Clinton Hopes For Strong Finish After Disappointing December This is not how Hillary Clinton imagined ending her run as secretary of state. After a month of recovering from a stomach virus, a concussion, and a blood clot between her brain and skull, she returns to work this week with senior State Department officials already prepping […]
US, Algeria See Moderate Tuaregs as Key to Ending Mali Partition
Posted October 30th, 2012 at 9:02 pm (UTC+0)
The best chance for breaking the extremists’ hold on northern Mali may be persuading the region’s moderate Tuareg people to reconcile with the military-controlled South of the country. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Algeria this week seeking the country’s support for a West African force to help Mali’s military regain control of […]
Kurds the Key for Syrian Opposition
Posted October 24th, 2012 at 8:53 pm (UTC+0)
Concern About Broader Autonomy Undermines Support for Uprising Kurdish reluctance is frustrating efforts by opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to form some kind of transitional administration that could win support from foreign governments. Syrian Kurds have walked out on several attempts to form a unified opposition, complaining that expatriate politicians don’t adequately recognize […]
Success of Sudan Oil Deal Could Hinge on Abyei
Posted October 12th, 2012 at 7:24 pm (UTC+0)
AU Awaits Mbeki Report The long term success of an oil and security deal between Sudan and South Sudan could depend on the much disputed Abyei border region. That’s why Princeton Lyman, the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, says Abyei’s exclusion from the agreement between presidents Omar al-Bashir and Salva Kiir is […]
U.S. Wants Brahimi to Help Unify Syrian Opposition
Posted September 26th, 2012 at 6:06 pm (UTC+0)
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Envoy Appears in No Rush to Put Forward Plan to End Violence In their first meeting since Lakhdar Brahimi became the U.N. Special Representative to Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked him to help unify opponents of embattled president Bashar al-Assad. “The Secretary was very much encouraging Special Representative Brahimi to himself be […]
Clinton Lauds Singapore’s ASEAN Leadership in Conflict Resolution
Posted September 24th, 2012 at 9:28 pm (UTC+0)
Comfortable with Indonesian mediation over rival territorial claims in the South China Sea, the United States is working to broaden Singapore’s role in resolving the dispute. On his way to New York for the U.N. General Assembly, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa stopped in Washington to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss […]
U.S. Sees Ongoing Tensions Over South China Sea
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 6:18 pm (UTC+0)
Increased maritime Incidents Cited Rival claims to the South China Sea by China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Brunei, and the Philippines “are going to go through a period of higher tensions, no matter what,” according to senior State Department official traveling in Asia with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “The countries of ASEAN (the Association […]
China Says No Questioning Its Sovereignty Over South China Sea
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 2:45 pm (UTC+0)
Clinton Says U.S. Will Stand Up For Strategic Interests Hillary Clinton visited Beijing this week at the height of Communist Party maneuvering over the formation of a new Chinese government. Given that timing, she found no room for compromise over competing territorial claims by China and its neighbors over the South China Sea. “China has […]
U.S. And China Soften the Rhetoric
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 5:47 pm (UTC+0)
Clinton Due in Beijing Ahead of Asia-Pacific Summit China and the United States are dialing down their rhetorical broadsides over greater U.S. military and economic influence in Asia ahead of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Beijing Tuesday. Washington and Beijing have variously accused each other of trying to manipulate the outcome of […]
U.S. Concerned About Spillover of Sectarian Violence from Syria to Lebanon
Posted August 30th, 2012 at 9:09 pm (UTC+0)
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May Mean Changes for Hezbollah What does the spillover of sectarian violence from Syria to Lebanon mean for Hezbollah? And will it lead to broader instability? Paul Salem, director of Carnegie Endowment Middle East Center’s office in Beirut, believes violence in Sunni and Alawite neighborhoods of Tripoli will continue but is unlikely to spread elsewhere. […]
