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Rice Replaces Donilon as Obama’s Top Foreign Policy Adviser
Susan Rice at the United Nations. Credit: UN Photo/Mark GartenBy Jim Lobe and Thalif DeenWASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS, Jun 6 2013 (IPS)In a reshuffle of top foreign policy posts in his second term, U.S....
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Groups Call for U.S. to Fight Harder Against Child Marriages
Child brides in rural Senegal at work. Marriage before the age of 18 is a generally common practice in Senegal. Credit: Issa Sikiti da Silva/IPSBy Cydney HargisWASHINGTON, Aug 1 2013 (IPS)Advocacy...
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Major U.S. Debate Over Wisdom of Syria Attack
The United States is debating whether to intervene militarily in Syria. Above, Syrian rebel forces. Credit: FreedomHouse/CC by 2.0By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Aug 27 2013 (IPS)While some kind of U.S....
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Obama Increasingly Isolated on Syria Military Action
Some analysts suggest that Obama’s failure to line up support from more G20 leaders suggests that the U.S.-created global order is no longer sustainable. Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete...
View ArticleForeign Policy Elite Frets over Washington Shutdown
By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Oct 3 2013 (IPS)Three days into the partial shutdown of the federal government, foreign policy mavens are voicing growing concern about the closure’s impact on U.S. credibility...
View ArticlePublic, Elite See U.S. Power in Decline
By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Dec 4 2013 (IPS)For the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, both the U.S. public and the foreign policy elite see Washington as playing a less important and powerful...
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Cell Phones and Cash Grants Can Promote Growth and Development
New studies argue that mobile technologies can be more effective than microcredit in promoting entrepreneurship and fighting poverty in developing countries, like Mauritania. Credit: Kristin...
View ArticleInternational Cooperation on Key Issues Fell in 2013
By Jim LobeWASHINGTON, Jun 6 2014 (IPS)International cooperation on key global challenges declined in 2013, according to a new “report card” released here Friday by the influential Council on Foreign...
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