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US-IRAN: Sanctions, “Regime Change” Take Centre Stage
With the Senate set to take up major sanctions legislation against Iran by mid-February, neo-conservative and other hawks are calling on the administration of President Barack Obama to pursue a more aggressive course of "regime change" in Tehran.U.S.: Obama Faces Increasingly Daunting Picture Overseas
While President Barack Obama's first State of the Union Address Wednesday night will almost certainly focus on the economy, unemployment, and other pressing domestic issues, an increasingly worrisome international situation is likely to be tugging at the back of his mind.AFGHANISTAN: In Run-up to Meet, US, Britain Push Reconciliation
On the eve of a major international conference on Afghanistan, senior U.S. and British officials are hinting that they are more open to a political settlement with elements of the Taliban than at any time since Washington helped oust it from power nine years ago.U.S.: Court Overturns Limits on Corporate Election Money
In a decision with profound implications for the U.S. political system, a bare majority of the Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the government cannot limit spending by corporations on advertisements in support of individual political candidates in federal elections.RIGHTS: Defenders Under Sustained Attack Worldwide
Abusive governments around the world escalated their attacks against local human rights defenders and other independent monitors during 2009, according to the 2010 edition of Human Rights Watch's annual 'World Report' released here Wednesday.SUDAN: U.S. Voices Growing Concern over North-South Accord
U.S. and other Western officials expressed growing concern Friday over the fate of the peace accord signed five years ago this week by Khartoum and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).MEDIA-US: Afghanistan Dominated TV Foreign News in 2009
Afghanistan and the U.S. military escalation in the civil war there dominated foreign-related news coverage by the three major U.S. television networks in 2009, according to the latest annual review by the authoritative Tyndall Report.DEVELOPMENT: Clinton Lays Out U.S. Strategy
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday pledged to make development, along with defence and diplomacy, "a central pillar" of U.S. foreign policy and results, rather than ideology, a guiding principle in devising development policy.US-LATAM: More Continuity Than Change
Nearly one year after his inauguration, hopes that President Barack Obama would bring fundamental changes to U.S. relations with Latin American have faded badly.U.S.: Digging Out or Digging Deeper?
As 2009 draws to a close, the big question here is whether President Barack Obama is succeeding in digging out of the hole – international as well as financial - that he inherited from George W. Bush or digging deeper into it.U.S.: Aborted Bombing Puts Yemen in the Limelight
The attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner by a Nigerian allegedly associated with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has propelled long-neglected Yemen into the media spotlight here.US-PAKISTAN: Civilian Surge Expected in New Aid Plans
U.S. plans to substantially increase non-military aid to Pakistan to help curb Islamist extremism there will initially require a marked rise in the number of U.S.-based experts working in the country, according to a State Department "Strategy Report" released to Congress earlier this week.U.S.: Activist Groups Press for Sticks Against Khartoum
Despite major progress in recent days in forging an agreement over a 2011 referendum on independence for south Sudan, activist groups here are calling on President Barack Obama to impose tough new sanctions against the government in Khartoum.U.S.: Clinton Calls for “Principled Pragmatism” on Human Rights
Replying to growing criticism that the administration of President Barack Obama has not been tougher on abusive governments, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday declared a policy of "principled pragmatism" on human rights designed "to make a difference, not prove a point".US: Nobel Speech Places Obama Within Realist-Liberal Tradition
In formally accepting the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama enunciated a worldview that places him squarely within the realist and liberal internationalist thinking that dominated post-World War II U.S. foreign policy - at least until his predecessor's "global war on terror."US: Increased Focus and Growing Pressure on Pakistan
While President Barack Obama’s announcement last week that he will "surge" 30,000 more U.S. troops into Afghanistan has received all of the attention here over the past week, Pakistan appears to be looming larger than ever in Washington’s strategic calculations and concerns.US-SRI LANKA: Senate Report Urges Warmer Ties
Despite ongoing concern about the country’s human-rights situation, the United States should seek a more positive relationship with strife-torn Sri Lanka, primarily for geo-political reasons, according to a new report released here Monday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.U.S.: Public Most Inward-Looking in 40 Years, Poll Finds
Despite President Barack Obama's emphasis on diplomatic engagement, the U.S. public has become more inward-looking and unilateralist than at any time since the early stages of the Vietnam War, according to the latest in a series of quadrennial surveys on foreign policy attitudes released Thursday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.US-AFGHANISTAN: Obama to Surge 30,000 Troops, With Deadline
In a highly anticipated speech Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama announced the dispatch of 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next seven months and said he would begin drawing down the U.S. military presence there 12 months later.US-IRAN: Moving Again Toward Confrontation
Iran's announced intention to build 10 new nuclear enrichment plants has been deemed "unacceptable" by the administration of President Barack Obama, which warned Monday of increased pressure on Tehran if it does not soon accept Western proposals to curb its nuclear programme./UPDATE*/U.S.: State Department Backpedals on Landmine Treaty
One day after the State Department announced that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama will not sign the 10-year-old treaty banning anti- personnel landmines, it insisted that Washington's policy on the issue was still being reviewed.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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