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Former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga chatted with students about issues ranging from past Soviet domination to energy independence over lunch and dessert in Kirkland’s Private Dining Hall yesterday...
Elizabeth Edwards, a political advocate and the wife of former North Carolina senator and presidential aspirant John Edwards, will be one of three additional spring visiting fellows, officials at the Institute of Politics (IOP), officials at the IOP announced yesterday. The two other fellows are Vaira Vike-Freiberga, former president of Latvia, and Andrew White, head of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East. Edwards, an attorney, took on a high-profile role in her husband’s 2008 presidential campaign, calling for more attention to be paid to children’s issues...
...other fellows announced by the institute today were Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the former president of Latvia, and Andrew White, the head of the Foundation for Relief and Reconstruction in the Middle East...
Even among the successful Baltic economies, some storm clouds are brewing. High growth rates have triggered fears of overheating, especially in the new democracies. Latvia's President Vaira Vike-Freiberga recently complained that Swedish banks are too generous with their loans, tempting Latvian consumers to load up on debt, and driving up the prices of everything from cars to property. Latvia's year-on-year inflation rate hit 8.9% in April, triggering devaluation rumors. Latvian loans are denominated in euros, so devaluing the national currency, the lat, would hit debtors hard. "Like any good party it has to come...
...Winning the U.N. job has required Ban to make nice with both the U.S. and China, a challenge even for a diplomat of Ban's skills. The U.S. preferred either Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga or former Afghan Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani, but both were vetoed by other permanent Security Council members. Washington's reluctance was due in part to South Korea's growing coziness with China and by Seoul's "sunshine policy" of engagement with Pyongyang. The U.S. is skeptical that Ban, long careful to avoid stepping on toes, would really be willing to challenge the entrenched interests inside...