19/03/2012 | Frente Externo
Campaign 2012: The Candidates on Energy Policy
Amid ongoing economic struggles, the cost and availability of energy resources have become contentious issues in the United States. The issue has heated up on the campaign trail as voters contend with rising gasoline prices. President Barack Obama and Republican candidates say that increasing energy independence is critical to national security. However, they disagree on environmental and regulatory policy, as well as on which sectors should be favored.
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19/03/2012 | Frente Externo
Campaign 2012: The Candidates on Energy Policy
Amid ongoing economic struggles, the cost and availability of energy resources have become contentious issues in the United States. The issue has heated up on the campaign trail as voters contend with rising gasoline prices. President Barack Obama and Republican candidates say that increasing energy independence is critical to national security. However, they disagree on environmental and regulatory policy, as well as on which sectors should be favored.
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06/02/2010 | Medio Ambiente
Carbon Markets March On
The UN's December Copenhagen meeting on climate change ended with draft text of an agreement that left many provisions undecided.
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30/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Interview: The al-Qaeda-Taliban Nexus
Interviewer: Greg Bruno, Staff Writer, CFR.org: U.S. President Barack Obama has said the U.S. military campaign against Taliban forces in Afghanistan is aimed at preventing al-Qaeda from reestablishing a base that could be used to plot attacks against Americans. Prior to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, al-Qaeda enjoyed refuge under the Taliban government, and Taliban leader Mullah Omar refused to turn over Osama bin Laden to international authorities.
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30/11/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Interview: The al-Qaeda-Taliban Nexus
Interviewer: Greg Bruno, Staff Writer, CFR.org: U.S. President Barack Obama has said the U.S. military campaign against Taliban forces in Afghanistan is aimed at preventing al-Qaeda from reestablishing a base that could be used to plot attacks against Americans. Prior to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, al-Qaeda enjoyed refuge under the Taliban government, and Taliban leader Mullah Omar refused to turn over Osama bin Laden to international authorities.
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15/08/2009 | Medio Ambiente
The Future of U.S. Climate Policy
"There's no question that everyone in the administration would prefer a legislated solution to moving forward with the Clean Air Act, but they also don't have that much choice"."There cannot be and there will not be another global agreement without the United States".
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25/11/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency
Through most of the 1990s energy supplies were plentiful and prices were low. The Economist speculated about the political consequences of a world in which oil declined to $5 per barrel. U.S. foreign policy generally accorded little attention to energy, except in special circumstances such as the location of strategic pipelines in Central Asia.
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25/11/2006 | Frente Externo
Report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia pursuant to Security Council resolution 1676, November 2006
This UN report states that in July, 2006 Somali Islamic militants supported Hezbollah's efforts in its war against Israel. In return, Lebanon reportedly provided weapons and training to the Somalis, with the help of Syria and Iran.
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25/11/2006 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
National Security Consequences of U.S. Oil Dependency
Through most of the 1990s energy supplies were plentiful and prices were low. The Economist speculated about the political consequences of a world in which oil declined to $5 per barrel. U.S. foreign policy generally accorded little attention to energy, except in special circumstances such as the location of strategic pipelines in Central Asia.
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25/11/2006 | Frente Externo
Report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia pursuant to Security Council resolution 1676, November 2006
This UN report states that in July, 2006 Somali Islamic militants supported Hezbollah's efforts in its war against Israel. In return, Lebanon reportedly provided weapons and training to the Somalis, with the help of Syria and Iran.
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02/06/2005 | Frente Externo
Interview- Drozdiak: EU Constitution Now 'A Dead Letter'
William Drozdiak, president of the American Council on Germany and former foreign editor and chief European correspondent for the Washington Post, says the rejection of the European constitution by French and Dutch voters probably means the document has become "a dead letter." He says the decision to hold a referendum in France was a major miscalculation by President Jacques Chirac that may end his political career.
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02/06/2005 | En Profundidad
EU- The French & Dutch Referendums
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