Treaties Pacts and Agreements

Cold War Turning Point: Fifty Years On

10 Jun 2013

John F. Kennedy delivers a commencement address that became known as a "strategy of peace" speech at American University on June 10, 1963. Photo courtesy of American University. Only a small plaque at an athletic field on the outer edges of northwest Washington marks one of the turning points of the Cold War: On that spot on June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered what came to be ...

Egypt-Ethiopia water dispute escalates after threatening remarks

6 Jun 2013

Egyptian politicians are caught on camera suggesting sabotage or a bombing to stop Ethiopia's Nile dam project. CAIRO — A battle over water has turned into a war of colorful rhetoric between Ethiopia and Egypt over the flow of the Nile, which begins in the African highlands but keeps Egypt from being swallowed entirely by desert.

China's moves in Western Hemisphere have US stepping up its game

31 May 2013

China's courting of Latin America and the Caribbean - signaled anew this week by a visit by its president - is prodding the United States to step up its outreach to the rapidly emerging economies, which are showing greater global clout.