The EU is appeasing the unappeasable in Bosnia
EuropeanVoice.com December 17, 2009 The EU and the US may at last have similar ideas on how to deal with Bosnia, but the result is a shameful mess. more
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EU presses China, US for climate deal
EuropeanVoice.com December 17, 2009 EU leaders argue that targets set by China and the US will “make or break” climate deal in Copenhagen. EU leaders have renewed calls on China and the US to do more to make a global deal on climate change happen, as talks in Copenhagen enter their final stages. more
Copenhagen has changed the face of global politics
The Guardian December 17, 2009 It was a long journey from London to the UN climate talks in Copenhagen by train – though improved by the enthusiasm of others like young climate champions from Wales making the same journey. Leaving in the early afternoon on Saturday, I eventually arrived at about noon on Sunday. more
Opening up the peace process
The Guardian December 17, 2009 In recent months, veteran Middle East experts such as Hussein Agha and Robert Malley or Aaron David Miller have done a good job explaining why peace between Israelis and Palestinians is likely a long way off. But it seems that the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, begs to differ: Haaretz reported […]
U.S. Offer of Long-Term Aid Pushes Climate Talks Forward
The New York Times December 17, 2009 COPENHAGEN — With time running out on the stalled Copenhagen climate negotiations, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave new hope that an agreement might still be reached when she announced Thursday that the United States would help raise $100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor […]