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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 06.08.2009 | 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 06.07.2009 | 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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Russia Expels Canadian Diplomats, Claiming "Forced Decision"

CBC | Posted 06.06.2009 | 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 06.05.2009 | 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 06.01.2009 | 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 05.31.2009 | 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 05.31.2009 | 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 05.25.2009 | 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 05.23.2009 | 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 05.18.2009 | 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 05.15.2009 | 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 05.13.2009 | 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 05.10.2009 | 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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Living In The Possibility-Based Global Community

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Yes We Can, Islam, Women, Michelle Obama, Nato, Turkey, Hope, Optimism, Globalization, Democracy, Media, Faith-Based Community, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Internet, G20 Summit, Positive Thinking, Hugging, Reality-Based Community, Soft Power, Youtube, Love, Living News
Indra Adnan

If we are unaware of the deliberate grasping and transforming of reality that Obama is exercising through the world's media, we will be constantly led by the images of Barack and Michelle "being the change."

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Viagra Diplomacy

John Feffer | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Nato, G-20 Summit, Nuclear Weapons, Afghanistan, International Monetary Fund, Imf, g20, G-20, World News
John Feffer

NATO and the IMF should just retire gracefully and let a new generation of institutions take their place.

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Afghanistan: Aid Agencies Wary Of NATO Civil-Military Plans

EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan Civil-Military Plans, Afghanistan Ngos, Afghanistan, Nato, War Wire, Humanitarian Aid Military, Foreign Affairs, Afghan Civil-Military, Humanitarian Aid Afghanistan, World News

Despite increasing calls from aid agencies to let them handle Afghanistan's humanitarian needs, NATO is proceeding with plans to enhance civil-militar...

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Turkey: Not the Usual Geopolitical Sandwich

William Bradley | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Britain, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey, Bosporus, Afghanistan, France, Pakistan, George W. Bush, European Union, Prague, G-20, London, Istanbul, Nato, Barack Obama, Germany, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Ankara, Jihadists, Cold War, Erdogan, Islam, Winston Churchill, Byzantine Empire, Neoconservative, Ottoman Empire, Balkans, Mohammed Cartoons, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Roman Empire, Soviet Union, 100 Days, World News
William Bradley

Obama seems to see Turkey, which has friendly relations with Israel, as potentially a much stronger partner than any other NATO nation, perhaps even Britain.

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Macedonian Election Winner Pledges End to Name Dispute With Greece

VOA News | Stefan Bos | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Nato, Macedonia, Name, Dispute, European Union, Election Results, Eu, Ljubomir Frckovski, Greece, Gjorgje Ivanov, Vmro-Dpmne, World News

The man who has won Macedonia's presidential elections has pledged to solve a dispute with Greece over his country's name, which has delayed its entry...

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Rasumussen Gives 'Political Apology' For Mohammed Cartoons

PoliGazette | Michael van der Galien | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Mohammed Cartoon, Rasmussen, Nato, Anders Fogh Rasmussen Cartoons, Europe, Anders Fogh Rasmussen Nato, Denmark, Danish Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, World News

Despite denying it beforehand, Rasmussen issued a - somewhat hidden - apology to 'the Muslim world.' Last weekend, several outlets, including PoliGaz...

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Turkey's Evolving Role In Middle East Diplomacy

Council on Foreign Relations | Steven A. Cook | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Gaza, Turkey Diplomacy, Davos, Foreign Affairs, World Economic Forum in Davos, Obama Turkey, Iran, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey Israel, Middle East, Nato, Erdogan, Ankara, Turkey Iraq, Advocacy, World News

As President Obama arrives in Ankara, he will find a Turkish government eager to play an influential role in the Middle East. While Turkey has m...

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Rasmussen To Apologize To 'Islamic World' For Mohammed Cartoons

poligazette.com | Posted 05.06.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Rasmussen, Nato, Nato Secretary General, Rasmussen Cartoosn, Anders Fogh Rasmussen Cartoons, Foreign Affairs, Rasmussen Apologize, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Rasmussen Apology, Anders Fogh Rasmussen to Apologize, Rasmussen Apologizes, Rasmussen Cartoon Saudi Arabia Apology, Rasmussen to Apologize, World News

To become NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen will apologize for the Mohammed cartoons....

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Obama Diplomacy On New NATO Secretary Helps Avert Crisis (Again)

ABC News | Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Diplomacy, Fogh Rasmussen, Barack Obama, Nato, President Obama, Fogh Rasmussen Barack Obama, Fogh Rasmussen Natio, Politics News

On the heels of his negotiations at the G-20 economic summit - where he negotiated a way out of a potential logjam spurred by a heated debate between ...

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Why NATO is Dead Wrong

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 05.05.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Troops, Afghanistan, War Wire, Nato, Iraq, Afghanistan War, World News
Lisa Solod Warren

Europe and NATO are "punishing" us by refusing to come to our aid in Afghanistan -- they are going to sit back and let us police the world once again.

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Anders Fogh Rasmussen: NATO Leaders Pick New Secretary-General

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC and SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 05.05.2009 | World

Read More: Nato Secretary General, Nato Summit, Nato, Denmark, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, World News

STRASBOURG, France — NATO leaders appointed Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as NATO's new secretary-general Saturday after overcomin...

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Police, Protesters Clash At NATO Summit In France (SLIDESHOW)

AP | SCOTT SAYARE and THOMAS SEYTHAL | Posted 05.05.2009 | World

Read More: Nato Summit, NATO Protestors, Nato Protests, Nato, NATO Summit France, Slideshow, France, World News

STRASBOURG, France — Hundreds of protesters attacked police and set a hotel and customs station ablaze Saturday in this historic Alsatian city o...

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