China Wants Business with Latin America China, now the world’s second largest economy with a ferocious appetite for resources, is aggressively strengthening relations with Latin American countries, but this has not been without roadblocks.
According to a report by the Economic Commission for Latin America...
Turkey: still America’s best ally in the Middle East? (...) The speed with which Washington has gone sour on its self-declared "model partner" is astonishing and should be cause for concern. Having just returned from Turkey and with meetings with Turkish officials, it is clear that Turkey has not suddenly...
Innovative Campaigning by Women Candidates LILONGWE, Jul 30, 2010 (IPS) - You will find Beauty Kasonda on her campaign trail at funerals, weddings, church functions or just about any local gathering in her community. Kasonda does not have the sort of funding her male counterparts have for campaigning in the...
EU Diplomat: No Details on Iran Sanctions until July (...) Details of new EU sanctions against Iran are unlikely to emerge before late July. But EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Thursday (17 June) are set to make a "political commitment" to hit the country's energy sector and Revolutionary Guards Corps. ...
Closing Down Guantánamo ON JULY 7th a terrorist was brought to justice. Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi, a Sudanese man who was said to have worked in Afghanistan as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard, driver, cook and paymaster, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism. Mr...
MEPs Call for EU Role in Ending Gaza Blockade (...) MEPs on Thursday (17 June) called for a stronger EU role in lifting the Gaza blockade, a day after foreign policy Chief Catherine Ashton gave a chilling account of the situation there and suggested an EU naval mission to help with the transfer of goods.
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Iran Gains from American Strategic Errors As the Afghan war proceeds in an uncertain path, Iran, Afghanistan’s western neighbor, seems to have been reaping all the benefits. Each of the US’s policy setbacks provide a great gift to the Iranian clerical rulers by helping them enhance their clout in the...
Russia's drive to improve its image Russia, unhappy with its image abroad, has taken a fresh public relations approach to present a better view of itself and attract foreign investment.
One example is the Russian National Exhibition in Paris, organised by Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade and being...
The U.S. and the East Asia Summit As U.S. President Barack Obama prepares for his visit to Asia in June (…) it is worth exploring what Washington's future policy options are with respect to Asian regionalism.
The alphabet soup of the so-called "regional architecture" includes the...
Germany signals end of love affair with Europe At a recent summit of European leaders in Brussels, Angela Merkel was feeling tetchy.
As the 27 government chiefs wrestled with compulsory jobs targets for the decade ahead, the German chancellor balked when asked to stick to the same employment rate as everyone else....
