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Spreading Digital Revolution In A Cuban Living Room

Twice a week, Yoani Sanchez transforms the living room of her small Havana high-rise apartment into what she calls the Blogger Academy. About 30 students cram inside to learn how to use WordPress, Wikipedia and the other tools of a digital revolution that Cuba's government views warily.

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US piles on the charm at Shanghai Expo

"This is policy made personal. The chance to speak unfiltered to millions of Chinese directly and on an emotional level is an incredible opportunity," Greg Lombardo, the pavilion's creative director, said in an interview.

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Just Like Ike (On Deterrence)

These critics also assert, just as their predecessors did in the 1950s, that limits on the use of atomic weapons somehow make a nuclear war more likely. “By further unilaterally limiting the circumstances in which the U.S. would use nuclear weapons to protect itself and its allies,” warned John Bolton, the former United Nations ambassador, “the Obama administration is in fact increasing international instability and the risks of future conflicts.”

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How significant a new START for the U.S. and Russia?

Americans over 40 can be excused for recalling Yogi Berra's line about deja vu all over again. They have seen this show each decade since the 1970s. Many college students, however, will be puzzled by what seems a historical anachronism. As a freshman said to me recently: Weren't nuclear weapons a Cold War story?

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Nuclear posturing, Obama-style

Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?

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Obama’s Nuclear Modesty

So, is the entire declaratory doctrine a meaningless exercise in rhetoric? Not entirely. For one, it does weaken our deterrence ability slightly. Deterrence depends on an adversary fearing that we will respond in a devastating way to an attack.

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Russia Supports Iran Sanctions, but With Limits

The administration is pressing hard this month for a new U.N. Security Council resolution that would tighten sanctions on the Islamic republic for refusing to engage in talks about its nuclear program, but it faces reluctance from China as well as countries such as Brazil and Turkey on the 15-member council.

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A New START?

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have signed a new agreement on nuclear arms control in Prague. The New START agreement is the first meaningful nuclear arms deal between the two states in almost two decades. While modest in its scope, it is a step in the right direction.

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