Vienna was the center of European creativity in the years between 1780 and 1914. It was the city of Mozart and Beethoven....
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North Korea’s young and unknown dictator, Kim Jong-un, used a controversial rocket launch to assert leadership over...
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The death of North Korea’s dictator, Kim Jong Il, opens a new era in East Asia. He was the absolute ruler of North...
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The death of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi is the death of a Middle East generation that dominated the decades after the...
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This is the summer of debt. The key words in nearly every business, university, and government office are “cut”...
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The relationship between the United States and Pakistan defies logical explanation. Washington provides Islamabad with billions...
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The Middle East has entered a period of rapid change. Two long-standing dictatorships, in Egypt and Tunisia, have collapsed...
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We have entered one of those moments when citizens around the world become aware of their global connections. People in numerous...
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The resignation of Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak marks a major turning point in the Middle East. His thirty-year rule provided...
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This week will mark the most important period for great power diplomacy since the Cold War. Chinese leader Hu Jintao will...
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