The New York Times February 26, 2010 WASHINGTON — “On the Internet, the First Amendment is a local ordinance,” said Fred H. Cate, a law professor at Indiana University. He was talking about last week’s ruling from an Italian court that Google executives had violated Italian privacy law by allowing users to post a video […]
BBC February 23, 2010 Within the spacious, modern courtrooms of Bosnia’s war crimes chamber, the harrowing details of the country’s civil conflict in the 1990s are laid bare. more
The New York Times February 23, 2010 WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who has long called European contributions to NATO inadequate, said Tuesday that public and political opposition to the military had grown so great in Europe that it was directly affecting operations in Afghanistan and impeding the alliance’s broader security goals. more
The New York Times February 23, 2010 PARIS — Iran offered a formal, written response Tuesday to a Western-backed plan to defuse the crisis surrounding its nuclear ambitions, but Tehran’s reply was couched in terms the United States and its allies have already dismissed, according to Iranian accounts and diplomats. more
Foreign Policy February 23, 2010 As the Obama administration finishes up negotiations over the lynchpin of its strategy of hitting the “reset button” on U.S. relations with Russia, the “New START” nuclear arms reduction treaty, the big lingering question on everyone’s mind is: Will the Senate actually be able to ratify the deal? more