William Pfaff

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William Pfaff

Pfaff addresses the latest issues and long-term ramifications of current events, often before other political observers take note. Original and provocative, Pfaff studies European, Middle Eastern, Asian and American concerns through the prism of an American living abroad. Pfaff is a columnist for the International Herald Tribune based in Paris and the 2006 recipient of the American Academy of Diplomacy award for commentary.

William Pfaff Samples

Guess Who's Coming to the Table

PARIS -- The direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority that began in what amounted to a miniature state dinner on Wednesday night in Washington D.C. -- with guests Mahmoud Abbas, President of the PA, Israel's Prime Minister ...

There Can Be No 'Graceful Exit'

PARIS -- Gen. David Petraeus, the man who replaced his former Central Command subordinate Gen. Stanley McChrystal, when the latter was cashiered last month for insubordinate criticism of his civilian superiors, denies that President Barack Obama h...

Germany's Good Fortune Tips the Scales Against its Neighbors

PARIS -- The excellent second quarter export and growth results reported by Germany have set that country at an increasing, and increasingly dangerous, distance from the other members of the European Union, with jeopardy to the EU and the euro -- ...

Winds of Changing Policy

PARIS -- The first decision made by Gen. David Petraeus, the successor to Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commandant of international forces in Afghanistan, has been to abandon the policy he himself drafted in order to win the war and rebuild Afghan st...

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