Diplomacy

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• Canada-China Joint Statement (full text)

  
  Chinese in Vancouver — Authority: 112
  A little belated… but thought it’s an important document that should be published here; all released by the PMO. CANADA-CHINA JOINT STATEMENT December 3, 2009 Beijing, China 1. At the invitation of Premier Wen Jiabao, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official visit to China from December 2 – ...
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• Ticket Replay: GOP gains first lead in generic congressional polls since Obama took office

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 790
  As the holidays unfold, our thoughts on The Ticket turn to not working so much for a few days. So we are re-publishing some of our favorite or most-read items from 2009. This one originally appeared Nov. 12. Time was when American presidents in domestic trouble would travel abroad to be seen positively back home as ...
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• Merry Christmas. Bomb Iran.

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 476
  Stunning.  That’s the only word to describe what was printed in the once-respected op-ed page of the New York Times today.  Alan Kuperman argues in his op-ed titled There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran , that In the face of failed diplomacy, eschewing force is tantamount to appeasement. We have reached the ...
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• Losing Cairo?

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 726
  Since Barack Obamas speech six months ago, the Muslim world has begun to lose hope in the United States. But its not too late ... yet.
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• China’s Carbon-fuel Economic Trap

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 434
  China has outraged political and diplomatic leaders around the world by aggressively blocking agreement on hard targets for binding emissions cuts, refusing even to agree to any accord that would include mention of other nations’ specific cuts. One observer told the BBC that he observed China, India and Saudi Arabia ...
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• Mark Lynas: “How China wrecked the Copenhagen Deal”

  
  Justrecently's Weblog — Authority: 126
  Mark Lynas, correspondent with the Guardian, gives his account on the defining hours of the Copenhagen Accord on December 18th. According to his report, China only agreed to the Accord on the condition that the OECD countries would not commit to any binding target, not even unilaterally. If true, the rift wasn’t ...
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• Only with America’s Help Can ‘Northern Civilization’ Be Saved: Gazeta of Russia

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 674
  For those wondering whether U.S.-Russian relations really have been “reset”, this article from Russia’s Gazeta newspaper should provide food for thought. We must permit our minds to let go of our memories, tormented as we are by past grievances, and understand that only with the United States can the ...
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• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
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• U.S., China Emerge From Sidelines On Climate Debate

  
  Blogger — Authority: 167
  As the Copenhagen talks neared collapse last week, President Obama cut a last-minute deal with leaders from China and three other nations to curb greenhouse gases. It’s unclear how they’ll do that, but one thing is clear: The U.S. and China have become leaders that may shape the new climate diplomacy.
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• Gaddis on Grand Strategy

  
  zenpundit.com — Authority: 126
  Hat tip to Ian!
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• Views on Chinas Role in the Greenhouse

  
  Dot Earth — Authority: 716
  Chinas dominance in climate talks reverberates.
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• General Tsos Climate

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 712
  A short piece in the Guardian from Mark Lynas: sitting in on the final climate negotiations at Copenhagen . Students of negotiation tactics will find this passage particularly compelling: The Chinese premier, Wen Jinbao, did not deign to attend the meetings personally, instead sending a second-tier official in the ...
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• The End of Influence

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 726
  For as long as many can remember, the United States has been the country with money, influence, and power. But all that is changing, write Brad DeLong and Stephen Cohen in their new book, The End of Influence . FP excerpts exclusively here.
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• Iran: Protests Continue, Mousavi Fired

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 442
  Time reports that security forces fired tear gas and beat opposition protesters  who were attending a memorial for Grand Ayatollah Montazeri today.  According to one Isfahan resident who tried to attend the memorial, “tens of thousands gathered outside for the memorial but were savagely attacked by security ...
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• The Deep South Thanks the Iranian People

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 476
  The Deep South has found a partner to resolve its healthcare woes: Iran. A recent Times Online article has discovered how local health officials, consultants, and doctors working in the Mississippi Delta region have partnered with Iranian health officials and strategists to address their financial woes and lacking ...
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• Egypt: Moussa Won’t Run for President

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 442
  In an  interview  (Arabic) with al-Masry al-Youm , Arab League head  Amr Moussa announced he will  not run for president  in Egypt’s 2011 elections. He explained, “The question is, is it possible? And the answer is, the road is closed.” The current constitution makes it nearly impossible for an ...
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• Afghanistan: MP Mistakenly Killed by Police

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 442
  Time reports that Mohammad Yunos Shirnagha , a member of the Afghan parliament, was mistakenly killed in a shoot-out with police who were attempting to ambush a Taliban transport.   The New York Times reports that President Karzai has called for an  investigation  into the murder of his 18 year-old cousin ...
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• Alaskan Diplomacy [Black Listed]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 802
  Several bloggers found out on Tuesday that theyre on Sarah Palin s shit-list, and thus were banned from attending a Going Rogue event in Wasilla. Sarahs black list includes three known Alaskan-based bloggers, and a mysterious fourth. [ Gawker ]
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• CRI: Developed Countries’ Copenhagen Positions Inconsistent with Previous Agreements

  
  Justrecently's Weblog — Authority: 126
  The Copenhagen Accord is not the end, and the whole world should take responsibilities on a long road to come, writes Chen Tian (陈天), a commenter with China Radio International (CRI). Although all countries acknowledged the existence of climate change and the urgency of reacting to it, the duties of burden-sharing ...
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• Looking for a Common Language at Copenhagen

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 483
  So much emphasis about the global summit at Copenhagen has been on the substance-climate change-that the format of the meeting has been overlooked. Yet in diplomacy, format is central. The messy,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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