Climate change: A serious global challenge
By Kofi Annan | 29 March 2010 The last five years have seen severe global food shortages, soaring energy costs and, of course, the gravest economic crisis for over 60...
NATO: Diplomatic Decorum Going To The Birds In Brussels
Shaun Walker 29 January 2010 Russia’s controversial ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been provoking interest, amusement and outrage in Brussels over the past few months with a...
Please, Call Us Islamic
Hayri Abaza, Soner Cagaptay, and Kayvan Chinichian Islamophobia is rising in the West because so many of us confuse Islam with Islamism. This confusion also inadvertently helps organizations like al-Qaeda. ...
The Long War on Terror: Obama Administration Plays Politics with Guantanamo
Prof. Scott Lucas This article from Nick Baumann at Mother Jones is filled with political-insider information, but I think it is a significant marker of how the closure of the Guantanamo...
Debate Still Rages Over Who Won the Cold War
Mark Snowiss The 20th anniversary of the 1989 East European revolutions has re-opened contentious debate over who won the Cold War and what caused Soviet communism to disintegrate so...
IAEA Seminar Looks at Opportunities and Challenges for Nuclear in the 21st Century
The future of nuclear power and the role of nuclear technological development is the theme of a conference which opened yesterday at the IAEA´s headquarters in Vienna. As the...
N. Korea Announces More Production of Nuclear Weapons Material
Kurt Achin North Korea says it has manufactured more material useable in nuclear weapons. The announcement is widely seen as a tactic to pressure the United States into bilateral talks,...
WHO: Millions of Children Need Not Die From Pneumonia
Lisa Schlein The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund say better nutrition and access to immunization can save millions of children from dying of pneumonia. The two agencies...
The Link between Iran and Venezuela: A Crisis in the Making?
Robert Morgenthau The issues I will discuss with all of you are the blossoming relationship between what might seem unlikely bedfellows…. the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Bolivarian Republic...
NATO Ministers Endorse McChrystal Afghanistan Strategy
Robert Raffaele As NATO troops engage Taliban insurgents throughout Afghanistan, the top commander's recommendation for additional troops has earned a key endorsement. NATO defense ministers meeting in Slovakia, expressed "broad...
Czech PM Backs New US Missile Defense Plan
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has secured the Czech Republic's support for U.S. missile defense plans after winning the backing of fellow NATO allies Poland and Romania. Biden met Friday with...
The Future Nuclear Powers You Should Be Worried About
Mordchai Shualy Iran's and North Korea's nuclear programs -- not to mention the risk of loose nukes in Russia or Pakistan -- are worrying enough. But a number of other...
UN backs Gaza war crimes report
The UN human rights council has endorsed the Goldstone report on Israel's war on Gaza, which accuses the military of using disproportionate force as well as laying charges of war...
London denies UK Muslim spy charge
The British government has denied that a programme for tackling religious extremism is used by its security agencies to spy on Muslim communities. In a statement released on Saturday, the...
Israel Condemns UN War Crimes Resolution
Robert Berger Israel comdemns the United Nations Human Rights Council's approval of the Goldstone Report which accuses Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas of war crimes during the Gaza...