April 26, 2005

Imagining a Post-Kyoto Climate Regime

Thanks to backroom deal-making between the European Union and the Russian Federation—and despite persistent U.S. intransigence—the Kyoto Protocol on Global Climate Change finally came into force this February. Many believe that the resuscitation of the Kyoto deal is a momentous as well as joyful turning point in global climate policy.

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April 25, 2005

U.S. Diplomat's account of Armenian Genocide easily forgotten

Some of the worst crimes in history have taken place under the guise of war. During the Second World War, much of the Jewish population of Europe fell victim to Nazi genocide. Several decades preceding the Holocaust, as World War I was unfolding, another genocide was taking place that effectively removed an entire population from their historical homeland of three millennia. Now, Turkey needs to acknowledge the Armenian genocide in order to gain better world standing.

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April 24, 2005

Frances Bolton: In defense of U.N. nominee Bolton

Reprinted from The Providence Journal. By Frances Bolton In the past several weeks, Senate Democrats have mercilessly tried to define John Bolton, President Bush's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, as the kind of person who mistreats...

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April 20, 2005

America rethinks its Southeast Asia policy

The United States needs a longer-term approach to Southeast Asia. This means getting a better perspective on China's role in the region. It also means serious cooperation to help improve governance in the region, particularly to help make Indonesia and Vietnam dynamic, successful states. That would enormously strengthen the areas regional stability, cohesion, and independence.

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