“We will over time be treating women and men far more equally,” says Julia Gillard
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Chinese Puzzle: A Missing Heir Apparent and a Leadership Transfer Without a Timetable
A missing man, who holds unknown views on issues that will shape the global economy, will take over at an undesignated point in the near future. Or so we think
Obama’s DNC Speech: How China Became an Issue of Domestic, Not Foreign, Policy
American grandstanding about human rights in China has been replaced by more pressing fears over jobs and prosperity
Hillary Clinton Visits Beijing, But China’s Likely Next Leader Is a No-Show
Despite Vice President Xi Jinping’s cancellation, Clinton met with President Hu Jintao and other top Chinese leaders in Beijing on Tuesday and Wednesday
Hillary Clinton in Jerusalem: Subtle Diplomacy, Subtler Electioneering
A great deal of business was done during Clinton’s Monday in Jerusalem, ranging from Egypt to Iran and, quietly, to Florida.
Hillary Clinton Goes Globetrotting
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarked on a whirlwind 13-day foreign tour, taking her from palaces in Europe to a ceremonial yurt in Mongolia.
The Taliban Execution: What Happens When a Nation Fails
A gruesome video depicts the Taliban’s take on adultery in today’s Afghanistan. But it also tells of the failures of an 11-year project of nation-building
“The sand is running out of the hourglass”
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Indian-Burmese Ties: New Delhi Woos a Nation No Longer a Pariah
Can Chen Guangcheng Find Justice in China?
For months he was simply known as “army coat.” The burly man clad in a green surplus military jacket was just another of the dozens of men who kept Chen Guangcheng under house arrest until a CNN crew accompanied actor …
Can India Balance Its Ties with the U.S. and Iran?
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used her visit to Kolkata and New Delhi this week to urge India to up its efforts in reducing oil imports from Iran. In remarks made in Kolkata, Clinton commended the cuts India has made in …
Must-Reads from Around the World, May 8, 2012
Late-Night Surprise – Israel’s Haaretz reports on the unexpected agreement early Tuesday between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition Kadima Party chairman Shaul Mofaz to form a national unity government. The move …