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On the WikiLeaks debate

The New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks lays out many of the central issues in the debate over whether WikiLeaks is doing the public service or harm in publishing previously inaccessible military and diplomatic communications (including more than 1,200 cables sent by the U.S. Embassy in Prague). While critical of WikiLeaks decision to release [...]

The EU and Middle East peace

  Back at the start of the Czech EU presidency in January 2009 the war in Gaza was raging and EU member states were rushing to the front of the line to help broker peace. Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (in his first tour of duty) was heading up an EU “fact-finding” mission. At the same time [...]