Loading ...WILMINGTON, Del. — A quick shot of the king of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, and the queen of Sweden, Silvia, who ‘landed’ in Wilmington via a recreation of the Kalmar Nyckel on Saturday to commemorate the 375th anniversary of the formation of New Sweden, the colony that from 1638 to 1655 was the Swedish entry into [...]
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It’s been a tough few weeks for the New Democratic Party in Canada, what with the surge of newly elected Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau pushing his once dominant party back into third place in polls. But NDP leader Thomas Mulcair, who as the head of the second-largest party in the House of Commons, is [...]
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It’s not everyday that the gang of all of the living current and former (and possibly future) presidents of the United States gather in one place. But it happened today on the occasion of the opening of the presidential library of former president George W. Bush in Dallas, Texas — see above the ‘most exclusive club [...]
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This little pajarito told me earlier Saturday, while I was hiking up El Avila, the mountain that rises to the north of Caracas, that Nicolás Maduro’s campaign has indeed been blessed by the ghost of Hugo Chávez. Just kidding — but today should be a very interesting day. Stay tuned!
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Imagine that following former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s death last week, the United Kingdom implemented a week-long period banning the sale of alcohol. Or that in the weekend leading up to the 2012 U.S. presidential election, Americans would be unable to find a drink, forcing Americans to become public teetotalers. But Friday [...]
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For what it’s worth, I’ve been reviewing a law review article that I wrote in 2006 comparing, on the one hand, the U.S. Freedom of Information Act and, on the other hand, E.U. Regulation 1049/2001. The paper, Ever Closer Transparency: Comparing the European Regulation on Public Access to Documents with the U.S. Freedom of Information [...]
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K-pop star and Internet sensation Psy has a message to South Korea’s new president: Heyyyyyy, sexy lady. Conservative Park Guen-hye (박근혜), the daughter of Park Chun-hee (박정희), the authoritarian leader of South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s widely credited with engineering Korea’s economic growth, was inaugurated on Tuesday as South Korea’s first female president [...]
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Of course, most Americans this weekend aren’t thinking about the Cypriot presidential election or even the relatively higher-impact Italian elections, but the results of yet another election this weekend in Hollywood — the winners of the 85th Academy Awards. It’s been a very foreign-policy heavy year for the Oscars. Zero Dark Thirty, a nominee for [...]
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Add The People’s Daily to the cadres of those who hate Valentine’s Day, according to the South China Morning Post. But don’t blame it on curmudgeonry, blame it on corruption — apparently, Cupid and cupidity go hand in hand: A four-paragraph story in People’s Daily said Valentine’s Day had become a hatchery of decadent ideology, indulgent lifestyle, fraud [...]
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So, it’s not everyday that The Smoking Gun obtains hacked e-mails from the former president of the United States that showcase his self-portraits. While I don’t necessarily condone hacking — some of the e-mails detail incredibly sensitive information about the medical condition of former U.S. president George H.W. Bush and other family details, and it seems especially [...]
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So today, my blog is exactly one year old. In February 2012, I started this blog as a part-time venture and, nearly 17,000 hits and over 550 posts later, I’m still going strong. As usual, thanks to my readers and guest contributors — and of course, please do share any thoughts to make Suffragio better: more [...]
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With the emergence of Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg as one of two finalists for the Czech presidency in a runoff to be held later this month, it’s worth taking a closer look at the House of Schwarzenberg and its role in European history throughout the centuries. The house dates back to the Middle Ages, and [...]
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It’s somewhat of a New Year’s treat to have been nominated for the 2013 Online Achievement in International Studies awards over at The Duck of Minerva, a top academic international studies blogging forum. Suffragio has been nominated for 2013′s ‘Most Promising New Blog,’ which is an incredible honor, given that Suffragio remains a one-man show for someone whose day [...]
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…for a deafening roar of elections this week: On Chávez, on Abe, on Moon and on Monti. On Mahama, on Ponta, on Park and on Morsi. To the top of the ballot! Fight tooth, nail and claw! Then govern away, but not in violation of law. But also — happy Hanukkah, merry Christmas and [...]
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A humorous post on Weibo, China’s variant of Twitter, of various shots of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin nodding off — or otherwise looking quite somnolent at the 18th National People’s Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. The Congress kicked off earlier today in Beijing, and is expected to produce the elevation of Xi Jinping [...]
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