With Legacy In Mind, Bush Reassesses His Agenda ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Washington Post by Peter Baker - September 28, 2007 - 12:00am As he addresses a conference on climate change this morning, President Bush will face not only a crowd of skeptics but the press of time. For nearly seven years, he invested little personal energy in the challenge of global warming. Now, with the end in sight, he has called the biggest nations of the world together to press for a plan by the end of next year. » Read more

Changing The West Bank Status Quo: A Conversation With Brigadier General (ret.) Baruch Spiegel ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Israel Policy Forum August 27, 2008 - 12:00am On Thursday, August 21, IPF National Scholar Steven L. Spiegel moderated a discussion with Israeli Brigadier General (ret.), Baruch Spiegel, who currently serves President Shimon Peres as advisor on regional affairs, economic development, and special projects. The following is a summary of his remarks. » Read more

Iconic Palestinian Headscarf Outgrows Mideast Conflict ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Agence France Presse (AFP) August 29, 2008 - 12:00am Anti-war activists and fashionistas have carried the iconic Palestinian keffiyeh across the globe, but in the West Bank producers of the headscarf are struggling to compete with Chinese imports. The black-and-white checkered scarf -- which became an international symbol of the Palestinian struggle when Yasser Arafat first sported it in the 1960s -- has since grown into a global phenomenon more and more disconnected from the land and the struggle in which it was born. » Read more