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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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2008

  • January 7, 2008 - Comrade Hugo Chavez bids for the 'hearths and minds' of low-income Americans
  • January 16, 2008 - Pundits, and the media, proven wrong in New Hampshire primary
  • January 21, 2008 - Algeria no safe haven for unguarded UN aid offices
  • January 31, 2008 - Memo to the Democrats: Common sense on Afghanistan from a Canadian liberal
  • February 6, 2008 - Sub-prime economy? 'It’s high oil prices stupid!'
  • February 14, 2008 - Africa’s arc of crisis overwhelms the UN
  • February 21, 2008 - Russia's Putin bringing geopolitical 'change' while U.S. candidates talk
  • February 28, 2008 - Farewell Fidel, Hola Raul! But please, Sen. Obama, there's nothing to talk about yet
  • March 6, 2008 - Symphony in the North, pragmatism in the South: Springtime for Korea?
  • March 14, 2008 - China’s military surge looks beyond Taiwan
  • March 20, 2008 - Progress in Afghanistan despite ongoing horrors, international apathy
  • March 28, 2008 - Beijing caught between its 'autonomous' Tibet and a vibrant Taiwan
  • April 4, 2008 - Comrade Mugabe teeters on the brink of his political grave
  • April 11, 2008 - Olympics: From PR bonanza to nightmare for Beijing
  • April 21, 2008 - Pope Benedict XVI at the UN: Sensible words devoid of hot air
  • April 28, 2008 - If no blue helmets in Darfur, then whom would UN rescue?
  • May 5, 2008 - North Korea's dictatorship cares more for its nukes than food for its people
  • May 15, 2008 - Yet another Burma outrage: China again blocks UN action
  • May 26, 2008 - Even the UN hasn't bought the gloom and doom scenario
  • June 4, 2008 - Peacekeepers or placeholders: The blue helmets show up — then what?
  • June 11, 2008 - UN responds to pirates in Somalia’s troubled waters with stern words, not armed patrols
  • June 18, 2008 - Aiding Afghanistan, doing ourselves a big favor
  • June 25, 2008 - Berlin remembers the air lift that made 'Care Packages' part of the German language
  • July 7, 2008 - Zimbabwe enters the 'heart of darkness': Only hope may be South Africa
  • July 15, 2008 - International rule of law at The Hague Africa
  • July 28, 2008 - Obama abroad:  'Ich Bin Ein Globalist'
  • August 5, 2008 - Beijing's summer spectacle! Just now I'll take the Riviera
  • August 12, 2008 - Solzhenitsyn; Homage to a Russian Icon
  • August 20, 2008 - Russia plays hardball, disrupting Euro vacations, 'soft power' daydreams
  • September 3, 2008 - Opium-funded Taliban taking aim at European allies
  • September 12, 2008 - GOP platform offers more gravitas on E. Asia policy
  • September 19, 2008 - 'Kumbaya’ at the UN, but Georgia on their minds
  • September 26, 2008 - Bush at UN: Respect for political freedom makes nations better neighbors
  • October 6, 2008 - Taiwan case again confronts China at UN door
  • October 14, 2008 - Non-stop, media-fed anxiety
  • October 21, 2008 - First post-meltdown election — in Canada — offers lessons for South of the Border
  • October 28, 2008 - Power politics at the UN Security Council carousel
  • November 5, 2008 - Change Fidel can believe in? UN again calls for lifting of U.S. embargo
  • November 11, 2008 - Dark days of Jimmy Carter come full circle
  • November 19, 2008 - Unheard voices from Afghanistan's neighbors
  • November 28, 2008 - Iran has successfully played for time and now, time's up
  • December 5, 2008 - Zimbabwe: From breadbasket to tragic basket case
  • December 12, 2008 - Obama may have to deal with Somalia's longterm crisis, including the pirates
  • December 19, 2008 - UN slams N. Korean on rights; Defending regime were China, Cuba, Iran, Burma, Russia, Venezuela, Syria


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