A recent report by UNEP and Interpol estimated that between 50 to 90 per cent of logging in key tropical countries of… — Achim Steiner Copy Share Image
When we talk about Orientalist painting, we're talking about painting generally from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century, and some would say… — Kehinde Wiley Copy Share Image
Burma is located between China, India, and South East Asia. So it is quite natural that a country wanting diplomatic relations with… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Rising sea levels will result in tens to hundreds of millions more people flooded each year with a warming of 3 or… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
When I got the women's marathon into the Olympics and we had races all over the world I thought, 'That's great, now… — Kathrine Switzer Copy Share Image
The largest source of greenhouse gases in the coming decades will not be the US, Western Europe and Japan, but the developing… — Ross Gelbspan Copy Share Image
Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
I first met Kim Dae Jung when he was a Korean dissident whose life was threatened by the military regime ruling in… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
With Singapore's partnership, the United States in engaging more deeply across South-east Asia and Asean, which is central to the region's peace… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are many in East Asia who simply judge students on the basis of national tests. The top universities in the United… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
The era when the United States was the dominant global power is steadily coming to an end, and it must find a… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
There are times when the gospel just seems to be powerfully at work in a nation, and thousands upon thousands are converted.… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
As the CIA tried to find itself, the threat of international terrorism emanating from the Middle East, Africa, North Africa and Central… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“In any East Asian culture, you will find that women have a very tangible power within the household. This is often rejcted… — Sandra Buckley Copy Share Image
America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Twenty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Walland the lifting of the iron curtain, troublespots abound: the Middle East and parts… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
My favorite species to study would be Cobras and King Cobras which are two different families. They're very intelligent, and they're beautiful… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
