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March 26, 2014

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Hello (Ciao), Matteo Renzi: Prime Minister of Italy

When President Barack Obama stops in Rome tomorrow he will be meeting with a politician who can match his own meteoric rise to power: Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi. Last month the thirty-nine-y…

Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi arrives to lead a news conference at Chigi palace in Rome. (Remo Casilli/Courtesy Reuters)

March 17, 2016

Cuba
Senator Menendez Speaks About the Obama Visit to Cuba

On Thursday, Sen. Robert Menendez (D, NJ) delivered a long and heartfelt statement on the floor of the United States Senate about Pres. Obama’s  forthcoming visit to Cuba. The entire text is copied b…

August 4, 2011

Guest Post: Clash of Interpretations: Was the UN "Attacked"?

People use computers in an internet cafe in Shanghai. (Nir Elias/ Courtesy Reuters). After the release of a report this week revealing significant gaps in cybersecurity among states, the p…

Guest Post: Clash of Interpretations: Was the UN "Attacked"?

September 8, 2011

Israel
Among the Protesters in Israel

An Israeli protester chats to an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man near tents pitched on Tel Aviv’s Rothschild Boulevard as part of a demonstration (Nir Elias/Courtesy Reuters) Enjoy the guest post today fr…

Among the Protesters in Israel

June 1, 2011

China
The Global Fund, China, and Civil Society

A boy from northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region gets first aid for cigarette-burn wounds in the Baoji Xinxing Aid for Street Kids at Baoji in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Baoji X…

A boy from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region gets first aid for cigarette-burn wounds in the Baoji Xinxing Aid for Street Kids at Baoji, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province on July 18, 2007. Baoji Xinxing Aid for Street Kids is a Chinese NGO fully funded by donations and provides clothing, food, accommodation, and basic health for street kids from all over China.