It is very easy to think you understand what it is the IAEA, or, as it is called in so many media stories, the “UN Nuclear Watchdog”, can actually do to detect a covert nuclear weapons program or the diversion of nuclear material. You envision IAEA safeguards inspectors busting down doors like nuclear superheroes, pointing […]
Here are two radical proposals for Afghanistan. Neither of them has yet been attempted by the United States. They are: engage in counterinsurgency and attempt to make peace deals with the Taliban. As I’ve noted before (here, here, and here), though there’s a lot of talk of counterinsurgency, the current NATO effort does not very […]
International educators have been stressing the importance of universal education for years, as leaders, NGOs, and research all attest that it is the must sustainable way aid developing countries. Universal education is the best way to reduce poverty and increase public health and living standards for people across the globe. Universal Education is goal #2, […]
I flagged an event to you recently, “The Climate for Renewable Energy,” cosponsored by the government of Navarra and NYU’s Center for Global Affairs. There were some excellent presentations made by the impressive group of panelists assembled for the evening. The President of Navarra, Miguel Sanz Sesma, noted that his province has developed a “comprehensive […]
Four Americans were hijacked at sea and killed by Somali pirates this week. The U.S. responded to the yacht hijacking by sending a fleet of ships, including the U.S.S. Enterprise, to shadow the pirates and negotiate for the hostages. The ships had been in the region monitoring the growing pirate threat along with other allied […]
It’s hard to throw a virtual rock nowadays at any foreign affairs publication and not find statements of the demise or fall of American power. In many ways, these are accurate statements as American economic power is falling in proportion to some of the rising economies around the world (although it is still top dog […]
Early this morning (2-25-11), Mexican gunmen armed with short rifles and driving trucks equipped with strobe lights, and in one case, missing license plates, once more attempted to box in a US government-owned vehicle (OGV) driven by US anti-drug agents a short distance from the US border on the Mexican side.
One of the Mexican gunmen in the lead vehicle was also, according to reports, wearing a badge around his neck. . .
Today, UNICEF launched its flagship annual publication, The State of the World’s Children 2011 Report, entitled Adolescence – An Age of Opportunity. The annual report examines the factors and lives of some 1.2 billion youth aged 10 to 19 years-old around the globe, the majority, 88 percent, of which live in developing countries and are […]
Rising oil & food prices, unrest in the Middle East, declining house prices and a slew of other variables threaten to hamper a fragile US economic recovery.
What if the U.S. decided to create a think tank dedicated to peace and then invited scholars and practitioners to conduct research and start projects aimed at promoting peace and conflict resolution? That would be a good thing, right? Born out of the dark times of the Cold War, the U.S. Institute of Peace has […]
A newly launched initiative by the World Food Programme (WFP), called WeFeedback, uses a social media platform to make it easier to feed hungry children around the globe and share your efforts with others. How does it work? WeFeedback invites the public to join a social network to fight hunger using only a few easy […]
Though the ultimate outcome of Egypt’s revolution remains uncertain (it’s still possible that it might wind up not being a revolution at all), it is worth asking: what factors make security forces more likely to decide to side with protesters? Michael Auslin flirts with this question in relation to China at the National Review. He […]
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