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North Korean Launches Affirm Need for Missile Defense

North Korea’s blatant defiance of yet another UN resolution demonstrates the critical necessity for the U.S. and its allies to have robust missile defense systems

U.S. Levies Economic Sanctions on North Korea

Hopefully realizing the futility of relying on U.N. actions to constrain North Korean belligerence, on June 30 the Obama Administration imposed unilateral U.S. sanctions on two North Korean companies engaged in proliferation.

A Trade Agenda for the G-8 Summit in Italy

Time is running out for the world's leaders to strengthen the global trading system. In their July meeting, G-8 leaders should commit to eliminating trade barriers established in the aftermath of the financial crisis within the year, establish a global moratorium on new trade barriers and excessive use of trade remedies, and set a hard timeline and blueprint for concluding trade negotiations within the WTO.

Honduras Fires Its Runaway President: Constitutional Order Is Preserved

While Honduran government institutions may have acted precipitously, the bottom line is that President Zelaya was fired for cause. However, the U.S. can ill afford to open the door to a counter-intervention by Hugo Chávez, one which would deliver Honduras into the Chávez brand of "democracy."

What Is Next in Iran?

The Obama Administration must abandon wishful thinking and deal with Iran as it is, not as how they would like it to be.

Russia's New Scramble for Africa

The Kremlin has launched an ambitious project to restore Moscow's past glory on the African continent. Policy makers in the U.S. and Europe need to understand that it's happening -- and formulate an effective response -- before they find their own relationships with Africa changing in significant and problematic ways.

A 'coup' to protect a constitution

On Sunday, the citizens of Honduras woke up with one president and went to bed with another. Manuel Zelaya was forced out of the country -- replaced, with full backing from the Congress, the nation's courts, and its military, with Interim President Robert Micheletti.

How U.S. should handle Iran's election results

For decades, about the worst thing you could say to a politician was that he was behaving like Richard Nixon. A cunning "realism" and willingness to deal with dictators--from Beijing to Latin America to, yes, Iran--helped make the 37th president Public Enemy No. 1 on the left.

Russian Paradox Forum

Cold and rainy days at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum earlier this month followed each other like waves on the Baltic Sea. The economic forecasts pushed by Russian leaders, foreign dignitaries and gurus were just as bleak.

Drowning in Cash, Chinese Foreign Investment: Who, What and Why--Part 1 of 3

China made headlines by becoming the largest foreign holder of US Treasury bonds at the end of September 2008, and it was already the largest foreign holder of other US public debt. In the last few years, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has invested over USD 100 billion in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere. The current financial crisis further highlights the role of Chinese bond investment in the US economy and prompts questions about whether Chinese investment in equities or other assets would be helpful as well. Some in the US Congress are concerned that China will stop buying American bonds. At the same time, there is alarm over the extension of Chinese investment beyond bonds in the US and around the globe.

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