The global economic slowdown is having an effect on unemployment in the world. Unemployment rates seem to be increasing in virtually every region of the world. It is hard to figure out when economic activity might pick up given the absence of any increase in demand. Somehow the governments of the world have to figure out how to break this downward cycle.
The Council on Foreign Relations has published a very nice essay on UN rules and the possibilities for humanitarian intervention in Syria. It is a very good backgrounder on a very controversial and complicated issue.
Foreign Policy has published an article on how the settlement movement has affected Israeli politics. The domestic forces in favor of a two-state solution are clearly losing power in Israeli politics and the rise of those who wish to annex the Occupied Territories is quite dramatic. We will know how powerful this movement has become as we get the results of the election tomorrow.
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