Anthony Clark Arend

A previous post discussed German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s address to a Joint Session of Congress and the commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Over the next several days, there will be many celebrations in Germany and elsewhere in the West recognizing the demise of the Wall and the beginning of the end of the Cold War.
In these celebrations, …

Thanks to Twitter, I just came across this letter:

Greetings,
Over the past two years, in collaboration with others at the University of Alberta, I’ve been working with Liberian musicians living in Buduburam, a refugee camp near the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to produce a benefit CD representing music of camp residents.
The Buduburam camp was established in 1990 (with support from the UN …

On Tuesday of this week, I had the honor of attending the Joint Session of Congress to hear the address by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The occasion of her address is, of course, the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 2009.
As a student at Georgetown, I spent my junior year– 1978-1979– studying at the …

The New York Times is reporting:

An international body charged with stopping the illicit trade in diamonds that fuel conflict has decided not to suspend Zimbabwe, officials said Friday, though its investigators had concluded that Zimbabwe’s military had organized smuggling syndicates with the government’s permission and used “extreme violence” against illegal miners.
Instead, the countries that are part of the body, the …

A number of previous posts have discussed the need to fill critical leadership positions in the Executive Branch. One agency that is woefully understaffed is the US Agency for International Development. A quick look at USAID’s website reveals a most unfortunate situation. Note the amount of positions that are listed has “vacant” or being occupied by an “acting” person– highlighted …

The New York Times is reporting:
United Nations officials said Friday that the supply of critical food aid to Somalia had been interrupted and that rations to starving people needed to be cut, partly because the American government had delayed food contributions out of fears that they would be diverted to terrorists.Last month, American officials said they had suspended millions of …

The text of Clinton’s remarks follow:
Good evening, and please be seated. I want to welcome all of you to the Ben Franklin Room here on the eighth floor of the State Department for such a special occasion. It is indeed an honor for me to welcome His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, whom I have had the great honor and …

The Voice of America is reporting:
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he believes crimes against humanity were committed in last year’s post-election violence in Kenya and he is requesting an investigation.

The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court Luis Moreno Ocampo, left, shakes hands with Kenyan President Mwai Kibak in Nairobi, Kenya, 5 Nov. 2009

In a press conference with President …