WASHINGTON — Exactly a year ago, Moldova was a mess.   Two days after parliamentary elections, on April 7, 2009, initial results showed the Communist Party with a lead big enough to maintain control over the legislature and government, if not the presidency.   In a country where freedom of expression had become an ideal, [...]

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WASHINGTON — More than a decade has passed since NATO last updated its Strategic Concept, an official document intended to reinforce the founding treaty by updating the military alliance’s key priorities.   A new initiative is underway, led by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and a group of “wise men,” to assess the [...]

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