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Feb 1, 2010

Testing the BRICs: Key to World Order

By Robert Manning

Are the BRICs and other emerging powers of the G-20 ready for Prime Time? To a considerable degree, global stability and prosperity over the coming decades may depend on the answer to that question.

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Sep 8, 2009

UN Agency Proposes Dollar Alternative

By James Joyner

 Back in March, Zhou Xiochuan, head of China’s central bank, created quite a stir when he suggested the need for an international currency to replace the dollar. Now, the United Nations has followed suit.

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Jun 17, 2009

Georgia after UNOMIG and EUMM

By David Smith

Russia on Monday kiboshed the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG).  Throughout the day, UN Security Council members failed to agree upon a two week extension that would have provided time for further negotiations.

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Jun 16, 2009

UN and OSCE Monitors Leaving Georgia

By James Joyner

Monitors from the UN and the OSCE are leaving Georgia after Russia vetoed an extension of both mandates. This leaves only a tiny EU force and all but formally ends the West’s pretense that South Ossetia and Abkhazia will be reunited with Georgia, much less that Europe will do anything to make that happen.

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May 21, 2009

The Menace of Piracy: India, the International Community and a UN Response

By Arun Prakash

Although any government can claim jurisdiction to a crime committed on the high seas, regardless of the nationality of culprit, the international response to piracy has been largely confused and ineffective.

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Apr 25, 2009

UN: United States Must Prosecute Torture Lawyers

By James Joyner

The United States is required to prosecute lawyers who authored memos approving harsh interrogation techniques in possible violation of international law, the UN’s top anti-torture official proclaimed Friday.

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Apr 22, 2009

UN Conference on Racism: Another Wasted Opportunity

By Valerie Nichols

Monday’s opening of the UN Conference on Racism met low expectations, fueling criticism that it was simply a rerun of the notorious Durban Conference in 2001.

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Apr 1, 2009

G20 Solves Financial Crisis and More!

By James Joyner

Tufts University political economist Dan Drezner passes on news of what he terms “The Miracle of London.” Your humble blogger has learned that, in an amazing reversal of fortune, the leaders of the G-20 have heeded President Obama’s call to embrace a “responsiblity to co-ordinate our action and find our common ground.” 

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Mar 15, 2009

EU Hands Chad Mission to UN

By James Joyner

The European Union has handed over command of the peacekeeping mission in Chad to the United Nations. 

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Feb 26, 2009

Former Serb President Cleared of Kosovo Crimes

By James Joyner

The international community has once again struck out in its attempts to find a senior Serbian leader criminally liable for attrocities in the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

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