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...Burns was introduced by Ashton B. Carter, chair of the international relations department at the Kennedy School and co-author of “Plan B for Iran: What If Nuclear Diplomacy Fails?” Burns, though, highlighted the absolute necessity of fully pursuing a diplomatic solution to conflicts between Iran, Israel, and the rest of the world. “The Iranians must learn that when they say things, people listen,” Burns said, referring to numerous comments from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calling for Israel’s demise. Despite his support for diplomacy, Burns...
...Rallying the electorate against foreign enemies has been an important part of the conservatives' campaigning over the past week, citing the row over the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in Europe, the third round of U.N. sanctions against Iran, and the conflict in Gaza. In a speech, the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said all those who supported an election boycott - as some reformists whose candidates were barred from running had at first considered to - were "either fooled or supported by foreign interests...
...flashpoint in six decades of conflict has been Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan. For years Pakistan had actively supported a guerrilla insurgency against the Indian authorities, but Islamabad seems to have bent to U.S. pressure and called off the biggest Pakistan-sponsored Kashmir jihadist groups. Pakistani officials long suspected of meddling in Kashmir have lately been kept busy with problems closer to home, such as the insurgencies along the the border with Afghanistan and elsewhere in Pakistan...
...Russia is smartly playing a more subtle game then just formally recognizing breakaway provinces," comments Tedo Japaridze, former Georgian Foreign Minister. Indeed, Russia could never openly annex South Ossetia or Abkhazia. That would have been very much in conflict with Russia's harsh suppression of Chechnya's independence, or fears of separatism in non-Russian ethnic regions. Annexing Abkhazia and South Ossetia was also "a red line" drawn by the U.S. But Russia has become the de facto power in both territories without formally annexing them. Chairman of the Chechen Parliament Dukvakha Abdurakhmanov blurted out last week that "Abkhazia...
...interview with the New York Times Magazine and stood for a portrait dressed in a nappy tan suit. In the interview, Bout tried to paint himself as a hard-working entrepreneur, vegetarian and nature lover who just happened to spend a lot of time flying into African conflict zones...