I wrote about the EU meetings here earlier this week and about the UN gathering here last week. Brussels , The leaders of the 27 EU nations gathered today to go over a number of critical matters, not the least among them, energy and climate change. For the full agenda, see this from the EU. […]
Pakistan claims to have arrested one of the alleged Mumbai ringleaders, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, at a Lashkar i Tayyiba camp in Pakistan. The Washington Post notes the camp is officially run by Jamaat-ud-Dawa, an aid organization with ties to Lashkar. Jim Arkedis draws three inferences: – the link between the LeT and ISI is (was?) pretty […]
Robert Fisk once said that the only thing we have learned from history, is that we never learn from history. It is unfortunate that the world thrives on scorn, hatred, and despair. But this is our lot. And for the human rights activists on the ground, in the field, working for a better future, for […]
An important meeting took place yesterday in which a further display of concern and seriousness about climate change was exhibited by the President-Elect. I referenced his unequivocal post-election statements on energy and climate change here and how there is a critical positive synergy building between the incoming administration and the leaders on energy and the […]
Yesterday was the funeral service for the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexy II, who died of a heart attack at age 79. According to RIA, the patriarch is “credited with leading a revival of the Church after the fall of communism.” He officially became patriarch in 1990. As he came to lead the […]
It was on this day, December 10, 1948, that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which is available in more than 360 languages), for which it called all UN Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and “to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and […]
Check out our take on the closing year in 2008 in Review. FPA has asked all of the bloggers to answer those five questions. We would also love to hear your thoughts on what issues you'd like to see us cover in 2009.
"Mongol" is solid for what it is: a portrayal of the young Genghis Khan in 12th century Mongolia. With landscapes that provide stunning backdrops of just about every scene, this movie is easy on the eyes. The problem, however, is with what the film leaves out. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/28OLBrW6PSM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] The life of […]
This post was written by Transatlantic Media Network intern Cecily Boggs German media and officials are irritated by a fresh revelation about the 3,600 German troops stationed in the north of Afghanistan: they drink a lot of beer and wine. The news came on top of constant complaints from other NATO allies about the German […]
"The Economist" has two great articles in their "Technology Quarterly," one on the state of wind power globally and the other on the Masdar Initiative. "The Economist," as you no doubt know by now, has terrific coverage on energy, the environment and climate change. I wrote about the Masdar Initiative, along with some other big-vision […]
U.S. News & World Report has a feature on the U.S. relationship with Europe focusing on European expectations of President-Elect Obama. The report includes a look at U.S. policy toward Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and Cuba. Political pundits inside the Washington beltway used to ask how long the new president's honeymoon would last, now […]
Asif Ali Zardari, the President of Pakistan, has replied to the current pressure on his government by reflecting on "the challenge of confronting terrorists." In an editorial printed in the New York Times, Zardari discusses both the global scale of the current war against extremists and the particular price that Pakistan that has had to […]
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