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Global Cities: The Las Vegas Lesson
My colleague, Juliana Kerr Viohl, has called my attention to an article from the Las Vegas Sun entitled “The Next Chapter: Las Vegas Becomes a Global City.”
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Russia’s Syria Chemical Weapons Proposal is Welcome, in Principle
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Syria Shakes Lebanon
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On Syria- Public Perspectives
As the debate over taking action in Syria continues, I wanted to share a few interesting pieces on Syria and public opinion in advance of President Obama's address to the nation tomorrow night.
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Nabeel Khoury on Al Jazeera (Arabic)
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A Path Forward in Korea-Japan Relations
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Dr. Nabeel Khoury, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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The Times Does It Again
The Sunday New York Times these days seems to be edited by the descendants of Saul Steinberg, the New Yorker cartoonist who drew the famous Gotham-centric map of the United States. Steinberg’s map showed nothing much between the Hudson River and the Pacific except Las Vegas and a couple of mountains, and was intended as a parody of a parochial New Yorker’s view of the nation.
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How Should the World Respond Toward Syria
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Commentary- Africa: A Continent of Opportunity
I recently returned from a conference hosted by the Aspen Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with a number of scholars and members of Congress. Over a period of several days we did an in-depth exploration of the myriad issues encompassing U.S. relations with the 54 nations of Africa.