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Monthly Archives: December 2010
A Death in Kabul
Richard Holbrooke’s death on December 13th following surgery to treat a torn aorta has brought a new burden to the Obama administration in the weeks following increases in criticism of his war policy in Afghanistan. Mr. Holbrooke had been appointed … Continue reading
Posted in Issue #5, The Nolton
Tagged Afghanistan, AfPak, Holbrooke, Kazari, Obama, Pakistan, Zadari
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
When Wikileaks released over 250,000 embassy cables into the public domain, the website hoped to expose the world of international relations to the public. But in the week since the leak, their actions have had the opposite effect. Throughout the … Continue reading
Fahrenheit-2010
In the past few days, the online organization Wikileaks released over a quarter-million classified documents related to govern-ment activities from the 1960s up to February of this year. The majority of the documents now released are diplomatic cables focused on … Continue reading