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New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty to Enter into Force Tomorrow
Tomorrow in Munich, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will exchange instruments of Ratification for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), thus...
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Who wants to be an American? A lot of people.
It’s no secret that life in Bangladesh is tough. Desperate poverty, one of the highest population densities on the world, and the possibility that the country may disappear under rising ocean waters...
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Poll Finds Strong Bipartisan Public Support for New START
Late yesterday, CNN released the results of a nation-wide poll gauging public support for the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). The poll showed strong support for the treaty, with 73% of...
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What China’s Behavior on Rare Earths Says About the Country’s Future Role in...
Praseodymium, Gadolinium, Erbium: you may not have heard of them before, but chances are you’ve used them recently. All three are examples of rare earths, the 17 elements occupying the middle of the...
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South Korea Unveils Elite G20 Security Forces
Providing security for major international summits and sporting events is always a bit of a nightmare for host countries. Perhaps even more difficult is managing to actually convince everyone...
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Notes on Asia’s Changing Demographics
Earlier this morning, the National Bureau of Asian Research held a launch event for the newest volume of their Strategic Asia series, “Asia’s Rising Power and America’s Continued Purpose.” One of the...
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So much for Mr. Nice Guy: Decreasing Chinese Soft Power in Southeast Asia
In a 2004 speech, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao summarized the basic tenets of China’s ‘Peaceful Rise’ doctrine: the growing power and clout of China, he said, “will not come at the cost of any other...
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The Things We Left Behind: Fifty Years Later, American Cluster Bombs Continue...
One of the most striking statistics from the U.S. war in Vietnam doesn’t concern Vietnam at all, but its neighbor, Laos. Between 1964 and 1973, the U.S. dropped over 2.5 million tons of ordnance on...
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Zimbabwe’s Dirty Diamond Revenue: Approving Zimbabwe’s diamonds under the...
For the past 8 months, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Mines has been amassing a huge stockpile of diamonds plucked from the Marange diamond field in the eastern part of the country. The stockpile, which now...
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As Bangkok Burns, Thailand’s Conflict Between the Red Shirts and the Abhisit...
The Thai name for Bangkok, Krung Thep, roughly translates as “city of angels.” Rarely has this moniker seemed more of a misnomer than the past week, with its climatic battle between the Red Shirt...
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