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WikiLeaks Fallout – Part I

Some cables may resemble sensational gossip, but WikiLeaks in general has complicated diplomacy




Dealing With Nuclear North Korea
Diplomatic recognition of Pyongyang may have to be tried
 

WikiLeaks Fallout – Part II

Leaked US State Department cables, more than 2500 published in diverse news outlets so far, offer glimpses into methods and goals of individual US diplomats. This two-part series explores how WikiLeaks adds to diplomatic challenges around the globe. The second article, written by author and journalist Frank Ching, examines one of the more thoughtful cables. In January 2009, Clark T. Randt, then US ambassador to China, briefly reviewed Chinese progress in a cable marking the 30th anniversary of US-China relations, and offered predictions....

More News...

Tunisia Protests Serve Warning to Autocratic Middle Eastern Regimes
Kristen Chick

The Christian Science Monitor, 14 January 2011
Fury about unemployment and corruption grows in Tunisia and other nations

A Walled Wide Web for Nervous Autocrats
Evgeny Morozov
The Wall Street Journal, 13 January 2011
Paranoid nationalism may end the era of global tech services – and free global communications

Pentagon Must "Buy American," Barring Chinese Solar Panels
Keith Bradsher
The New York Times, 11 January 2011
To boost solar-panel sales, US and Europe subsidize buyers while China subsidizes manufacturers

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