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Archive for August, 2008
Richard Horowitz: Pan Am 103, Revisited
Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in Israel, Middle East, Terrorism | 1 Comment »
Juval Aviv, an Israeli-born New York private investigator, gave a presentation on August 8 at the annual American Bar Association (ABA) convention held in New York. Aviv is president of ...Continue reading . . .
K. A. Dilday: All Quiet on the Western Front?
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Citizenship, Europe, Migration | 1 Comment »
As always, summer in Western Europe is a quiet time. People tend to take much of the European Union mandated four weeks (at minimum) of paid work leave during August. ...Continue reading . . .
Jonathan Power: How Not to Deal with Russia
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy | 1 Comment »
Let’s be frank: NATO is no longer needed. Indeed, this has been true for some time: once the Warsaw Pact closed up shop there was no good or honest reason ...Continue reading . . .
Peter Morici: Playing Nice with Russia Has Failed
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Diplomacy, Europe, Free Trade, Germany, Russia | No Comments »
Russia’s invasion of Georgia should compel the United States and Europe to alter their policies of using economic engagement to promote democracy. After the Cold War, the United States and Europe ...Continue reading . . .
David S. Christy, Jr.: Geneva’s Winners & Losers, A View from the Dugout
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Economy, Free Trade, WTO | No Comments »
[This post is an update on Mr. Christy’s article published in the summer 2008 issue of World Policy Journal.] If there were trading cards for the Doha Development Round participants, ...Continue reading . . .
David A. Andelman: The Metropolitan Opera in the Service of Putin?
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Russia | No Comments »
Throughout the Nazi era in Germany, while Hitler and his minions were in the process of enslaving much of Europe, Wilhelm Furtwaengler served as chief conductor of the renowned ...Continue reading . . .
Jonathan Power: From Lagos with Love…to Georgia
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in International Law, Nigeria, Oil, Russia | 1 Comment »
Kosovo, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Chechnya, the Bakassi Peninsula. All disputed territories but only one (the last named), a sizable oil-rich wedge of land lying between Nigeria and Cameroon, has been ...Continue reading . . .
Paul Blustein: Avoiding the Bilateral Blitz
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Economy, Free Trade, WTO | 1 Comment »
Now it’s more urgent than ever. The multilateral trading system needs support. And one of the best signals the United States could send would be to propose a moratorium on ...Continue reading . . .
Shaun Randol: China Cracks the Door
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in China, Free Speech, Media | No Comments »
On August 8, China will fling open its doors to the world’s finest athletes and welcome, for the first time, a global Olympic audience. Yet, while the world’s attention is ...Continue reading . . .