Results for “United Nations Secretary-General”

…eated everything often—to the precipice of an international crisis. “North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with the fire and the fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening beyond a normal state, and as I said they...

…g to the most recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections, China will have larger share of global GDP than the United States by 2017. In 1980, in PPP terms, the US share of the global economy was 25 percent, while China’s was 2.2 percent. By 2017, the US share will decli...

…O will lead Ukraine to a membership in the Alliance following a path similar to that of Montenegro. With regard to the United States, for now President Trump’s ambiguous positioning in Russian affairs seems to have little impact on the U.S. Administration's Ukraine policy. The A...

…sa New has under way to bring poetry into the mainstream, and, especially, into English Language Arts classrooms in the United States and around the world. The initiative, Poetry in America, includes a HarvardX online course, a television series we're creating with WGBH to be pai...

…aker, friendly witnesses, adding fuel to the director’s comprehensive critique of the way business has been done in the United States and the other advanced capitalist countries for the past two decades. Both American political parties are indicted; “Inside Job” is not simply a...

…t countries make coming out of a financial crisis is they shift too quickly to premature restraint. You saw that in the United States in the 30s, you saw that in Japan in the 90s. It is very important for us to avoid that mistake. If the government does nothing going forward, the...

…tinue to support American policy, including maintaining ties with Israel and distance from Iran. At the same time, the United States’ standing in public opinion in Egypt and around the region continues to suffer because of decades of support for undemocratic governments like the...

…aker, friendly witnesses, adding fuel to the director’s comprehensive critique of the way business has been done in the United States and the other advanced capitalist countries for the past two decades. Both American political parties are indicted; “Inside Job” is not simply an...

…, then first “black” Law Review editor, then Illinois legislator—then his memorable “not Red States nor Blue States but United States” speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention. But always with the flaw of compromising where he should not. The second major mistake he made right a...

…am back years or more.” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo = “Pompeo wants the band back together. He doesn’t believe the United States can credibly induce the Iranians towards a more constructive posture by themselves, and accordingly wants a tougher, common front to force better...

…g to the most recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections, China will have larger share of global GDP than the United States by 2017. In 1980, in PPP terms, the US share of the global economy was 25 percent, while China’s was 2.2 percent. By 2017, the US share will decli...

the United States and Europe imposed sanctions — mostly travel bans and asset freezes — on certain key regime officials while exempting Mr. Assad. Only later did they add his name to the list. The rhetoric is stiffening. On Thursday Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton decla...

… in democratic governments’ warnings not to use force against protesters. In other words, according to the Kremlin, the United States and its allies stoke uprisings and then threaten to in- tervene if the authorities defend themselves. Rus- sias own response to the Maidan revolut...

…sa New has under way to bring poetry into the mainstream, and, especially, into English Language Arts classrooms in the United States and around the world. The initiative, Poetry in America, includes a HarvardX online course, a television series we're creating with WGBH to be pai...

…act, the current assault on federal decision-makers at the time, including now-Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta (then the United States Attorney in south Florida), condemns the federal authorities for not going far enough. The critics are entirely wrong. Neither the facts nor the...