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US must recall it is not just any country

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:45:39 -0500

From Condoleezza Rice, the Financial Times: If Americans want the tectonic plates of the international system to settle in a way that makes the world safer, freer and more prosperous, the US must overcome its reluctance to lead.

Would Turkey leave NATO?

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:40:59 -0500

From Soner Cagaptay and Richard Outzen, CNN Global Public Square: Only a few years ago, Turkey’s commitment to NATO was in doubt.

Turkey to restore ties with France after genocide row

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:58:51 -0500

From Reuters: Turkey has agreed to restore all ties with France, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday, following a breakdown in relations last year prompted by a simmering dispute over the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.

Why Europe Still Matters

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:08:29 -0500

By Alberto R. Coll, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Over the past decade it has become fashionable to write off Europe and downgrade its importance to American interests.

UN sanctions panel investigates reports of French/Qatari arms transfers to Libya's rebels

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:12:55 -0500

From Colum Lynch, Turtle Bay: A U.N. panel set up last year to enforce an arms embargo in Libya has opened an inquiry into allegations that France and Qatar armed Libyan rebels

Is China a Paper Tiger in Cyberspace?

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:26:06 -0600

From Adam Segal, the Council on Foreign Relations: Two recent studies of national cyber power have placed China near the bottom of the table.

UN Secretary General defends NATO intervention

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:56:05 -0600

From Louis Charbonneau, Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday defended NATO against criticism from Russia, China and other countries, which accuse the alliance of overstepping its U.N. mandate to protect civilians in Libya.

R2P, R.I.P.

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:03:48 -0600

From David Rieff, the International Herald Tribune: Those skeptics like myself who are wary of this interventionist paradigm must acknowledge that rejecting it might allow dictators like Qaddafi to stay in power.