"World Affairs" Blogs & Blog Posts

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The National Press Having failed to get two Cotswold Green Pary press releases printed in our local paper - The Wilts and Glos Standard - I have been thinking about newspapers in general.  Indeed previous blogs on this site have centred on creating...

One of the things that Americans expect of their government is some sort of assistance if they are in difficulty abroad. “I’m an American – please contact the embassy/consulate” are the first words that ought to come to the lips of any US ci...

I suspect it will look something like this.

Notice that there is not an actual deal -- merely a "framework". Iran and the world powers said here Thursday that they had reached a surprisingly specific and comprehensive general understanding about the next steps in limiting Tehran’s nuclear...

I've been praising the response of the French government to the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack. But now comes something I won’t praise in that response. France ordered prosecutors around the country to crack down on hate speech, anti-Semitism and...

And no, I don't think it is because of race. I think it is because one is a democratic leader who has the backing of his people and the other is a dictator who murders political opponents and doesn't have to abide by constitutional limits on his pow...