Nov 17 Clinton: 'We Must Go Forward' On Nuclear Treaty Senate Foreign Relations Commitee chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., listens as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes a statement on Nov. 17, 2010, following a meeting with the committee to discuss ratification of a new START. Speaking on Capitol Hill,… Continue reading
Nov 17 EU in Talks Over Ireland's Finances; Germany Warns of Possible Terrorist Attack; House to Select Leadership (Photo by Aidan Crawley/Bloomberg via Getty Images) European leaders continued talks on how to tackle Ireland's troubled finances, paving the way for a possible bailout that could be worth as much as €100 billion. The crisis in Ireland's… Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch In Uganda, Former Child Soldiers Struggle to Overcome Horrors of War In Uganda, Former Child Soldiers Struggle to Heal… Continue watching
Nov 16 Swiss to Vote on Deporting Criminals By Larisa Epatko BASEL, Switzerland | The small nation of Switzerland, which already has a higher immigrant population than most of its neighbors, is about to vote on a measure that could be another bellwether of anti-immigration sentiment spreading across the European continent. Continue reading
Nov 12 Passing the Buck: China, Dollars and Debt A bit more about the interplay between China's holding of currency and U.S. debt. First, a simple graphical explainer as to how the Chinese government gets so many dollars in the first place, using Ford Motor… Continue reading
Nov 12 Passing the Buck: China, Dollars and Debt Editor's Note: A bit more about the interplay between Chinese currency and U.S. debt. First, a simple graphical explainer as to how the Chinese government gets so many dollars in the first place, using Ford Motor Company and… Continue reading
Nov 12 Diplomacy and 21st Century Statecraft While the title of Senior Adviser for Innovation at the State Department may sound vague, the problems Alec Ross and his colleagues tackle are very real; from poverty to pandemics, from disaster to diplomacy. Continue reading
Nov 11 Iraqis Reach Tentative Deal on Power-sharing Government; U.S., South Korea Fail to Reach Trade Agreement After eight months of gridlock, Iraq's leaders reached an agreement that would keep Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power but give Sunnis and Kurds leadership blocs in the government, including a prominent role for Ayad Allawi. The deal comes… Continue reading
Nov 10 Afghan Poll Shows Persistent Worries Over Security, Corruption The headlines from an extensive poll of Afghans released yesterday were all-but-unanimous: "Afghans are more optimistic than last year." They were drawn from the results to the famous "right track-wrong track" question widely used here and abroad to… Continue reading
Nov 10 South Korea Welcomes Leaders for G-20 Summit South Korean police stand outside the venue for the G-20 Summit in Seoul on Nov. 10, 2010. (Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images). President Obama landed in Seoul, South Korea today for the Group of 20 Summit, where he will meet… Continue reading