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Agriculture subsidies and trade manipulation have long been among the most intractable of policy problems....

By not agreeing to dismantle a single centrifuge, Iran has not rolled back its nuclear infrastructure.  Iran retains the ability to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon in as little as 2 months....

In a live conversation from Hong Kong, Washington D.C. and Honolulu, Grassroot Institute president Keli’i Akina kicks off his China-speaking tour....

...smashed buildings and completely defoliated trees, with widespread looting and unclaimed bodies decaying in the open air....

The TPP has been behind closed doors for a long time. The wait will be more than worth it if a sound agreement is struck....

The State Department closed 21 U.S. embassies over the weekend....

Obama backed the administration of Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was just ousted by the protesters and the military....

American Islamists, like the American Stalinists before them, are unwilling to question the Muslim Brotherhood's ideology....

Educators at the two independent High Schools on Yap have announced plans for a public exhibition and competition, featuring teams from their student robotics clubs....

LOST is essentially a new world government of the sea that redistributes wealth and seeks to control supply and demand of oceanic resources....

The Yen-denominated price of Hawaii vacations jumped 3% today and has increased 23% since September....

...it could fire rockets on Guam, Hawaii and the U.S. mainland in retaliation for American bomber sorties....

...Obama's car came to a halt in Israel yesterday, reportedly because it had been filled with the wrong kind of gas.... 

Delegates to the conference talked about whether to “keep or dump” North Korea and debated whether China, as a major power, should “fight or talk” with the North....

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Chavez’s death has far-reaching—and potentially dangerous—implications for the U.S. and the world....

Zero Dark Thirty actors Jessica Chastain and Jason Clarke called for the release of Dr. Shakil Afridi, who helped the U.S. track Osama bin Laden....

Senior U.S. administration officials held secret talks in North Korea on at least three occasions in 2011 and 2012....

I was surprised by the interest in -and frankly awareness of- the big issues we are facing in Micronesia....

How can American foreign policy meet the challenge of radical Islam?  -- By adopting the principles America used to win the cold war, said Senator Rand Paul....

In an unfolding plot that is part “The Sopranos,” part “An Inconvenient Truth,” authorities swept across Sicily last month....

Those wishing to hear Aung San Suu Kyi speak in person can purchase a ticket to the Rotary International's Rotary Global Peace Forum dinner where Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver the keynote speech on Saturday, Jan. 26....

China set a record with its investments around the world in 2012. And in the United States, China shattered its previous investment record.

Operation Southern Fist II near Shor Bak, Afghanistan....

...Heritage’s James Jay Carafano will explain why the Obama administration should rethink support for the U.N. peacekeeping mission there....

...parts are still arriving there and automobiles still being produced....

Why is this not news in Hawaii? Because First Wind’s local partner is Kamehameha Schools....

...tax-payer-provided subsidies are beggar-thy-neighbor policies. At the end of the day, they just tend to cancel each other out and essentially transfer taxpayer money to corporations ....

Tropical Cyclone Evan was stationary over Samoa for approximately 24 hours.... 

North Korea successfully launched a missile early Wednesday—a big step toward achieving the capability to hit targets in the United States.

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...there's still lots of room for Mr Obama's administration to do more, and the US Travel Association has a great plan to further improve the situation....

As they did at the previous 17 conferences, developing nations demanded that the United States and other developed countries pay them for the climate’s effects....

Higher income Asian economies have suffered the most from the trade falloff. At the same time, labor markets and fiscal conditions in East and Southeast Asian developing countries remain far stronger than in the developed world....

High tech met traditional tech when a group of US Navy Seabees pitched in to help the Waa’gey traditional canoe project in Yap, Micronesia....

...the United Nation’s is holding its annual “We’ve got to save the planet this year or it’s too late and we’re all doomed — no really, this time we mean it,” Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Doha, Qatar this year.... 

Starting on Monday, the 193 member states of the ITU will meet in Dubai to update the 1988 International Telecommunications Regulations.  The ITU is looking to transform itself into a “global Internet rule maker” ....

International treaties sound like a good idea, especially when they claim to protect vulnerable people.