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The recent Sochi meeting between the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents was remarkable for Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statement suggesting “President Sargsyan’s and Aliyev’s readiness to refrain from maximalist positions and expedite development of basic principles to further achieve legally binding peace agreement on its basis.” To understand the meaning of the above-mentioned statement, [...]

Thousands of Yemenis protested on Sunday against an immunity law protecting  outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh from prosecution and demanded he be put on  trial for offences they say he committed during his 33-year rule. More than 50 students from Tuscon High School walked out of class on Monday and marched toward Santa Rita Park in protest of the [...]

It is tough now to believe: Chidi Nwosu was murdered just a little over one year ago. He was hardly the first prominent Nigerian human rights leader to be assassinated, nor was he the last before the Occupy Nigeria movement of 2012 began taking to the streets, forming a new, nationwide emphasis on the need [...]

The speaker of Iran’s parliament, Ali Larijani, is visiting Turkey amid rising tensions between the neighbours. Turkey’s leaders have denounced the violent suppression of anti-government protests by the Syrian government – Tehran’s main ally in the region. Iran has also been irritated by Turkey’s willingness to host part of a Nato missile defence shield. Earlier this [...]

Bill Daley tells ABC News that he resigned last week as White House chief of staff, as first reported by the Los Angeles Times. Senior administration officials confirm that Jacob “Jack” Lew, the current director of the Office of Management and Budget, will be the new chief of staff. Daley was brought in to replace [...]

In frigid temperatures amongst a small crowd outside Frederick City Hall, state Senator David Brinkley, a man who has represented Western Maryland for over 16 years, announced his candidacy for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District Wednesday afternoon. More quietly, two more Democrats officially filed their candidacies in the race for the Democratic nomination at the Board [...]

Among the thousands of Russian voices raised against the Kremlin this month after parliamentary electionswidely dismissed as fraudulent, perhaps the most surprising was that of Patriarch Kirill I, the leader of theRussian Orthodox Church, who defended popular protests as a “lawful negative reaction” to corruption. Always a reliable pillar of support for the government of [...]

President Barack Obama and his family went to church in Hawaii and visited US Marines and their families to celebrate Christmas Day on Sunday, during his vacation in his native state of Hawaii. Obama, his wife Michelle and daughters Malia, 13, and Sasha, 10, went to the chapel at Kaneohe Marine base after singing carols [...]

More than 20 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, while the economic trends have seemingly been improving across the board, the democratic space has been persistently narrowing and huge challenges remain to establishing institutions that foster market-based democratic change.  Democracy eludes this region.  However, December 2011, the month that marks the 20-year anniversary [...]

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is endorsing Mitt Romney for president. Haley said Friday on Fox News she is throwing all of her support behind Romney in the Republican primaries. She says jobs, the economy and spending are most important and the former Massachusetts governor is the best candidate to address those issues. Haley also [...]