Politics
  • Top 5 pols hardly anyone knows

    By Erin Wright It's not easy to be an influential pol and fly under the radar, but these five manage it.

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    LAST UPDATE : May 19, 2016, 9:36 AM EDT
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  • Cambodia P.M. reveals newest gambit

    The news of a comeback threatens to compound an uneasy political climate triggered by widely contested 2013 parliamentary elections.Asia-Pacific,Cambodia,Cambodia National Rescue Party,Cambodian People's Party,Funcinpec party,Hun Sen,Norodom Ranariddh,Sam Rainsy,Lara Vergnaud

    Published Date : Jan 05, 2015, 4:38 PM EST
  • Pressure high in Tunisia election

    More importantly, perhaps, Tunisia must reassure wary foreign investors and make new allies in order to boost its stagnant economy.Africa,Beji Caid Essebsi,Ennahda Movement,Moncef Marzouki,Nida Tounes,Rashid al-Ghannushi,Tunisia,Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali,Lara Vergnaud

    Published Date : Nov 21, 2014, 1:57 PM EST
  • Yemen rebels seek to fill security vacuum

    Members from the marginalized Shiite minority based in northern Yemen, and often referred to as the Ansarullah, are pushing back against a predominantly Sunni government in a rebellion years in the making. Middle East,Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi,Ali Abdullah Saleh,Ansarullah,Houthis,Yemen,Lara Vergnaud

    Published Date : Oct 01, 2014, 12:46 PM EDT
  • Is Afghan security pact a win for Washington?

    The pact will allow some 10,000 American troops to remain in the country after the withdrawal of NATO-led forces at the end of 2014.Asia-Pacific,Abdullah Abdullah,Afghanistan,Ashraf Ghani,Hamid Karzai,Politics of Afghanistan,Taliban,Lara Vergnaud

    Published Date : Sep 30, 2014, 1:20 PM EDT
  • Outlook Middle East: Kurdistan united?

    In conjunction with this year's BCLS, we look at Iraqi Kurdistan and the prospects ahead. World,Daniel Pipes,Haider al-Abadi,Iran,Iraq,ISIS,Kurdistan,Kurdistan Regional Government,Massoud Barzani,Syria,Turkey,Lara Vergnaud

    Published Date : Sep 23, 2014, 9:00 AM EDT
  • 10,000 Days: Dictators past, present, future

    This small but ever expanding club comprises presidents, prime ministers, and even a sultan, who ruled or have been in office for at least 10,000 days (roughly 27 years). Uncategorized,Ali Abduallah Saleh,Fidel Castro,Hosni Mubarak,Hun Sen,Islam Karimov,Muammar Al-Gaddafi,Omar al-Bashir,Paul Biya,Robert Mugabe,Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah,Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,Lara Vergnaud

    Published Date : Jun 21, 2013, 4:42 PM EDT
  • Obama gets dinged by two global bigs

    Criticism from Bill Clinton and praise from Vladimir Putin do precious little to help the second-term president get his agenda back on track.Europe,Middle East,U.S.,America,Barack Obama,Bill Clinton,chemical weapons,Congress,Democratic Party,Hizballah,John McCain,KGB,Lindsey Graham,McCain,Occupy Wall Street,Qusair,Republican Party,Rwanda,Syria,U.S. National Security Agency,United States,Vladimir Putin,White House,Matt Taylor

    Published Date : Jun 13, 2013, 5:08 PM EDT

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