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Columns by John Metzler

 John J. Metzler is a U.N. correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He writes weekly for World Tribune.com.
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2011

  • October 17, 2011 - Somalia's horsemen of the apocalypse: Drought, famine, militias, global indifference
  • October 10, 2011 - Russia-China double veto at the UN allows Syria to get away with murder
  • October 3, 2011 - Voices of experience from the Soviet bloc offer counsel to Arab Spring leaders
  • September 26, 2011 - Ahmadinejad’s UN rant: No mention of Arab spring, deep-rooted protests back home
  • September 19, 2011 - UN Assembly opens with no answers for an uneasy world
  • September 12, 2011 - New York City, 10 years later: Pessimism vanquished, but terror threat remains
  • September 5, 2011 - Ousted from his sandbox, a petrodollar playboy terrorist is at large in the Sahara
  • August 29, 2011 - Who voted against UN condemnation of Syria crackdown, and who abstained
  • August 18, 2011 - It's August in France, but Sarko's not taking it easy
  • August 9, 2011 - Long hot Syrian summer: Protesters caught in a complex international vise
  • August 2, 2011 - Euro currency — bridge to nowhere?
  • July 26, 2011 - UN report card cites ‘progress’ in post-surge Iraq
  • July 19, 2011 - Unthinkable horror: The targeting of children in 21st century warfare
  • July 13, 2011 - Unifying the Chinas across the Taiwan straits despite warring political systems
  • July 6, 2011 - Global recession? Taiwan booming in the Chinese dragon's shadow
  • June 29, 2011 - China's rulers pressing claim on the entire South China Sea
  • June 15, 2011 - From Gates to NATO with tough love: But does Euroland care?
  • June 7, 2011 - East Asian economies booming as U.S. engine losing steam
  • May 31, 2011 - As U.S.-Pakistan ties cool, China waits with open arms
  • May 24, 2011 - Syria, Libya, Nicaragua flunk the smell test for the UN's Human Rights Council
  • May 17, 2011 - Prospect of political Renaissance no comfort for civilians caught in the crossfire
  • May 10, 2011 - Man in Space 1961-2011: Does America still have the ‘Right Stuff’?
  • May 3, 2011 - Dealing with a cowardly superterrorist the right way: Up close and personal
  • April 26, 2011 - This week's royal wedding — Why the world cares
  • April 19, 2011 - Libya mission prompts transatlantic divide: The Paris option
  • April 12, 2011 - As goes Portugal so could go EU and, yes, the USA
  • April 5, 2011 - China buying up resource-rich Africa, Zimbabwe in particular
  • March 28, 2011 - Dictators and the sizzle factor: Being evil is not enough
  • March 22, 2011 - Indecisive commander in chief is shamed into action by France and Hillary
  • March 14, 2011 - Time to return the favor to one of world’s top first responders
  • March 8, 2011 - Toppling, at long last, the tyrant of Tripoli
  • March 1, 2011 - U.S., Canada still enjoying fruits of Reagan-Mulroney ‘Shamrock Summit’
  • February 22, 2011 - Chickens coming home to roost for an ex-terrorist scared straight by Bush
  • February 14, 2011 - Communist China and the New World [Trade] Order
  • February 7, 2011 - Mubarak under the bus: As Obama himself said, ‘At times America has shown arrogance’
  • January 31, 2011 - Somali pirates are winning in ‘race’ with international community
  • January 18, 2011 - Hizbullah, backed by Iran, pushes Lebanon to the brink
  • January 10, 2010 - A vote and a prayer for Christian, southern Sudan


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