Tag: Secretary of State
Happy Sunday! We are past the gloomiest day of the year (last Monday, according to general understanding, but no science at all), so we can expect things to be brighter from here on. I mean once Christmas passes, I am so over winter weather anyway, I can’t wait for it to be summer already… How about you? Here’s some weekend reading that unfortunately will not cheer you up, but I hope you’ll enjoy them nontheless. How Multilateral Cooperation Can Stop the Coronavirus Outbreak From Spreading This is yet another example when internationalism and international organizations are indeed helping humankind. One…
Happy Sunday, all! Before we begin our last week before the first week of whatever is there to come, let’s take a look around the world’s most pressing stories according to some of my favorite world affairs blogs. Legal Bindingness of Security Council Resolutions Generally, and Resolution 2334 on the Israeli Settlements in Particular It is an ongoing debate what – if anything – differentiates Resolution 2334 from previous SC resolutions on Israeli settlement building. This post is a good base for thinking. Tillerson Channels Reagan on South China Sea The South China Sea is one giant portion of international…
Who else is tired of all those early year-in-reviews? I mean it could very well be that the best of this year is yet to come! It must come in a hurry, no doubt, but still, there is a chance. Why not wait for it? That being said, check out the Top 25 News Photos of 2016 collected by The Atlantic these photos are everything! And check out the other stories from this week too! Aleppo Will Be Synonymous with Srebrenica The situation is grave enough already without such news emerging from Aleppo. John Kerry’s Final Job is Not to Whitewash…
This Earth Day, I ask Americans and concerned citizens everywhere to crank up the volume. Let’s act on climate. Secretary Kerry on Earth Day, April 22, 2015 (via statedept)
Happy Weekend Everybody! I had a busy weekend and I cannot believe it is almost over. How about you all? Take a moment to check out some of my favorite blog posts from this week. The Baga Massacre US Secretary of State John Kerry was relatively quick this time to call it a crime against humanity, but is the international community willing and able to act quickly enough to stop further violence? Misunderstanding Terrorism: Charlie Hebdo Didn’t Provoke the Killers Is it possible to agree with both sides of this debate? I said it before and I’ll say it again,…
Happy Sunday, everybody! After the last long weekend, this one was a one day weekend in Hungary, and I can’t believe tomorrow’s Monday already, I would have needed so much more sleep. And staying up for ESC last night did not help. About that: I am really saddened by all the hate that’s pouring my social media streams from Hungary. Normally I like to think that we are way over this stone aged thinking, just to realize time and again that we are so not. For me, the song itself wasn’t my favorite at all, so I did not think…
Happy 2014 everybody! I hope all of your New Years started as great as mine. I came accross some great reads as well in the first days of 2014, check out a few of them. On world affairs: John Kerry cites some progress in Mideast diplomacy US Secretary of State John Kerry started off the New Year with another trip to the Middle East to hold talks with Israeli, Palestinian and other leaders in the region. Why does Ariel Sharon matter? With news of Ariel Sharon’s already bad health failing, The Telegraph posted this article about his significant role in…
breakingnews: Kerry: ‘Must be accountability’ for chemical weapons use in Syria NBC News: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said chemical weapons were used in Syria and that President Barack Obama will be “making an informed decision about how to respond.” In a speech delivered on Monday, Kerry said President Barack Obama believes “there must be accountability” and that the administration is consulting with members of Congress. He spoke hours after a United Nations team investigating claims of a poison-gas attack in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital collected blood samples and interviewed survivors despite being temporarily turned back by sniper fire. UN Secretary…
Too bad, she would have been a great secretary of state… breakingnews: UN envoy Susan Rice drops out of running for Secretary of State BREAKING: U.N. envoy Susan Rice is dropping out of the running to be the next US secretary of state after months of criticism over her comments on the assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, NBC News reports. “If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly – to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities,” Rice wrote in a letter to President Obama. More…
Clinton rejects Putin’s claim that Russia takes no side in Syrian conflict Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she doesn’t quite buy the claim that Russia is neutral in the Syrian conflict. Well, who does?
