April 23, 2009 By William S. Cohen Recent events confirm that we’re living in a new world of disorder. North Korea tested a missile that could reach the U.S., and is threatening to resume its nuclear-weapons program; the Taliban is using drug money to destabilize Afghanistan and turn that country back into a terrorist safe […]
Reuters UK April 23, 2008 Norway’s $400 billion oil fund has won praise abroad as setting a “gold standard” for sovereign wealth investors – but can sometimes preach tougher corporate ethics abroad than the government practices at home. A Reuters survey has shown the fund voted last year for tougher environmental standards at U.S. oil […]
Foreign Policy Association April 18, 2008 As Mr. Berlucsconi celebrated his third comeback as prime minister, Italy’s rapid shift toward economic decline continues unimpeded. Any Italian government, regardless of ideological affiliation, has very few, if any, options. The only way forward is structural reform. more
Forbes April 21, 2008 The United States and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia’s coast, responding to a spate of attacks including this week’s hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat, U.N. diplomats said Monday. more
International Herald Tribune April 21, 2008 Neither NATO nor the European Union can provide sufficient security to calm Poland’s fears, particularly with Russia now resurgent to its east, and so the government in Warsaw wants the United States to base part of its planned antimissile system here to provide an American guarantee of safety, according […]