Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez has arrived in Cuba to undergo surgery for an aggressive form of cancer, “leaving behind a nation hanging on the outcome of his treatment,” The New York Times reports:
Chávez’s supporters prayed for his recovery as …
The United States is expected to officially recognize a new Syrian rebel coalition this week in” a further attempt to bolster moderates and marginalize extremists in the opposition.”
But rebel activists in Syria are opposing a move by the United …
A prominent women’s rights advocate in Afghanistan was killed by unknown assailants Monday, officials said:
Two assailants riding a motorbike gunned down Najia Seddiqi as she was heading to her office in eastern Laghman province, said Helai Nekzad, the …
China’s ruling Communist Party is correct in seeing imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo as a subversive, said Perry Link. They fully understand that his notion of democratization by peaceful, gradual means would be widely popular – if his ideas were …
“Cuban dissidents accused authorities Monday of a wave of arrests to prevent them from gathering to mark International Human Rights Day,” AP reports:
More than 100 government opponents were briefly detained and promptly sent back to their homes, human …
Global megatrends could be leading to a new era of democratization, according to a new report from the U.S. government’s National Intelligence Council.
But that is only one of several scenarios outlined in the report, Global Trends 2030, which …
Russia is trying to “re-Sovietize” Eastern Europe and Central Asia under the auspices of a Eurasian Union, the 57-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe heard last week.
“We know what the purpose of these efforts is and …
President Mohamed Morsi has ordered Egypt’s army to assume police powers, including the right to arrest civilians. The move comes on the eve of mass rival demonstrations on the controversial draft constitution.
It orders the military to fully cooperate with …
“Women take more readily to the ‘smart power’ approach to foreign policy,” pioneered by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, says a prominent analyst.
“In a nutshell, this approach entails using a wide spectrum of tools in addition to the …
Cuba’s efforts to promote small-scale private enterprise are floundering due to the government’s innate authoritarianism, say analysts.
The failure of a new agriculture exchange near the capital, Havana, “is a vivid sign of both how much the country has changed, …