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The Rising Power of the Age of Transparency
May 23, 2013
China’s President Xi Jinping has announced a full-scale attack on corruption, stressing that he will crack down on both...FULL STORY

Security

In Iran Negotiations, Time to Put Everything on the Table
June 7, 2013
With President Obama’s second term secured, he should offer Iran security guarantees and economic incentives in exchange...FULL STORY

Economy

Laying a Solid Cornerstone
May 31, 2013
In a year of many benchmarks for Afghanistan, May 25th marks a major achievement for one of the greatest civil society...FULL STORY
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Summitry

The Dakar Dance: Tumultuous Iran-Senegal Relationship Enters New Chapter
March 6, 2013
Iranian diplomats were all smiles as they resumed ties with a rising African country at the 12th Islamic Summit in Cairo. The...FULL STORY

Energy

Rogun Dam: The Waiting Game
March 6, 2013
Since the Rogun Dam project was first conceived in the 1970s, its progress has undergone a series of delays, denying...FULL STORY

Diplomacy

The Future of Diplomacy at the Digital Diplomacy Forum
June 18, 2013
In the decade since their inception, social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have altered the communication...FULL STORY

Environment

Interview: Dr. Gustavo Gaviria Angel, Member of the Board of Directors, Sustainable Food Pavilion
May 8, 2013
The Diplomatic Courier recently spoke with Dr. Gustavo Gaviria Angel, member of the Board of Directors of the Sustainable...FULL STORY

Global Health

Sprinting to the Millennium Development Goals Finish Line
May 9, 2013
In 2000 world leaders gathered at the United Nations to agree on a set of eight targets for international development. Since...FULL STORY

BRICS

How the Chinese are Helping to Transform Cuba, Again
May 24, 2013
In 1958 a young Chinese Cuban named Armando Choy posed for the camera in front of a drab brick farmhouse in Fomento, a town...FULL STORY

Asia

Avoiding the Middle Income Trap in China
June 11, 2013
At the end of May, the Wilson Center hosted a conference on China’s economic and political outlook under its new generation...FULL STORY

Africa

Interview: Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, Rwandan Minister of Health
March 28, 2013
In a previous version of the article, we identified Dr. Agnes Binagwaho as the former Minister of Health of Rwanda. She is...FULL STORY

Diplomatic Life

Remembrance & Revival: 50th Anniversary of the African Union at the Smithsonian
May 29, 2013
What do twenty ambassadors do on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the African Union? Apparently, they dance. On May...FULL STORY

Eurozone

Putin’s Russia vs. a Russians’ Russia
June 15, 2013
Russia’s renaissance out of the tumultuous years of the 1990s and its emergence as an energy superpower was a salient point...FULL STORY

Middle East

In Syria, is The Enemy of an Enemy a Friend?
June 5, 2013
Last month, Israel allegedly bombed what was believed to be a conventional weapons transfer from the Syrian government to the...FULL STORY

Central Asia

More Than an 'Input'; Less Than a 'Vote'
June 17, 2013
Four years ago, Iranians poured into the streets chanting, “where is my vote?” Last week, they poured into the streets...FULL STORY

Latin America

Latin American Socialism: Churning Along, Economic Failures Aside
May 30, 2013
After spending much of 2012 shuttling back and forth between Venezuela and Cuba for surgery, Hugo Chávez is dead. Cuba’s...FULL STORY

Global Cities

The Urban Chance: Promoting Democracy ‘From the Middle’
February 14, 2013
Much of the rhetoric on foreign affairs and diplomacy that populated the lead-up to the re-election of President Obama, as...FULL STORY
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