The reports concerning the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria have been greeted with skepticism by the Russians. The Russian Foreign Minister reminded the world that similar warnings were made about Iraq prior to the US invasion in 2003. Syrian activists outside of Syrian are also skeptical of the claim.
The German economy, long the mainstay of the overall European economy, is slowing down, suggesting that the entire European economy might be heading back into a recession. Given the economic growth rates in several of those countries is already negative, the news is hardly good.
There has been increased emphasis on trying to figure out a diplomatic solution to the horrible violence in Central Africa. Negotiations are at best fitful, and the lack of sustained attention to the underlying dynamics of the violence undermines all attempts at diplomacy. Foreign Policy ran a good article on how to proceed with a possible solution.
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