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Syrians protest in Egypt.

Syrians fleeing the fighting at home have found themselves targeted amid Egypt’s political upheaval.

Prince Bandar bin Sultan

Now that the Arab Spring has been turned into a totally owned subsidiary of the Saudi royal family, it is time to take note of Prince Bandar bin Sultan.

Migrants in Russia

A recent campaign against illegal migrants in Russia reveals the corruption at the heart of the issue.

With corpses filling Cairo’s streets and both sides vowing to escalate, any glimmers of revolutionary hope have been all but extinguished.

Seoul rally

At ceremonies held around the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean armistice, the president sounded bellicose notes, while failing to mention national unification.

Aleksei Navalny

The anti-corruption activist’s mayoral campaign in Moscow is dividing voters, while testing the country’s diminished opposition party.

It took twelve months for the Brotherhood to go from the highest peaks of power to protesting in the streets of Cairo. What next for the organization?

That a popular revolt facilitated Morsi’s ouster is undeniable. But it has also solidified the military’s role as the final arbiter of power in Egypt.

Gay rights activist arrested

In Russia, activists struggle against rising homophobia and a government crack down on LGBT rights.

Blogs

Yesterday, Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a rare public appearance to speak about America's challenges in the Middle East.  However, contrary to some news reports and blog accounts of Mullen's comments, the admiral clearly backed away from anything that sounded like a military threat, and it was clear throughout his entire remarks that Mullen, and the US military, is exceedingly averse to an armed confrontation with Tehran.

January 8, 2010

One very irate reader complains in the bletters section that Palestine is missing from my donations column. MADRE, which partners with sister organizations around the world, supports Midwives for Peace, which train new midwives and provides safe birthing kits for women in the West Bank.

December 23, 2009

What to look out for on the final day of COP15

December 18, 2009

President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will meet within hours in Copenhagen to try to break the deadlock.

December 17, 2009

Are COP15 talks lurching toward the precipice of collapse?

December 14, 2009

Every cloud has a silver lining -- except in Copenhagen.

December 14, 2009

The Danes have invested a huge amount of money co-branding their capitol city with a summit that will supposedly save the world. That would be fine if this summit actually were on track to save the world.

December 13, 2009

Amidst a scandal over a leaked Danish negotiating text, pressure is growing on E.

December 9, 2009

As details of a woefully weak climate deal emerges, Africa's love affair with Obama is cooling fast.

December 8, 2009

Saturday, October 3, was Reunification Day, the anniversary of the formal reuniting of East and West Germany in 1990.

 

October 10, 2009
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