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The International Herald Tribune is a version of the New York Times adapted for the European public. It works in direct association with Haaretz (Israel), Kathimerini (Greece), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), JoongAng Daily (South Korea), Asahi Shimbun (Japan), The Daily Star (Lebanon) and El País (Spain). It also works, through its head office, in indirect association with Le Monde (France).

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“ Darfur: Stop the killing, or pay the price”

by Jack Straw

10 March 2006

The Darfur crisis has already claimed between 70,000 and 400,000 lives. It can only be solved through a political accord that targets the cause of the conflict and that is supposed to be the objective of those gathered in Abuja, Nigeria. The United Kingdom supports the peace process and it has (…)

“Free speech and civil responsibility”

by Tariq Ramadan

2 March 2006

There are three aspects to be taken into account while analyzing and assessing the caricatures of Prophet Mohammed. The first is that painting any prophet is forbidden in the Muslim religion. The second is that, in the Muslim world, it’s not common to make fun of our religion or others. Thus, (…)

“A call for respect and calm”

by José Luis R. Zapatero , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

2 March 2006

With increasing worry, we witness the tensions provoked by the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammed in the European journals which have been considered offensive by the Muslisms. We make a call for respect and calm and we ask the voice of reason to be heard. Last year Turkey and Spain (…)

"Don’t short-change Afghanistan again"

by Frederick Starr, Karl F. Inderfurth, Marvin G. Weinbaum

15 February 2006

The London Conference on Afghanistan represents an important stage and a challenge for the United States and the international community: an important stage for it will mark the ending of the Bonn process, and a challenge for it will mark the beginning of the next critical stage in the rebirth (…)

"Hamas has arrived but there are limits to its advance"

by Hussein Agha, Robert Malley

7 February 2006

There is more uncertainty than clarity surrounding the upcoming Palestinian elections although there is something clear: Hamas, designated a terrorist organization by the United States and Europe and a mortal enemy of Israel, will be joining the legislature. It is possible that it may win a (…)

“Turning left, but down which road?”

by Enrique ter Horst

31 January 2006

The election on Sunday of Michelle Bachelet, less than a month after that of Evo Morales, seems that Latin America has unexpectedly moved to the left. Actually, two left wings coexist in Latin America, as shown by the Venezuelan Teodoro Petkoff, possible presidential candidate in December. (…)

“Bolivia’s new president is no Che Guevara”

by Jorge Castañeda

31 January 2006

The election of Evo Morales in Bolivia should not be underestimated because of its symbolic importance and because of its implications for the rest of Latin America. In a region where the concentration of power and wealth has been always outrageous, the election of a president belonging to the (…)

“The real choice in Iraq”

by Zbigniew Brzeziński

30 January 2006

If we make a comparison of the White House statements since the summer of 2003, we can see that the Administration has continuously said that victory in Iraq is imminent and we don’t have any other choice but to keep our current policy. However, with luck, a transparent decision, a more (…)

“No left turn”

by Alvaro Vargas Llosa

17 January 2006

When the Aymaran indegenous leader Tupac Katari was executed in 1781 by Spanish colonial rulers, he cried out that he would return incarnated in millions. The overwhelming victory of Evo Morales, being himself also an Aymaran aborigine, seems that Katari was right. His electoral victory was (…)

“No exceptions to the ban on torture”

by Louise Arbour

13 January 2006

The absolute ban on torture, a cornerstone of the international human rights structure, is today at stake. No one disputes that governments have the right and duty to defend their citizens. Terrorism is, indeed, a major threat and in light of an immediate danger, some rights might be limited (…)

“10 years after Dayton II: Lessons for fixing failed states”

by Paddy Ashdown

2 December 2005

How to prevent declining States from being refuges for terrorists? How to turn them into functional democracies? How to effectively intervene in those countries? A decade of work in Bosnia has the answers to these questions. Ten years ago, the situation in Bosnia could have turned it into a (…)

“Ten years after Dayton I: Bosnia still has a way to go”

by Carl Bildt

2 December 2005

Ten years ago we negotiated for three weeks in a base in Ohio and despite all the difficulties, an agreement on Bosnia was signed in Dayton. The important thing is not to know how we did it, but why such agreement was not signed before. In 1995, Washington believed an agreement was necessary and (…)

“Europe must open up to the globalized world”

by José Manuel Durao Barroso

29 November 2005

In this globalized new century everything is faster and these changes must be dealt with, instead of opposing them. Europe must be part of this changing world based on respect of our values and principles. The European Union is the best mechanism for Europeans to deal with this challenge (…)

“Europe needs to embrace reform”

by Anders Fogh Rasmussen

29 November 2005

Europe needs reforms. Therefore, firm decisions in key issues at the national and European levels are necessary. Globalization is not a threat, it’s an opportunity. From a positive point of view, the majority of our citizens can benefit from it. We don’t have to choose between two economic (…)

“Russia’s succession challenge”

by Christopher Walker

19 October 2005

When European leaders meet with Vladimir Putin in London on Oct. 4, they should encourage him to resolve Russia’s "2008 problem": the open question of whether Putin will remain in power or not upon completion of his term. The question has become a topic of discussion in Moscow, although the (…)

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