New Arctic needs new rules
A new, warmer Arctic cannot continue to operate under rules that assume it is ice-covered and essentially closed to fishing, resource exploration and development and shipping, WWF said today as it launched a group of reports on protecting a newly accessible, highly vulnerable environment with profound significance for global climate, the global economy and global security.
Fear grows in Kandahar ahead of expected NATO offensive
Kandaharis live in an ancient, vibrant city that vies with Kabul as Afghanistan’s cultural, political, and economic heart. But it is a fiercely contested city that has not known normal life for many years.
US Military warns energy crisis might happen as soon as 2012
In a report released to the public on March 15th, the United States Joint Operating Command released its outlook on future trends.
Who Needs NATO?
Dmitry Rogozin and Ronald Asmus on why Andrew Bacevich's call to pull America out of NATO is unrealistic.
In China, real estate fever is rising
The country is treading dangerously close to a full-blown property bubble, economists say, and the industrial outpost of Hefei represents China’s embrace of housing to fuel economic growth.
Thousands protest Russia-Ukraine deal
Thousands of opposition demonstrators marched in front of the parliament building in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, protesting a deal reached earlier this week to extend Russia's military presence in the former Soviet Republic, national news media reported.
Austria signs on to Russian gas pipeline
Russia and Austria signed a deal Saturday that will expand Moscow's position of strength in supplying Europe with natural gas by allowing it to expand a planned pipeline further into the EU.
Indo-Pakistan proxy war in Afghanistan
Across Afghanistan, behind the obvious battles fought for this country's soul, a shadow war is being quietly waged. It's being fought with spies and proxies, with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money and ominous diplomatic threats.
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