Will Greece go to the IMF?
EuropeanVoice.com February 22, 2010 The personal, short-term considerations of European politicians suggest the IMF will be left on the sidelines. more
Year: 2010
U.N. Climate Chief to Resign
The Wall Street Journal February 19, 2010 The top climate-change official at the United Nations is leaving to become a private consultant, a move that follows the failure of a U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen to produce a binding agreement to curb global greenhouse-gas emissions. more
Dutch Parliament Debates Afghanistan
The Wall Street Journal February 19, 2010 AMSTERDAM—An election promise to pull Dutch troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2010 threatens to topple the Netherlands’ coalition government and undermine the U.S. mission as the Pentagon steps up operations against the Taliban. more
Biden to Push Test-Ban Treaty
The Wall Street Journal February 18, 2010 WASHINGTON—Vice President Joseph Biden will begin the first push for congressional ratification of the United Nations nuclear test-ban treaty since the Clinton presidency, with a speech Thursday saying the Obama administration’s large funding request for monitoring will make tests obsolete. more
Russia finds NATO global reach plan “disturbing”
Reuters February 18, 2010 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is concerned that a new strategy blueprint under development by NATO would allow the alliance to use force worldwide, Russia’s foreign minister was reported as saying on Thursday. more