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POLITICS: Iraqi Endgame Approaching, Bush Ready or Not
If Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki were inclined to bet his life on President George W. Bush's latest assurances that there will be no timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, he should probably give it a second thought.POLITICS-US: Democrats to Seize At Least Half of Congress
Less than four weeks before the Nov. 7 mid-term elections, most political professionals from both major parties believe the Democrats not only will end the 12-year Republican reign in the House of Representatives, but also have a roughly even chance of taking back the Senate which they lost in 2002.POLITICS: Indian, Chinese Publics See Rising Global Influence
The publics of India and China believe that each of their respective nations currently exercise global influence second only to the United States, whose relative power, although still unmatched, is on the wane, according to a major opinion survey released Thursday by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) and the Asia Society.POLITICS: The Baker Saviour?
For the many, many foreign policy experts who have reached an advanced state of despair over the ever-plunging image and influence of the United States after nearly six years of the presidency of George W. Bush, the name James Baker III has an almost talismanic quality.POLITICS: U.S. Neo-Cons Call For Japanese Nukes, Regime Change
Encouraging Japan to build nuclear weapons, shipping food aid via submarines, and running secret sabotage operations inside North Korea's borders are among a raft of policy prescriptions pushed by prominent U.S. neo-conservatives in the wake of Pyongyang's nuclear test.POLITICS: U.S. Neo-Cons Call For Japanese Nukes, Regime Change
Encouraging Japan to build nuclear weapons, shipping food aid via submarines, and running secret sabotage operations inside North Korea's borders are among a raft of policy prescriptions pushed by prominent U.S. neo-conservatives in the wake of Pyongyang's nuclear test.POLITICS-US/KOREA: No War, No Talks, More Pressure
In its initial reaction to Monday's North Korean nuclear test, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush indicated it will seek the strongest possible sanctions against Pyongyang at the U.N. Security Council but was not considering taking military action on its own, at least for now.POLITICS-US: When Is a Terrorist “Mastermind” Not a Terrorist?
On the 30th anniversary of the first mid-air bombing of a civilian airliner in the Americas, the plot's suspected mastermind is hoping that a U.S. federal judge will soon release him from a Texas jail where he has been held on immigration-related charges for the last year and a half.POLITICS-US: When Is a Terrorist “Mastermind” Not a Terrorist?
On the 30th anniversary of the first mid-air bombing of a civilian airliner in the Americas, the plot's suspected mastermind is hoping that a U.S. federal judge will soon release him from a Texas jail where he has been held on immigration-related charges for the last year and a half.MIDEAST: Appeals Grow For Comprehensive Settlement
Amid signs that the administration of President George W. Bush remains unwilling to take stronger steps to get Israeli-Palestinian peace talks back on track, a growing number of prominent U.S. and foreign figures are calling for a new international mechanism to set the framework for a comprehensive settlement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.POLITICS-US/MIDEAST: “Strategic Consensus” Redux?
President George W. Bush and his peripatetic secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, may believe that they have broken with 60 years of U.S. policy in order to "transform" the Middle East, but to long-time regional observers, their latest initiatives look painfully familiar.POLITICS-US: War on Terror Returning to Its Cradle
Five years after the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was putting the final touches on a brilliant campaign plan to oust the Taliban and its al Qaeda allies from power, Afghanistan is back in the headlines here, and the news isn't good.RIGHTS-US: Groups Unanimously Assail New Detention Law
By enacting new legislation this week governing the treatment and trial of suspects in Washington's "global war on terror", Congress has turned its back on both international law and the U.S. Constitution, according to the country's major human rights groups.POLITICS: Iraqis Weary of Violence, U.S. Presence
Iraqis - especially the majority Shiites - are increasingly angry and frustrated about their situation and impatient for U.S. troops to leave, but most do not believe their country will fall apart, according to a major new poll released here Wednesday by the University of Maryland's Programme on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).POLITICS-US: Elite Project Proposes Bipartisan Grand Strategy
After two years of consultations with more than 400 members of the U.S. foreign policy elite, a project headed by two leading international relations academics is calling for the adoption of a new U.S. grand strategy designed to address multiple threats and strengthen Washington's commitment to a reformed and reinvigorated multilateral order.SUDAN/US: Activists Glum Despite Approval of Sanctions
Renewed efforts to get U.S. President George W. Bush to increase pressure on Sudan until it permits U.N. peacekeepers to deploy to violence-torn Darfur have failed to alleviate concerns among activists that his administration will impose harsh sanctions or take other steps against the regime in Khartoum.POLITICS-US: Iraq, Overstretched Army Bring Bush New Grief
With the U.S. intelligence community agreed that the invasion and occupation of Iraq have made this country less safe from terrorist threats, President George W. Bush appears now to be facing a growing revolt among top military commanders who say U.S. ground forces are stretched close to the breaking point.POLITICS-US: Iraq, Overstretched Army Bring Bush New Grief
With the U.S. intelligence community agreed that the invasion and occupation of Iraq have made this country less safe from terrorist threats, President George W. Bush appears now to be facing a growing revolt among top military commanders who say U.S. ground forces are stretched close to the breaking point.RIGHTS-US: Groups Denounce Deal on Detainee Rights
Human and civil rights groups have broadly denounced a compromise deal on the application of the Geneva Conventions to detainees in the "global war on terror" worked out between the White House and a group of rebellious Republican senators whose efforts have been backed until now by their Democratic colleagues.POLITICS: Growing Distrust Among Publics of Asian Powers
Nationalist sentiment and distrust of traditional rivals appear to be on the rise among the publics of key powers in Asia, according to recent surveys of five of the region's countries released here Thursday by the Pew Global Attitudes Project.POLITICS-US: Top CIA Expert Slams Bush Anti-Terror Actions
The Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) recently retired top expert on radical Islamists has strongly denounced the conduct of U.S. President George W. Bush's "global war on terrorism" and the continued U.S. military presence in Iraq, which he said is "contributing to the violence".« Previous Page — Next Page »
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