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 ...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. ...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 ...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 ...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, ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...