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As you’ve probably read elsewhere, it wasn’t handed down today – in fact, the ICC’s only announcement was that no decision has been made. Michelle at Stop Genocide has some analysis of what may be going on here. Assuming the indictment and concomitant arrest warrant are eventually handed down, the Enough Project has this must-read […]

Watch the FPA Great Decisions production on Rising Powers.

I’m off to the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, normal posting will resume the week of the 23rd.

The International Criminal Court approved the indictment of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir today. The indictment is the first against a sitting head of state. There’s been a great deal of commentary on the case recently – Wes Rist criticized the African Union for rallying around al-Bashir, and Alex de Waal summarizes the arguments on genocidal […]

February 14th means a lot to many people around the world, but it most it means a day of love.  However in 1998 V-Day began to take on a new meaning, and what was synonymous with love, soon began to symbolize power, femininity, and most importantly a stand against gender based violence. This year V-Day Founder […]

It just so happens that today – the day our blog went live – a book on the issue of rising powers and the place of the United States in the world got featured in the New York Times.  The book is Great Powers: America and the World After Bush by Thomas P. M. Barnett.  […]

Watch the FPA Great Decisions production on the global food crisis.

… and I say, it’s alright.  Here are a couple of items that should make you feel warm.  First, RenewableEnergyWorld.com has a look at the US Utility-scale Solar Picture.  How are we doing?  Well, the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) “…is aware of contracts totaling over 1500 MW of PV and 4000 MW of concentrating […]

The end of the Cold War left the United States as the world’s sole superpower. The US enjoyed dominance in international affairs and theorists debated the future after the Soviet Union’s dissolution. Francis Fukuyama’s End of History differed from the Clash of Civilizations anticipated by Samuel Huntington. The 21st century could be the dawn of […]

President Obama’s first prime-time news conference featured three questions about U.S. foreign policy, chief among them, relations with Iran. Caren Bohan from the Reuters news service asked about President Obama’s strategy for dealing with Iran, and in his reply, President Obama made clear that he is starting over, conducting a formal review of relations with […]

An appeals court for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda upheld a life sentence handed down in 2007 for a provincial leader implicated in attacks against Tutsis. The Appeals Chamber of the United Nations upheld the December 2007 ICTR ruling that convicted Francois Karera to a life sentence for three counts of genocide and crimes […]

The Foreign Policy Association has chosen to focus on last year’s global food crisis as part of the Great Decisions series for 2009. In addition to the article by Elaine Monaghan in the briefing book, and online resources, the FPA has also produced an episode of the Great Decisions Television Series on the global food […]