Found Wanting – Foreign Policy has exclusive details from a leaked report on the failed Arab League monitoring mission in Syria – and it’s grim reading for the organization. “Regrettably, some observers thought that their visit …
“This absence of a plausible progressive counternarrative is unhealthy, because competition is good for intellectual debate just as it is for economic activity.”
Ballot Box Watch: Your Guide to February Elections
Global Spin previews important polls from around the world
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Clinton and Russia Spar Over U.N. Resolution on Syria
You know things are bad when Russia won’t return Hillary Clinton’s calls.
For more than two days now, Clinton has been waiting for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to call her back to discuss a pending United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria. Lavrov is traveling in Australia, prompting some members of the U.S. …
Will Global Coffee Giant Starbucks Conquer India?
The exact definition of a Frappuccino, or which size is bigger, grande or venti, may not be common knowledge in India, but that might be about to change. Starbucks’ long-rumored arrival in India just got one step closer to …
U.N. Security Council Meets: Syria’s Assad May Be Under Pressure, but He’s Not on His Way Out Yet
As geopolitical heavyweights gather in New York on Tuesday for a U.N. Security Council discussion on Syria’s increasingly bloody struggle for power, the Obama Administration insists the writing is on the wall: Syrian President …
Is Kazakhstan Experiencing Its Own ‘Arab Spring’ Moment?
An unusual thing happened over the weekend in Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan and the vast Central Asian country’s major commercial city: roughly 500 people gathered in a protest. They called for democratic change in a …
“Ambassador Ma, a Chinese mid-level cadre wouldn’t lay an eye on your car!”
Meet the Assads: A Look at the Syrian Strongman’s Family
As the conflict in Syria reaches a critical phase, TIME looks at some of the regime’s key figures.
Must Reads from Around the World: Jan. 31, 2012
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Europe’s Soccer Clubs: The Continent’s Other Looming Debt Crisis
Euro zone governments aren’t the only entities seriously needing to get their debt levels down these days. Information revealed this past week showed Europe’s leading soccer clubs are similarly spending their way into a …