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November 3, 2011

International Organizations
Palestine and UNESCO: We’ve Only Just Begun

Palestinian Foreign Minister al-Malki and Palestinian ambassador to UNESCO Sanbar attend a press conference during the 36th session of UNESCO's General Conference in Paris (Benoit Tessier/Courtesy Re…

Palestine and UNESCO: We’ve Only Just Begun

May 20, 2010

Economics
Kerry-Lieberman is Looking Like a Nuclear Energy Jobs Bill

Trevor Houser and his colleagues at the Peterson Institute have a sharp economic analysis of the Kerry-Lieberman energy and climate bill out this morning. Take a look here. (There’s a lot more in it …

Kerry-Lieberman is Looking Like a Nuclear Energy Jobs Bill

January 18, 2013

Middle East Matters This Week: Algeria’s Hostage Drama, Syrian Violence, and Elections in Israel and Jordan

Significant Middle East Developments Algeria. At least eighteen Algerian kidnappers and twelve hostages were killed in an Algerian military operation yesterday that freed six hundred and fifty hosta…

Riot police stand guard outside the French Embassy in Tunis on January 18, 2012, following the hostage-taking by Islamist militants in eastern Algeria (Mili/Courtesy Reuters).

November 11, 2011

You Might Have Missed: Civilian Protection, IAEA Report, and More

Ban ki-Moon delivers a speech during the opening ceremony in Bern on October 16, 2011 (Michael Buholzer/Courtesy Reuters). - UN Security Council, “Open debate on civilian protection,” November 9, 20…

Ban Ki-Moon delivers a speech during the opening ceremony in Bern on October 16, 2011 (Michael Buholzer/Courtesy Reuters).

February 4, 2012

Defense and Security
America’s Drones, Transparency, and Accountability

On Monday evening, President Obama made the unprecedented decision to publicly acknowledge U.S. drone strikes against suspected terrorists and militants in Pakistan. During a Google+ “Hang Out” webch…

Shadow drone