By Dr Ashraf Ghani & Clare Lockhart, 21st May 2008
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An international peace mission to Zimbabwe is urgently required, as its presence will deny legitimacy to Robert Mugabe and strengthen democratic forces.
In their desperation to secure the Democratic Presidential candidacy, Senators Clinton and Obama have missed an excellent opportunity to support a key ally in South America.
The deepening political and military turmoil between the pro-Western government and opposition group Hezbollah in Lebanon is destabilising the country and underlines the need for greater security and pressure from the international community.
Given the Burmese junta's refusal to let in foreign aid workers and the United Nations' abject failure to do anything other than pontificate, the UK and other countries must act without delay to stave off a humanitarian crisis of epic proportions.
Iran's spreading influence throughout the Middle East and further afield warrants special attention.
There are more misunderstandings about the oil market than perhaps any other. Oil is not running out. High prices are caused by the world's inability to get its hands on the reserves we already have. But there are serious consequences to this way of thinking. Artificially high oil prices contribute to our inability to confront odious regimes who control oil supplies.
You won't see it at the polls, but pressure for reform is building across Iran.
Despite the need for a 'political' solution in Iraq, the US military remains the only body capable of providing it.
For those who would champion liberty, another death knoll sounded at the UN Human Rights Council recently.
Henry M. ‘Scoop’ Jackson (31st May 1912 - 1st September 1983)
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