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What a Novel Principle; Turning Power Over to Your Brother
Fidel Castro announces retirement The National Assembly is widely expected to elect 76-year-old Raul Castro as his successor, although analysts say there is speculation about a possible generational jump with…
Let’s See If They Can Create Both a “Free Country” and a Country of Freedom
Kosovo MPs proclaim independence The fact that the EU will be running things from afar gives little cause for hope that the Kosovars will generate their own independent judiciary and…
Turning Their Backs on Destructive Nationalism
First Poland, now Serbia (“Serbia election victory for Tadic“). Bravo.
Cudjoe v. Clooney
My friend and colleague Franklin Cudjoe, the leader of the IMANI think tank in Ghana and editor of the joint IMANI/Cato project AfricanLiberty.org, takes on the appointment of George Clooney…
New Resource for Afghanistan
AfghanPress.org (Readers of Persian can also visit the Persian Lamp of Liberty, Cheragheazadi.org)
Capitalism, Free Trade, and Democracy
The quotes in this Washington Post story (“Shanghai’s Middle Class Launches Quiet, Meticulous Revolt“) tell a lot: “They can’t arrest everybody,” said Yao, a 58-year-old protester who asked that his…
John Githongo on Kenya’s Crisis
The Kenyan former anti-corruption official interviewed on the BBC. He wrote “Kenya’s Fight against Corruption: An Uneven Path to Political Accountability” for the Cato Institute last year and gave his…
A View from Zimbabwe
My friend Rejoice Ngwenya of Zimbabwe has an insightful column that was syndicated to the African print media by AfricanLiberty.org: “The Irony of a Jacob Zuma Presidency.”
Kenya’s Agony
My colleagues at AfricanLiberty.org and UnMondeLibre.org have been busy covering the crisis in Kenya and offering to African public opinion some rational solutions to avoid another Rwanda.