Most of the world's nations met today in Oslo, Norway to sign a treaty banning the use, stockpile, transfer, and manufacture of cluster munitions. Among those agreeing to the ban were most NATO members, including Britain, France, Germany, and Australia. Conspicuously...
NATO foreign ministers led by Germany managed to forestall fast-track membership for Georgia and Ukraine, and likewise reached an agreement to resume limited ties with Russia. The move was described as "conditional and graduated re-engagement" by NATO Secretary...
President-elect Barack Obama has added to growing discomfort about the seriousness with which he is approaching his pledge to close the detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay by selecting Eric Holder to be the attorney general for his incoming administration. Though in...
Both India and Pakistan seem to be making some effort to curb what in the first days after last week's Mumbai attacks seemed a growing risk of war. Both sides have continued to assert that their nations' respective militaries are prepared to defend themselves, but...
After a multi-week standoff with thousands of protesters in Bangkok stranded over 100,000 travelers by occupying the capital's airports, what the protesters had been calling the "last battle" to oust the government of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has ended in...
Current and future Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said today that he supports President-elect Barack Obama's Iraq policy, saying he is now "less concerned" about Obama's campaign promise to have troops out of Iraq within 16 months. Gates spent most of the past two...
Criticism of the Indian government's response to last week's Mumbai attacks had already reached a fevered pace, and led to several high ranking resignations. But if the government hoped public criticism was going to fade after an initial shock of a nearly three day...
For the rich and well-connected, the Afghan criminal justice system is remarkably convenient, with a simple phone call to an influential police officer or judge usually sufficient to ensure release without any formal charges, even for those arrested under severe...
In statements to reporters today, the Speaker of Iran's Parliament Ali Larijani said official requests from the United States for talks with Iranian parliamentarians are presently being considered, and that it is the general feeling of parliament that "the time has...
Though hardly an unfamiliar role for them, Muslim residents of the Indian portion of the disputed Kashmir region find themselves once again at the center of worsening relations between the neighboring nuclear powers. This time, the tension is coming as the Indian...
