FEB 8, 2010
Why cultural relations? It’s the Welsh economy, stupid
WalesOnline
I'm en route to Wales to meet ministers and talk about how the British Council is helping and can further help in Wales' economic and cultural renaissance. The British Council is 100% for and from the whole UK and we are really proud of that.
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FEB 5, 2010
Why Antagonize China?
Wall Street Journal
While attempting to appease a long list of utterly unappeasable foes—Iran, North Korea, Hamas, Hezbollah, and even Hugo Chávez—today the U.S. treats China, perhaps our most crucial economic partner, as an adversary because it defies us on global warming, dollar devaluation, and Internet policy.
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FEB 5, 2010
Armenia and Turkey: The truce in need of a rescue
Los Angeles Times
For a while, it looked like the start of a great reconciliation. Armenia and Turkey have lived beneath the vast shadow of the mass murder of Armenians in eastern Turkey during World War I, and to this day they maintain no diplomatic ties.
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FEB 4, 2010
Obama’s Reckless, Ridiculous China Policy
The Daily Beast
President Obama will meet with the Dalai Lama at the White House this month. The move is sure to anger China, which warned Obama against allowing such a visit earlier this week. John Bolton, Bush’s ambassador to the UN, says competing priorities drive Obama in the wrong direction with China.
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FEB 3, 2010
The Sour Notes of Iran’s Art Diplomacy
The New York Times
Late last month — around the time the Iranian government executed two more political prisoners, charging nine others with waging war against God, a capital offense — the Tehran Symphony Orchestra was sent on a government-sponsored tour across Europe, which just ended this week.
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