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Obama had prioritized resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But his demands - of a complete settlement freeze by Israel and reciprocal gestures toward normalizing ties with Israel by Arab governments - has been rejected on both sides. And while no recent Administration has had much success in this realm, veterans of the...
The government's policy of designating Somalis like Olow, Ahmed and Hassan as illegal immigrants places them in a precarious situation. Every day they stay in the country, they accumulate a fee of $6 a day. According to Bhattarai, only a handful of families in Nepal have been accepted through...
What's next for the rest of the Somalis trapped in this Himalayan waiting room? Diane Goodman, acting representative of the UNHCR in Kathmandu, says despite its nonsignatory status, Nepal still has obligations toward those who cross its borders seeking refuge on humanitarian grounds. A year ago, the nation's...
Iraq's improving security situation has eliminated many of the excuses for postponing the normalization process in Kirkuk envisaged by the constitution, and Kurdish politicians have begun to suspect that al-Maliki intends to use the central government's growing strength to push back against gains won by the Kurds...
In September, Obama called the U.S.-Japan bilateral relationship the "cornerstone of the security of both nations" when he and Hatoyama met in New York City. But with the Obama Administration pressing Tokyo for a decision on military realignment by the year's end, coupled with Hatoyama's desire to...