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Elections to Watch in 2011 - By Max Strasser | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:31 PM EST (Foreign Policy)
"From the U.S. midterm "shellacking" to the sham vote in Belarus, elections provided some of the most memorable moments of 2010. And 2011 promises to be no different, with contentious polls coming up in ascendant Turkey, stagnant Egypt, fractious Sudan, and more."
SPIN METER: Conflicting GOP messages on pay cuts
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 2:00 AM EDT (AP)
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a guy who insists that federal bureaucrats make too much money, incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor sure doesn't mind handing out handsome government raises of his own."
How to Stop the Next Korean War - By Andrei Lankov | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:39 AM EST (Foreign Policy)
"In the past, the South Korean public and government have demonstrated almost inhuman patience every time they faced a North Korean provocation -- and they have had to face such provocations regularly.
John Cornyn's Earmark Hypocrisy | Mother Jones
Seeded on Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:12 AM EST (MotherJones.com)
"So one of the primo earmarkers on the Hill won't say whether he should have shoved earmarks into the current (or previous) spending bill. But he shows no hesitation in blasting Democrats for passing a measure containing his earmarks.
Outrage, Misguided -- In These Times
Seeded on Mon Nov 8, 2010 3:33 AM EST (Working In These Times)
"I am just old enough to remember those chilling and ominous days of Germany's descent from decency to Nazi barbarism, to borrow the words of Fritz Stern, the distinguished scholar of German history.
India's Strategic Future - By C. Raja Mohan | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Fri Nov 5, 2010 3:37 AM EDT ()
"Unlike in Washington, where governments are noisy in articulating their worldviews, for the permanent bureaucracy that runs New Delhi's foreign policy, silence is golden. But Delhi's reluctance to articulate a grand strategy does not necessarily mean it does not have one"
Robert Kaplan's Journey to the New Center of the Universe - Interview by Benjamin Pauker | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Thu Nov 4, 2010 3:55 AM EDT (Foreign Policy.com)
For everyone out there saying the trip to India is a waste of money. Could be the most important trip since Nixon went to China. It's good to see Obama get back on the ball to make inroads on an explosive situation.
Can Progressives and Tea Partiers Find Love Across the Aisle? - By John Norris | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Wed Nov 3, 2010 9:27 PM EDT (Foreign Policy.com)
Sounds like enough legislation to fill 6 more years if you ask me.
Brazils Post-Lula Foreign Policy
Seeded on Wed Nov 3, 2010 5:22 AM EDT (Brookings)
"According to the September 2010 Pew Research poll, 77% of Brazilians believe that the country already is (24%) or will eventually become (53%) a superpower.
Clash Of The East Asian Titans
Seeded on Wed Nov 3, 2010 4:58 AM EDT (Dispatches From The Edge)
"National problems have regional consequences, as regional problems increasingly take on a global dimension. These are the work for a strengthened and more democratic United Nations. The alternatives should keep one up at night,"
The New Republican Powerbrokers - By Josh Rogin | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Wed Nov 3, 2010 3:17 AM EDT (Foreign Policy.com)
"Congress may not be in charge of making foreign policy, but it sure can influence its implementation.
Ted Sorensen and "A Strategy of Peace"
Seeded on Mon Nov 1, 2010 7:26 PM EDT (Nukes of Hazard Blog)
"Ted Sorensen, aid and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy and a powerful advocate of nuclear threat reduction, died yesterday.
The Horror, The Horror... and the Pity | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Mon Nov 1, 2010 5:01 PM EDT (Foreign Policy.com)
"Thanks to outsized personalities like Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell -- as well as recent controversies over immigration and Islam -- this year's midterm elections have attracted more international attention than usual.
'The Arabs (and Indians and Chinese) Are Coming!' - By Cameron Abadi and Andrew Swift | Foreign Policy
Seeded on Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:23 PM EDT (Foreign Policy.com)
"It's late October election season: The trees are losing their leaves, parents are wrapping their kids in scarves for the chilly walk to school, and politicians are now openly accusing their opponents of selling orphans' kidneys on the Chinese black market to fund al-Qaeda-planne …
Foreign Policy In Focus | Argentina's Once -- and Might-Have-Been Future -- President Dies, to the Rejoicing of the Corporate Sector
Seeded on Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:13 PM EDT (Foreign Policy In Focus | Home)
"Seeing such analysts dance on Kirchner's grave is hardly the most dignified sight one could imagine.
WV Candidate Channels Dr. Evil
Seeded on Mon Oct 25, 2010 8:10 PM EDT (Nukes of Hazard Blog)
The only logical explanation anyone can come up with for Raese's claim is that he could be talking about a program that is decades from development and a few major treaties down the road… and we all know how easy those are to get passed, right?
Money Wars: Beating Up On Beijing?
Seeded on Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:20 PM EDT (Dispatches From The Edge)
A recent Financial Times article on the failure of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to resolve the currency issue says, "The hostility between Washington and Beijing has escalated into something resembling trench warfare." Last year a CNN poll found that 71 percent of Am …
US Announces $60 Billion Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia
Seeded on Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:07 AM EDT (Nukes of Hazard Blog)
The Obama administration notified Congress today of a "a significant defense package that will promote regional security and enhance the defensive capabilities of an important Gulf partner with whom we have had a longstanding and close security relationship." The deal with Sau …
Of Horns & Beaks and the Afghan War
Seeded on Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:55 AM EDT (http://dispatchesfromtheedgeblog.wordpress.com)
Dial the calendar back to April 1970, and shift the scene from southern Afghanistan to South Vietnam. Then the all important piece of turf was the "Parrot's Beak," a slice of Cambodia jutting into Vietnam's Kien Tuong Province, just 40 west of Saigon.
To the ISI, Its Hidden Agenda for the Mumbai Attacks Made Perfect Sense
Seeded on Wed Oct 20, 2010 6:07 PM EDT (Foreign Policy In Focus | Home)
On Monday, Jason Burke of the Guardian reported on the interrogations that Indian investigators in America are conducting on David Headley, the Pakistani-American suspected of scouting targets for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 168.
T-Sharp on Fiscal Mayhem
Seeded on Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:27 PM EDT (Center For Arms Control & Non-Proliferation Bl)
"Members in both houses generally support the military and are generous about spending money on it. But the defense bills attract controversial and not necessarily germane amendments because the bills are considered "must pass" legislation.
Bedding Down With The Devil in Indonesia
Seeded on Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:44 PM EDT (Dispatches From The Edge)
"Bedding down with the Devil is the only way one can describe a recent decision by the Obama administration to resume contact with the Indonesian military's (TNI) most notorious human rights abuser, the Special Forces unit, Kopassus.
The GOP's Donnie Brasco
Seeded on Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:03 AM EDT (The daily beast)
"Until he got embroiled in a lobbying scandal, James Hirni was a rising star in GOP circles. Now, despite a guilty plea and a pledge to work as a federal informant, Hirni is back in business."
Did U.S. Support for Brutal Honduran Coup Encourage Ecuador Coup?
Seeded on Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:41 PM EDT (Foreign Policy In Focus | Home)
"The Obama Administration promised a new deal in Latin America and a break from the policies of the Bush Administration.
Uribe's Parting Shot
Seeded on Fri Oct 8, 2010 6:07 PM EDT (Foreign Policy In Focus | Home)
"The OAS may be digging its own grave by allowing the U.S. and Colombian governments to use the multilateral forum for grandstanding and ideological agendas.
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