The Beijing Olympics have seemed destined to be about something – anything – other than the games. Last year, we were preparing for the ‘Genocide Olympics’. Then the ‘Burmese Junta Olympics’. This year the ‘Oppressed Tibetan People Olympics’. More recently, the prospect of a ‘Robert Mugabe … Continue Reading…
By Joe Guinan and Nicola Lightner
The Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization is now dead. Like the Monty Python parrot, it has passed on, is no … Continue Reading…
Commentators in the United States speculate that the 2008 presidential election will be a close one once again. With many states in play, candidates will turn to the some 54 million disabled to shore up their vote tallies in places like Pennsylvania and Ohio.
For example, in the 2000 presidential election, … Continue Reading…
Much of the commentary on the recent trip by Senator Barack Obama to Europe has–understandably–focused on what his trip means for U.S. presidential politics. But one can also ask about what it tells us about future transatlantic relations. It is of course eye-opening and refreshing to see 200,000 Germans demonstrating … Continue Reading…
Bronislaw Geremek, who played a crucial role ending communist rule in Poland and then guiding Poland to democracy, NATO and the European Union, was killed in an automobile accident July 13. His was a public life to celebrate.
Born in Warsaw, Geremek escaped from the Warsaw ghetto when he … Continue Reading…
As I crossed the border from Turkey to Georgia, the border agent checking my U.S. passport smiled, gave me an American-style thumbs up, and said in broken English, “United States good, John McCain good.” This … Continue Reading…