International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors are due to start three days of talks in Tehran, Sunday, “to resolve all outstanding substantive issues” over Iran’s nuclear work. They plan to hear Tehran’s response to questions raised in the most recent IAEA report on Iran’s nuclear work, which cited evidence of research activity — …
“In ways that were never true of post-war Japan and may never be true of India, China will both fascinate and agitate the rest of the world for a long time to come.”
To Confront Iran, Will the U.S. Risk Relations with India?
If a U.S.-led ban on importing oil from Iran — recently adopted by the European Union — is making officials in Tehran sweat, it’s hard to tell. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Jan. 26 that the West had more to …
One Year After the Revolution, Mixed Emotions at Tahrir Square
TIME’s Abigail Hauslohner and Craig Duff went to Cairo’s Tahrir Square Jan. 25 and spoke with many demonstrators who fear the continued preeminence of the country’s military will sabotage Egyptian hopes for true democracy. Others, particularly supporters of Islamist parties that now dominate Egypt’s newly-convened parliament, were more optimistic.
Why Were Six Americans Barred from Leaving Egypt?
Egypt has banned at least six Americans, including the son of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, from leaving the country. It’s the latest in a series of embarrassing blows dealt to the Obama Administration, which is also …
India Celebrates Its 63rd Republic Day
The world’s largest democracy commemorates the 1950 adoption of its democratic constitution with a show of arms and flair.
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Will Israel Attack Iran? (And If It Does, Can It Really Stop Tehran’s Nuclear Program?)
In the effort to stir global action against the Iranian nuclear program, Israel has played its hand brilliantly. Having twice sent fighter-bombers to erase nuclear reactors in hostile states — to Iraq in 1981 and Syria in 2007 …
Reads from Around the World: Tibet, Tsunamis and TV Talk
Tibetan Turmoil – The South China Morning Post reports another Tibetan has been shot dead in escalating protests in the western part of China’s Sichuan province. The death follows similar unrest Monday that left at least one …
France Not Quitting Afghan Campaign After All
Okay, so not leaving Afghanistan—yet, anyway.
Despite suggestions-cum-threats by French President Nicolas Sarkozy last week that he’d consider pulling France’s nearly 3,900 forces out of Afghanistan in response to the …
What the World Learns from What Obama Didn’t Say
Strategic decision-makers in the Middle East, Europe and Asia who stayed up late to catch President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday may have initially wondered why they had bothered. In sharp contrast to the Bush era when three quarters of a typical SOTU address covered matters of national security and the projection …
Egyptians Mark First Anniversary of Their Revolution
One year after protesters massed in Tahrir Square, tens of thousands mark their revolution’s anniversary
Candidate Capriles: Could This Man Defeat Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez?
To explain why left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has stayed in power for 13 years, fans and foes alike point out that he controls the western hemisphere’s largest oil reserves. But he’s also been blessed with what is …