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Analysis + OpinionApril 2, 2004One island, divisibleJohn TirmanWall Street Journal EuropeEven Kofi Annan's tireless efforts couldn't avert yet another failure in talks on reunifying Cyprus. The time ran out for the Turkish and Greek Cypriots, chaperoned by their motherlands' prime ministers, Wednesday night at midnight. |
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 25, 2003The changing face of Chinese diplomacyTaylor Fravel and Evan S. MedeirosAsian Wall Street JournalOne of the most curious and underexamined aspects of the evolving North Korean nuclear crisis is the active and leading role played by China in the last nine months. Breaking with years of traditional Chinese passivity on global-security challenges, Beijing has helped to walk both Pyongyang and Washington back from the brink, surprising even China's critics. |
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Analysis + OpinionSeptember 16, 2003Gunning for reformRichard J. SamuelsTime MagazineKoizumi's muscular approach to national security may be his defining legacy. Everyone says Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is a "reformer." The press has variously labeled him a "maverick," a "lone wolf," "unusual" and "colorful." Certainly, Koizumi talks the talk of reform. Running for the premiership in 2001, he promised to pull up, root and branch, the causes of Japan's economic malaise. |
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Analysis + OpinionSeptember 5, 2003UN credibility at stakeBalakrishnan Rajagopal The HinduTo prevent a bad situation from getting worse, Kofi Annan must ask the U.S. to provide a clear time frame for a pullout as well as for the transfer of authority back to the Iraqis. |
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Analysis + OpinionApril 25, 2003Europe cannot advance on two frontsBarry R. PosenFinancial TimesEurope's political spat over the wisdom of the Iraq war has deepened scepticism about the future of the European Union's security and defense policy. |
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Analysis + OpinionApril 10, 2003Flawed military model, made in the USACindy WilliamsWall Street Journal Europe, p. A11American troops entering Baghdad are not out of danger yet, and the occupation to come may take a continuing toll on the armies of the United States and Britain. |
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Analysis + OpinionApril 2, 2003Transatlantic crisis will hurt arms industryCindy WilliamsEuropean Voice (Vo. 9, No. 13), p. 9.Defence contractors in the United States and Europe are asking themselves what will happen to plans for transatlantic arms cooperation if relationships between the US and the continent’s great powers do not improve. |
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Analysis + OpinionApril 1, 2003Paying the costs in IraqCindy WilliamsKnight Ridder/Tribune News Service |
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Analysis + OpinionFebruary 6, 2003The inspections flap: both sides are wrongJohn TirmanAlterNetThis fractious debate, and the search for the weapons themselves, is a red herring--a diversion from the real reasons for war. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 16, 2003Hegemon downJohn TirmanAlterNetBush's push for war in Iraq runs the risk of draining American global power suddenly and irrevocably. |