry Rogozin, Advocacy, Russian Diplomats Expelled, World News

A row erupted between Moscow and the west today after Nato expelled from its Brussels HQ two senior Russian diplomats it accused of spying....

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Russia, South Africa, Richard Holbrooke, Nato, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Georgia, Iran, Taliban, Iraq, Israel, China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs The Taliban's Advance Facts: This week, the Pakistani Taliban spread its reach, taking control of Buner dis...

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Militants Burn NATO Fuel Tankers In Pakistan

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Nato, Afghanistan, Pakistan Militants, Pakistan, World News

ISLAMABAD — Gunmen attacked a Pakistani paramilitary force sent to a Taliban-infiltrated district just 60 miles from the capital Thursday, killi...

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Selling War: Struggling to Make the Case to Fight Terrorism, Again.

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Yousaf Raza Gilani, Supplemental Budget, John Murtha, John Conyers, Congress, Lynn Woolsey, Atlantic-Council, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Terrorism, Pakistan, Hussain Haqqani, George W. Bush, President Obama, Taliban, Bush Unilateralism, Fata, Pashtun, Al Qaeda, Nato, Afpak, World News
Vikrum Aiyer

Obama's proposed tactics in the AfPak region have certainly been scrutinized, but truly vocal criticisms have maintained low decibel levels... until now.

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Balkan Myths

John Feffer | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

Read More: Yugoslavia, Slovenia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Nato, Balkans, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo-Bosnia and Herzegovina, World News
John Feffer

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the NATO bombing of Kosovo.

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So What If Obama Bowed? HALAS!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Saudi King Abduallah, President Obama, Obama Bow, President Barack Obama, King Abdullah, Obama Adullah, Obama, World, Jewish, Barack Obama, Seder, Muslim, G-20 Summit, Arab, Saudi Arabia, President Bush, Nato Summit, President George W. Bush, Patrick J. Buchanan, World News, Nato, Passover Seder, Passover, Islam, Pat Buchanan, Ozzy Osbourne, Muslim World, Christianity, Glenn Beck, Judaism, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

The President is speaking a language of acceptance and outreach to the Muslim world that is quite sincere.

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Obama's New Geopolitics: 10 Key Takeaways

William Bradley | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Dmitri Medvedev, Pakistan, George W. Bush, Iraq, G-20, Britain, Dick Cheney, Gordon Brown, Iran, Nato, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Afghanistan, India, Cold War, London, World News
William Bradley

Obama's just-concluded big international tour is part of a major reshuffling in geopolitics. Here are 10 key takeaways from happenings in and around his trip.

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