Morning Brief, Monday, March 10
2008 U.S. Elections EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images Barack Obama won a big victory in the Wyoming caucuses Satuday, netting himself two delegates. Next up? Mississippi, where the Illinois senator is also favored. The Clintons are calling for a Hillary/Barack unity ticket. Remember the sleeping girl in that “3. a.m. phone call” ad? In real life, she ...
2008 U.S. Elections
EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images
Barack Obama won a big victory in the Wyoming caucuses Satuday, netting himself two delegates. Next up? Mississippi, where the Illinois senator is also favored.
2008 U.S. Elections
Barack Obama won a big victory in the Wyoming caucuses Satuday, netting himself two delegates. Next up? Mississippi, where the Illinois senator is also favored.
The Clintons are calling for a Hillary/Barack unity ticket.
Remember the sleeping girl in that “3. a.m. phone call” ad? In real life, she backs Obama.
The New York Times asks questions: Is Hillary Clinton a bad manager? Is Barack Obama an inconsequential senator? Is John McCain a bad fundraiser?
Europe
Spanish PM José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s Social Party picked up five seats in Spain’s bitterly waged legislative elections but failed to win an outright majority.
As expected, France’s municipal elections were a setback for President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose prime minister vowed to continue his reform agenda.
Nationalist PM Vojislav Kostunica dissolved the Serbian government in a bid to boost anti-EU forces and capitalize on anger over Kosovo.
Italy’s top appeals court has ruled that women can lie to conceal adultery.
Asia
Pakistan’s two leading political parties are teaming up against President Pervez Musharraf.
Malaysia’s ruling coalition has taken a beating, as have the country’s markets.
Yao Ming says he’ll be ready to play in time for the Olympics.
Middle East
Gaza is relatively calm as the Egyptians negotiate a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Israel approved new construction in the West Bank.
A female suicide bomber killed a Sunni tribal leader in Diyala Province, Iraq.
If you live in Saudi Arabia and you get a message on your mobile phone from Ayman al-Zawihiri, please alert the authorities within a week.
Vice President Dick Cheney is headed to the Middle East next week.
Elsewhere
President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have banned waterboarding by the CIA.
U.S. demand for oil decreased slightly in February. The average pump price for gasoline has hit a record $3.20 per gallon.
Venezuela moved to restore diplomatic ties with Colombia.
New research suggests that carbon emissions must fall to near zero if we are to avoid dangerous global warming. That’s good news for carbon-emissions traders.
Today’s Agenda
- Local elections are taking place in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, an area recently taken from the Tamil Tiger rebels.
- Indonesia’s president is visiting Iran.
- President Bush is welcoming Polish PM Donald Tusk to the White House.
- Queen Elizabeth of England is hosting Commonwealth Day celebrations in London.
More from Foreign Policy


Is Cold War Inevitable?
A new biography of George Kennan, the father of containment, raises questions about whether the old Cold War—and the emerging one with China—could have been avoided.


So You Want to Buy an Ambassadorship
The United States is the only Western government that routinely rewards mega-donors with top diplomatic posts.


Can China Pull Off Its Charm Offensive?
Why Beijing’s foreign-policy reset will—or won’t—work out.


Turkey’s Problem Isn’t Sweden. It’s the United States.
Erdogan has focused on Stockholm’s stance toward Kurdish exile groups, but Ankara’s real demand is the end of U.S. support for Kurds in Syria.