Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN The three-day (Nov.30—Dec 2,2011) visit of Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, to Myanmar— the first by a US Secretary of State since the visit of Johan Foster Dulles in 1955— indicated the growing self-confidence of President Thein Sein that the cautious policy of domestic reforms and external opening-up [...]
EGYPT: Revolutionary Youth Gives Clinton The Cold Shoulder
March 21, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Mar 21, 2011 (IPS) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week paid a highly-publicised visit to Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicentre of Egypt’s recent popular uprising. But young leaders of the revolution declined an invitation to meet with [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Does Latin America
March 6, 2010 By
Council on Hemispheric Affairs, COHA Read the original article on the COHA site. by COHA Research Associates Evgenij Haperskij and Kaycie Rupp • Argentina squeezed in at the last minute • Why Guatemala? • Brazil phase is rough • Secretary of State Clinton and her Assistant Secretary, on this try, do not seem to perceive [...]
LATIN AMERICA-US: Clinton Attempts Damage Control
March 5, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Mario Osava * RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 4 (IPS) – The dialogue of the deaf on Iran’s nuclear programme that took place in the capital of Brazil highlights the hurdles faced by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in her attempt at forging warmer ties during her tour [...]
U.S.: Clinton Criticises China over Internet Censorship
January 22, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (IPS) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a speech Thursday laying out the Barack Obama administration’s position on internet freedom, and publicly called on Chinese authorities to investigate the security breaches which preceded last week’s decision by Google to end its cooperation [...]
U.S.: Congress Out of Step with Public on Intl Law?
November 4, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Eli Clifton WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (IPS) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday condemning the Goldstone Report on Israeli and Hamas actions taking during the Gaza War as ”irredeemably biased” against Israel and calling on U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [...]
PAKISTAN: Saying It ‘Like It Is’
November 4, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY ERNEST COREA IDN-InDepthNews Analysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent public relations push (Oct. 28-30) in Islamabad and Lahore brought into open the distrust that bedevils the relationship between Pakistan and the U.S. The tone was generally polite but comments sometimes were on the [...]
HILLARY CLINTON’S PLAIN-SPEAKING IN PAKISTAN
November 1, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites B.RAMAN Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, needs to be complimented for her plain-speaking on Pakistani inaction againat Al Qaeda during the course of a public interaction in Lahore during her visit to Pakistan from October 28 to 30,2009. 2. She expressed in an unmistakable manner US skepticism over the [...]
WHY HILLARY CLINTON SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CHINA?
June 4, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites Thursday, June 04, 2009 B.RAMAN A significant development in the US-China relations has not received the attention it deserves. After having kept quiet on the issue of the human rights of the Tibetans during her visit to China in February, 2009, which was analysed and interpreted by many in a manner [...]
