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Putin’s Ukraine Moves Rattle His Eurasian Union Allies

April 23, 2014
Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan supported Russian President Vladimir Putin’s power grab of Ukraine’s Crimea region and intend to sign the treaty to establish his ambitious Eurasian Economic Union next month, but the Kremlin’s bad behavior is causing some consternation among its allies. With even Europe’s last dictator, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, breaking ranks with his buddies in the Kremlin over Ukraine, Putin’s Eurasian dream is unlikely to become the united rival to the European Union he desperately wants to create.
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Putin’s Ukraine Moves Rattle His Eurasian Union Allies
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, right, arrive at a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 24, 2013. (Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images)
Rapprochement With China Brings Taiwan Dividends, Danger

Rapprochement With China Brings Taiwan Dividends, Danger

April 8, 2014
Despite student protests culminating in a deal with the Taiwan legislature to increase oversight of bilateral agreements with China, a trade liberalization deal between Taiwan and China should result in closer economic ties and raise Taiwan’s profile abroad. The danger for Taipei is that warming relations with a large, aggressive neighbor could ultimately cost the island nation its sovereignty, and Beijing could set a high price on the international acceptance Taiwan so desperately wants.
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US Offer to Give Up Internet Control Stuns Critics, Pleases Foes

US Offer to Give Up Internet Control Stuns Critics, Pleases Foes

April 8, 2014
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The U.S. government plans by 2015 to give up authority over ICANN, the organization that administers the Internet, sparking accusations that Washington is ceding the Web to America’s enemies. The Commerce Department decision does pave the way for a multinational "stakeholder" group to oversee the Internet, even as repressive foreign regimes push for a more direct say over the network inside their borders.
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Lebanon Struggles to Survive Syria’s Civil War

Lebanon Struggles to Survive Syria’s Civil War

April 8, 2014
Despite a vote of confidence from parliament, the new Lebanese government led by Prime Minister Tammam Salam struggles against myriad threats to stability stemming from the civil war in neighboring Syria. Spillover has exacerbated sectarian divisions and increased violence across Lebanon, while the financial toll has led to massive trade and budget deficits. Key industries have disappeared and investors have fled the country.
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Hungarian Vote Complicates EU Response to Russia

Hungarian Vote Complicates EU Response to Russia

April 8, 2014
The dramatic re-election victory of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on April 6 may thwart the European Union’s plan to level tough economic sanctions on Russia for annexing Crimea. After signing a nuclear cooperation pact with the Kremlin earlier this year, Hungary’s Orban is well positioned to defend Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine.
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Anxious for Success Abroad, US Weighs Aid to Syrian Rebels

Anxious for Success Abroad, US Weighs Aid to Syrian Rebels

April 7, 2014
Stung by foreign policy failures in Ukraine and Egypt and struggling to salvage peace talks between Israel and Palestine, the Obama administration is considering changing its policy of limited support for Syrian rebels. While aid is desperately needed by the outgunned, undersupplied fighters, figuring out which factions are pro-Western is not easy to do and the effectiveness of U.S. weapons that eventually reach them is likely to be limited.
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Energy-starved Africa Seeks Nuclear Answer to Power Problem

Energy-starved Africa Seeks Nuclear Answer to Power Problem

April 7, 2014
Despite Africa’s abundance of untapped oil and natural gas deposits, the continent is plagued by insufficient electricity production. To reverse this trend, Kenya and Nigeria are eager to obtain nuclear power and South Africa appears determined to upgrade its nuclear capacity despite substantial security risks.
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