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The United States is ready to hand over more than $2 billion in new and old contributions it owes the U.N. peacekeeping department, Washington’s U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice, said on Wednesday.
“The United States is now in a position to clear all peacekeeping arrears accumulated from 2005 to 2008 and to meet our obligations in full for 2009 — …
Article Archive for August 2009
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August 5, 2009 # 11:03 pm # International Organizations # One CommentBill Petti launches new blog
August 2, 2009 # 8:34 pm # Foreign Policy # One CommentBill Petti of Duck of Minerva fame has just started a new blog- Bill Petti. He explains:
Since my grad school days I have been blogging on and off at The Duck of Minerva, under both my name and the pseudonym Randy Waterhouse. (Fans of Neal Stephenson will immediately recognize the reference). However, as I’ve moved away from academia …
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident– 45 years later
August 2, 2009 # 8:14 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy # No CommentMy old friend and University of Virginia collegue Dr. Robert F. Turner has a fascinating op ed in today’s Washington Times exploring the meaning of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Turner served two tours in Vietnam as an Army Officer and is the author of the book Vietnamese Communism: Its Origins and Development. Turner writes:
Today marks the 45th anniversary …
Cyberwarfare and International Law
August 1, 2009 # 4:28 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, International Law # No CommentToday’s New York Times has its latest article in a series on cyberwarfare. In this piece, John Markoff and Thomas Shanker describe a cyber attack that the United States considered against Saddam Hussein but decided to abandon because of feared colateral damage. Markoff and Shanker explain:
It would have been the most far-reaching case of computer sabotage in history. In …
