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Land for Peace in Colombia

April 15th, 2013 | Posted by All Foreign Affairs Content in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
The Key to Ending Bogotá’s War With the FARC
April 15, 2013
Oliver Kaplan and Michael Albertus
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Even as Colombian troops fight FARC rebels in the jungle, the two sides are busy negotiating a peace deal. Land reform could pave the way to a lasting settlement and drive down the country’s inequality in the process.

A FARC rebel monitors the delivery of released hostages from a cocoa plantation. (Jaime Saldarriaga / Courtesy Reuters)

To ease a bargain, the government should allow the FARC to save face.

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Winning the Next Immigration Battle

February 12th, 2013 | Posted by All Foreign Affairs Content in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
Amnesty, Patrols, and the Future of U.S. Borders
February 11, 2013
Edward Alden
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In tonight's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama is expected to make reform of the nation's immigration laws one of his top priorities. To succeed, he will have to satisfy skeptical House Republicans that immigration reform would not be as disastrous now as it was in 1986, the last time Congress revamped the laws. Fortunately for Obama, the cards are in his favor: improved overall border security has made illegal immigration a much less daunting challenge.

A United States Border Patrol agent keeps watch. (Eric Thayer / Courtesy Reuters)

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Latin Lessons

August 22nd, 2012 | Posted by All Foreign Affairs Content in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
Who Are Hispanic Americans, and How Will They Vote?
September 1, 2012
Ray Suarez

Discussions of Hispanic Americans in the media and on the campaign trail are warped by ignorance about who they really are and what they really want. A new book seeks to fill the gap with a data-rich portrait of this complex community. 

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Asylum Seekers, Then and Now

May 10th, 2012 | Posted by All Foreign Affairs Content in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
A Short History of Escape
May 10, 2012
Anna Husarska
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China's Chen Guangchen, the asylum seeker of the moment, is hardly unique. All oppressive regimes generate defectors, but each regime deals with them in its own way.


A boat crowded with Cuban refugees arrives in Florida, during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift.

China is not a leader in breeding asylum seekers. That distinction is shared by Cuba, for the quantity of departures, and North Korea, for the frequency of attempts.

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Turkey’s Democratic Dilemma

March 21st, 2012 | Posted by All Foreign Affairs Content in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
Letter from Istanbul
March 21, 2012
Piotr Zalewski
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After years of cozying up to Middle East dictators, Turkey now urges its neighbors to liberalize -- or risk regime change. But these calls for change will ring hollow unless Turkey gets its own democracy in order.

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Sudan Back on the Brink

May 26th, 2011 | Posted by All Foreign Affairs Content in Uncategorized - (0 Comments)
The North's Invasion of Abyei Could Spark Another Civil War
May 26, 2011
Andrew S. Natsios
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Violence in Sudan's disputed region of Abyei threatens to unravel the fragile peace gained from January's secession vote in the south. Before full-scale war erupts, Washington must press Khartoum for restraint and reform -- and fast.

In January, the United States and much of the international community celebrated as the people of south Sudan voted in a long-awaited referendum on whether to secede from Sudan and form a new country. Ninety-eight percent voted yes. The balloting was considered free and fair; U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for his statesmanlike acceptance of the results and promise of future cooperation with the south when it gains formal independence on July 9.

Khartoum's massive bombing campaign in Abyei and its attempt to steal the election in Southern Kordofan smack of a last desperate effort to reclaim the offensive against growing internal opposition in the north.

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