U.N. sees chance for global ban on cluster bombs (Reuters)
                   
yahoo.com     May 17, 2008            

By Louis Charbonneau 6 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations sees renewed momentum for a global ban on cluster bombs as more than 100 nations -- but not the world's top users and stockpilers -- gather in Dublin to finalize an anti-cluster munitions treaty. A top U.N. official... [read full story]                    


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Russia's Nuclear Threat Is More Than Words

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What lies behind Moscow's willingness to crush Georgia with overwhelming force? But there may be another major, overlooked element: Has a shift in the nuclear balance between the U.S. and Russia helped embolden the bear? Under...                    

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U.S. Push to Expand India's Nuclear Trade Draws Skepticism

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A Bush administration proposal to exempt India from restriction on nuclear trade has aroused skepticism from several members of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, diplomats said yesterday, making it increasingly unlikely...                    

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The Bush Era in Perspective

realclearpolitics.com     3 hrs ago          

Note: This essay appears in the September/October 2008 edition of Foreign Affairs.The world does not look today the way most anticipated it would after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Great-power competition was supposed...                    

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Blame Everyone But Russia!

realclearpolitics.com     17 mins ago   1 related          

Everyone is distracted by the Olympics. The squabbling here on the campaign trail consumes the media. Two presidential candidates and a lame-duck president all are weighing in on foreign policy. No wonder Vladimir Putin thought...                    

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