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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
Is There a Mideast Solution?
DOHA, Qatar -- Internationally speaking, there are only two subjects to talk about in the Middle East.
In World's Economic Crisis, Competition in Ignominy Remains Keen
DOHA, Qatar -- On my flight to Doha, where money doesn't seem to be a problem, I read in London's Guardian about the vultures making serious money out of the poorest national economies in the current international crisis.
U.S. Allies in Europe Begin to Pull Back
PARIS -- Last Friday five NATO governments made it known that they want American nuclear weapons removed from their territory.
Europe Needs to Lose Belief in Its Own Inadequacy
PARIS -- Much has been written and said about making the European Union a "world player."
Diplomacy in Afghanistan? Not Until U.S. Identifies Why It's There
PARIS -- Richard Holbrooke's comments on reconciliation with the Taliban in Afghanistan, made during the recent Munich Security Conference, echoed earlier remarks by UN officials and American military commanders in Kabul that suggest that diplomac...
Who Will Be the New Global King of the Hill?
PARIS -- China and India stopped being part of what was called the "third world" when the "second world," the Communist world, disappeared in a shattering of global illusions in 1989.
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