This extraordinary documentary-like film covers all bases when dealing with a massacre that occurred in Iraq in 2005. The movie shows how United States marines handle a roadside bombing that kills one and injures two others. It is based on a true story. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/RPhhMh1p-Hc” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] The film portrays those who plant […]
Today, 16th June, is the International Day of the African Child, honored worldwide since 1991, the day is set in which to celebrate the life of an African child. The day was founded in remembrance of the massacres of the innocent children and adults who participated in the June 16th Soweto Uprising, in South Africa […]
The airline industry has an awful lot at stake in the debate about how to address the specter of climate change. I’ve written a few times about what they’re doing, here and here for instance, and in a magazine article I wrote on sustainability at the airports. Emissions caps seen costing airlines $7 billion a […]
The first Economic Summit meeting of the so-called BRIC group of Emerging Market nations — Brazil, Russia, India and China — and it is intended to underscore the rising economic, political and military might of these four major developing countries and their rising chorus demanding a greater voice in global matters.
My colleague David Kampf pointed out that the BRIC leaders are meeting tomorrow in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Before the BRIC meeting, however, an equally important and significant meeting took place today in the same location. The six heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met for a small summit. The summit will continue tomorrow […]
As the slots get filled for new U.S. ambassadors, I have to modify my earlier praise: too many sensitive overseas posts are being given to Obama fundraisers. For every Carlos Pascual (veteran envoy now assigned to Mexico), there now appear to be several David Jacobsons (Illinois lawyer and Obama-Biden fundraiser set to go to Canada). […]
As you no doubt know, the latest round of UNFCCC negotiations concluded in Bonn last week. UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer seemed generally pleased. The representatives had, for the first time, a negotiating text with which to work. It was delivered on schedule and that in itself was a significant achievement. The AP reported […]
What does the Ahmadinejad victory in the Iranian election mean for U.S. diplomatic efforts to engage Iran? According to this analysis from Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, it means efforts will be complicated with long-term prospects looking rather grim: I’m surprised at the regime’s audacity in declaring […]
I would like to note here that only one Republican on the House Energy & Commerce Committee voted for the Waxman-Markey bill. Mary Bono Mack from California deserves, in my opinion, a pat on the back. Here is an article from the “Press-Enterprise” about her vote and the political pressures on her. The article notes: […]
Here’s fellow FPA blogger on Global Film Sean Patrick Murphy’s analysis of the 2004 documentary film Control Room: Control Room (2004) By Sean Patrick Murphy Monday, April 27 12:10 pm EST Just the fact that Al-Jazeera angers westerners as well as Arabs is one indication it’s on the right track. “Control Room” follows the Arab news […]
Netanyahu basically said in his speech, Here is our position; now come to us. He has adopted the Arab strategy: stake out a hard line and let others begin concessions. Netanyahu has stood up to Barack Obama, maybe not the last foreign leader to do so. […]
The ambiguity of the term human rights has taken on interpretations that do not often coincide with the rule of law. But it is precisely this conflict of interests that sets human rights apart from the conventional understanding of the rule of law. The strength of human rights lies in the rhetorical ambiguity of its […]
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