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November 30, 2007

Mexico
Calderon's First Year

What a difference a year makes. Just a year ago Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s mandate appeared uncertain following a contested election that gave him a razor-thin winning margin of 250,000 vote…

November 10, 2011

The World Next Week: Eurozone Crisis Grows, IAEA Reports, Myanmar Surprises

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) looks on next Justice Minister Roberto Maroni (R) and League North Party leader Umberto Bossi during a finance vote at the parliament in Rome on November …

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) looks on next Justice Minister Roberto Maroni (R) and League North Party leader Umberto Bossi during a finance vote at the parliament in Rome November 8, 2011

January 20, 2011

Tunisia
Will Tunisia Inspire More Popular Uprisings?

The Egyptian and Libyan publics are the two most likely to be inspired by the ouster of Tunisia’s Ben Ali, and the United States should be pressing Egypt especially to open up politics and allow for …

June 14, 2012

Politics and Government
The World Next Week: Egypt Votes (Again), Iran Talks (Some More), and G20 Leaders Gather (in Mexico)

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed the Egyptian presidential run-off election, the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran, and the start of the G20 and Rio+20 summits. [audio: http…

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December 1, 2008

Mexico
It’s time for Mexico to take the lead, from Mexico’s The News

It’s hard to believe that Calderon is coming up for 2 years in office, one-third of his term. Much has been said of Calderon’s domestic agenda, but in the op-ed below, published in Mexico’s major Eng…

It’s time for Mexico to take the lead, from Mexico’s The News