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In 1962, Ban Ki-Moon came to the White House and met President John F. Kennedy. Then, Ban was the 18 year-old winner of an English-language speech contest from rural South...
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A major conference on the convergence between global security and U.S. national security opens tomorrow in Washington, DC. The Stanley Foundation event, titled "Leveraging U.S. Strength in an Uncertain World,"...
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The "Iraq Study Group" is a bi-partisan, independent committee chaired by former Secretary of State James A. Baker and former Congressman and 9/11 Commission Vice Chair Lee Hamilton.
Their goal...
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"Failed states" may be the biggest global problem most Americans have never heard of. We know about the dangerous spread of weapons of mass destruction, global climate change, violent religious...
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Can private citizens have an impact on U.S. foreign policy? Of course. The ballot box is one direct route, but there are other ways to make your voice heard.
Finding the...
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Kosovo has been a serious concern of U.S. foreign policy makers for almost a decade. And big decisions about Kosovo's future are about to be made.
Since 1999, Kosovo has been...
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Last week, the trial of Thomas Lubanga began at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. Lubanga is accused of training children as young as 10 to serve...
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After months of delay, the new English-language Al Jazeera International launches today. The date roughly coincides with the tenth anniversary of the highly-successful Arabic-language Al Jazeera.
The original Al Jazeera...
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The single most powerful example of U.S. foreign policy in physical form is an overseas visit from the President of the United States. No matter where he (or someday she)...
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Long before the mid-term elections, the national debate over U.S. military involvement in Iraq was trapped in quicksand. President Bush and his supporters seemed set on prosecuting the war, with...