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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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2010

  • December 19, 2009 - Global responders to disasters list — Who's been naughty, who's been nice?
  • January 1, 2009 - The year ahead — 2010 (Unfortunately, we were right last year on new age of Carter)
  • January 10, 2009 - Secretary general calls for change in 'international mindset' on Afghan situation
  • January 15, 2010 - Haiti's agony, and the world's
  • January 22, 2010 - Helping Haiti help itself
  • January 29, 2010 - Foreign policy sidelined in Obama address
  • February 5, 2010 - 'Rehabilitation' of Confucius in communist China is all about control
  • February 12, 2010 - Greek crisis: A cautionary tale for the USA
  • February 19, 2010 - Suddenly serious about the atomic ayatollahs
  • March 1, 2010 - Another Falklands showdown only this time Thatcher and Reagan are not around
  • March 8, 2010 - Globalization has created new wealth but has also fueled transnational organized crime
  • March 15, 2010 - Universally admired? Obama faces uphill battle at UN on Iran sanctions
  • March 22, 2010 - UN envoy on human rights in North Korea couldn't even enter the country
  • March 29, 2010 - Google leaves for Hong Kong, but the 'Great Firewall' has not budged
  • April 5, 2010 - Save the SS United States!
  • April 13, 2010 - What's dangerous about Obama’s new nuclear doctrine: It's only words
  • April 19, 2010 - Obama's America swaps 'The Right Stuff' for earthly entitlements
  • April 26, 2010 - Remembering 'Year Zero' when Beijing-backed regime rammed socialism through
  • May 3, 2010 - Cuban paradise: 9 in 1,000 access the web; 20 state agents per foreign correspondent
  • May 10, 2010 - Iran rants at nuclear talks answered with silence, inaction
  • May 17, 2010 - UN answers Times Square threat with talk; Obama, with a cut in anti-terror funding
  • May 24, 2010 - Slaps on wrists for Somali pirates results in guess what? More piracy!
  • May 31, 2010 - Former U.S. allies Turkey and Brazil back the Iran regime
  • June 7, 2010 - Global economy report: Hope in the East and Germany, gloom in the West
  • June 14, 2010 - World [minus Lebanon, Brazil and Turkey] get tough with [frowns] at Iran
  • June 21, 2010 - Gulf oil slick has White House surrounded
  • June 28, 2010 - Conflict resolution, not: Remembering the 60-year-old 'Forgotten War'
  • July 5, 2010 - The 'beautiful Game' in the beautiful country
  • July 12, 2010 - Sorry soccer team symbolizes malaise in France
  • July 19, 2010 - Euro currency art: Bridges and gates, no style, national symbols, people or cathedrals
  • July 26, 2010 - Does Kosovo’s status give green light to separatist movements?
  • August 2, 2010 - UN — checked by China — offers only words of concern as Darfur crisis worsens
  • August 9, 2010 - Pakistan: From hell to worse and, once again, it is the U.S. that is leading aid effort
  • August 23, 2010 - Radio: Still critical in the worldwide marketplace of ideas
  • Augst 30, 2010 - 'Indisputable': China stakes claim to South China Sea
  • September 6, 2010 - ‘Turning the page’ in Iraq: And now, chapter II
  • September 13, 2010 - Crisis overload hobbles Pakistan relief efforts
  • September 20, 2010 - Sounds of convening General Assembly: Bombast, peace talk, hammers
  • September 27, 2010 - Georgia, on the rebound, challenges Moscow to take down 'new Iron Curtain'
  • October 4, 2010 - Nuggets of common sense at the UN
  • October 11, 2010 - A Nobel Peace Prize hits the target
  • October 18, 2010 - Hardball at the UN Security Council
  • October 25, 2010 - How much do Americans really want to learn from the French?
  • November 1, 2010 - Former PM: Putin ‘can’t understand people who have values’
  • November 8, 2010 - Politics trumps human rights on Ban Ki-Moon’s re-election campaign stop in China
  • November 8, 2010 - UN Security Council reform: Brazil, Germany, India and Japan seek permanent status
  • November 22, 2010 - UN answers North Korea’s neutrons-over-nutrition policy with ... food aid
  • November 29, 2010 - More to the WikiLeaks than a leaky Army clerk?
  • December 13, 2010 - China surges in global student test scores, a ‘Sputnik moment for U.S. education’
  • December 20, 2010 - UN formally ends ‘dark era of Saddam Hussein’
  • December 27, 2010 - A glimpse into the geopolitical crystal ball for 2011
  • January 3, 2010 - ‘Peaceful rise’ talk and China’s walk as summit with U.S. nears


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