Palestinians are getting ready to divert the international spotlight away from the “Arab Spring” and focus it on their efforts to gain international recognition for a Palestinian state. Palestinian activists have called for a popular uprising against Israel on May 15. The two strongest Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, signed…
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with her Mexican counterpart in Guanajuato, Mexico, on January 24, the high-level encounter will focus on topics of great importance to the U.S. and Mexico. Topping the agenda will be Mexico’s deadly narco-conflict. Last year was a somber one for Mexico, one in…
A few days ago, the Associated Press quoted Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell and White House Asia Adviser Jeffrey Bader telling ambassadors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that the Administration’s toughness regarding China’s claims in the South China Sea is…
Next week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to Lima, Peru, to attend the Organization of American States (OAS) general assembly. She is also planning a brief visit to Ecuador, Colombia, and Barbados in what will be her second swing through the region in 2010. Clinton cannot afford to…
President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this week urged reluctant members of the United Nations Security Council to quickly pass sanctions against Iran. But that is highly unlikely, as Obama himself acknowledged: “Do we have unanimity in the international community? Not yet. And that’s something we have…
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On her first visit to China in 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Chinese leaders that she considered human...…
A top activist for human rights in China warned on Thursday that if the United States wants to maintain its image as a...…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has a long history of deception, promotion of Sharia law, anti-Semitism, and anti-Western...…
Thirty-two members of the House of Representatives have asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to remove a factually...…
In yet another display of disdain for the Anglo-American Special Relationship, the Obama administration has weighed...…
In the wake of President Obama’s decision to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline on Wednesday, the House Energy and...…
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Bradley Manning, the Army private who allegedly leaked classified information to WikiLeaks, starts his trial process...…
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In its never-ending efforts to be hip, the U.S. State Department last week launched a new Web site called “Discover...…