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Mapping a New Era for Latin America, the United States and Europe

Gabriel Sanchez Zinny | Posted 05.21.2013 | Latino Voices
Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

With Latin America on the rise, there are many areas for cooperation, and many problems that demand closer ties.

Humanitarian Disaster and Political Illusion

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.21.2013 | World
Alon Ben-Meir

Certainly, a practical solution to the crisis in Syria would require full cooperation between the U.S. and Russia, but considering the unfolding horror in Syria, neither the U.S. nor Russia can now piece together a political solution that will satisfy all players.

The United States and the ICC: Support From Outside of the Rome Statute System Matters

Tiina Intelmann | Posted 05.17.2013 | World
Tiina Intelmann

It is a court of last resort ready to step in if everything else fails, and over the past ten years it has gained wide recognition for its work. At the same time the Rome Statute system is lacking enforcement mechanisms in cases of a refusal to cooperate.

The Last Chance for Syria?

James Zogby | Posted 05.11.2013 | World
James Zogby

Make no mistake about it, Syria has become a proxy war, but neither the Americans nor the Russians are calling the shots. More significant roles are being played by competing regional groupings who are supporting, and even driving, their Syrian allies.

Republicans from California, Alaska Co-Sponsor Protections for Marijuana Farmers

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics
AlaskaDispatch.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska's Rep. Don Young has signed on to a bill in Congress that would protect marijuana users from federal prosecution in states...

It's Time to Delist Cuba

Arturo Lopez Levy | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Arturo Lopez Levy

Characterizing Cuba as a terrorist state--and more generally implying that the island in any way poses any threat to U.S. security--hinders the United States' ability to develop a strategic vision for post-Fidel Cuba.

Chinese Cyberattacks Sore Spot In Relations With U.S.

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 05.08.2013 | World

BEIJING — Signs are growing that the sustained surge in cyberattacks emanating from China is imperiling its relations with the U.S., lending urg...

Scandal Stars Visit the Holy Land!

Anav Silverman | Posted 05.06.2013 | TV
Anav Silverman

At the Western Wall on Friday night, a group of stars from the hit American TV shows Scandal and Once Upon a Time found themselves immediately recognized by religious Jewish prayer-goers.

The Online Community Is Inexorably Global: Are You?

Chris Abraham | Posted 05.06.2013 | Technology
Chris Abraham

Humans are provincial; Americans doubly so. In fact, we online human-Americans oftentimes can't think past our sweat pants, ironic T, and bunny slippe...

Mexico Ends Widespread Access For U.S. Security Agencies

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and KATHERINE CORCORAN | Posted 04.30.2013 | World

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's is ending the widespread access it gave to U.S. security agencies in the name of fighting drug trafficking and organized...

The Syria Conundrum

Joseph Blady, M.D. | Posted 04.26.2013 | World
Joseph Blady, M.D.

If it is critical for us to secure chemical stockpiles, why now and not before? Wasn't the danger of extremists getting their hands on the weapons just as acute before the Syrian government's apparent use of them?

A Forgotten Anniversary

Joseph Blady, M.D. | Posted 04.25.2013 | World
Joseph Blady, M.D.

Afghanistan never rose in the first place, and is again increasing its heroin production. We've never gotten a grip on the Arab Spring. Who knows where Egypt and Yemen are headed?

In Boston, Remembering It's Good vs. Evil

Kenneth M. Walsh | Posted 04.24.2013 | Crime
Kenneth M. Walsh

The road ahead to healing is long, and the "patriotic" chants struck me as a dubious place to start.

Alaska Natives Rally As Judge Considers Whether Salmon Fishing is a Religious Rite

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics
AlaskaDispatch.com

About 40 people in the Western Alaska regional hub city of Bethel took an hour or two out of their day, Monday, to join in a show of resistance to gov...

Obama inauguration fueled by corporations, unions

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.23.2013 | Politics
The Center for Public Integrity

By Dave Levinthal April 21, 2013 This story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, which is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investiga...

Boston Bombing Probe Prompts U.S.-Russia Cooperation

AP | BRADLEY KLAPPER and DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 04.23.2013 | World

WASHINGTON -- The Boston Marathon bombings could provide an opportunity for the U.S. and Russia to find some common ground for cooperation as authorit...

Human Rights Report Triggers New NKorea Threats

AP | Posted 04.23.2013 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is vowing to bolster its nuclear program in response to a U.S. State Department report accusing Pyongyang of hu...

Mastering the Nuclear Chess Game

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 04.18.2013 | World
Alon Ben-Meir

From the time it was discovered that Iran was operating a clandestine nuclear weapons program nearly two decades ago, Tehran has successfully outmaneuvered the IAEA while making significant advances in its research and development of its nuclear program.

To Be or Not to Be Pakistani

Sunil Sharan | Posted 04.17.2013 | Politics
Sunil Sharan

In an op-ed in the New York Times the day after the Boston bombings, Haider Javed Warraich expressed his fears about life as a Pakistani in America. H...

How to Sustain Recent Financial Gains: Fix Old Risks and Meet New Challenges

José Viñals | Posted 04.17.2013 | Business
José Viñals

Policymakers' decisive actions since our last report in October have increased global financial stability by reducing acute risks. In the euro area,...

The Fiscal Milestone: Achievements, Fatigue, and Prospects

Carlo Cottarelli | Posted 04.16.2013 | Business
Carlo Cottarelli

The 2008-09 global economic crisis pushed public debt ratios of advanced economies to levels never seen before during peacetime. These high debt levels expose countries to a loss of market confidence and, ultimately, damage long-term growth prospects.

How the U.S. Performs in Recent International Rankings

Eric Zuesse | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics
Eric Zuesse

The U.S, overall, is very far from being #1 - not really in contention, at all, for the top spot. The individual rankings suggest instead that this nation is sinking towards the Third World.

How to Handle North Korea: The Pageant of Proposals

Rajan Menon | Posted 04.14.2013 | World
Rajan Menon

For now, the best course of action is minimalism. There's no need to keep announcing that North Korea's nuclear and missile tests are unacceptable: Kim knows this.

Netanyahu to United States: Drop Dead

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 04.11.2013 | World
MJ Rosenberg

The good news is that Netanyahu has made everything so clear. He has no interest in peace, negotiations, any kind of territorial withdrawal or even freezing settlements. The only question left is what the Obama administration will do in response.

North Korea... Again

Robert Gallucci | Posted 04.11.2013 | World
Robert Gallucci

The last thing the Chinese want is either a greater American military or naval presence in Northeast Asia or refugee flows from a collapsing North Korean government. We want Beijing to urge the North to the table in the proper frame of mind, using influence only they have.