The very long presence of American troops in Iraq is winding down. We will be assessing the conflict for a very long time as events unfold. Importantly, about 14,000 US troops will remain in Iraq and the US diplomatic presence there is huge. So it’s not as if the US will be leaving a huge power vacuum in the region. But the internal and external coalitions of which Iraq is a part remain unstable and fragile. One can only hope for the best since there is no center of power within Iraq right now.
Canada has withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol, signaling a major change in attitude toward the problem of climate change. The withdrawal suggests a serious loss of confidence in the multilateral process occasioned by the poor showing at Durban. Clearly, governments no longer feel the need to respond to the threat of climate change as long as the economic situation is so unsettled.
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