Inquirer Columnist - Trudy Rubin http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin RSS Feed for Inq Col Trudy Rubin en-us Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:46:00 GMT Worldview: What mind-set will dominate Obama's visit to Russia http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090705_Worldview__What_mind-set_will_dominate_Obama_s_visit_to_Russia.html When President Obama visits Moscow this week, he'll have long meetings and dinner with President Dmitry Medvedev, a 44-year-old lawyer who says he wants to advance the rule of law. Worldview: Iran talks must be delayed http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090701_Worldview__Iran_talks_must_be_delayed.html Now that Iran has officially confirmed its tainted election outcome, President Obama must reconsider how to deal with the regime. Worldview: What happens next in Iraq? http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090628_Worldview__What_happens_next_in_Iraq_.html While Americans have been glued to the Iran drama, we have arrived at a critical turning point in Iraq. By Tuesday, the United States will have withdrawn its combat troops, with few exceptions, from Iraqi cities, in accordance with a security agreement with Iraqis signed in November. (All U.S. troops are supposed to be out by the end of 2011.) Worldview: Two who played a key role http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090624_Worldview__Two_who_played_a_key_role.html One of the more amazing and less-noticed aspects of the Iranian election drama is the leading role played by women. In fact, two women have come to symbolize the opposition to an unjust regime. Worldview: Without U.S. help, Iranians learn to stand on their own http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090621_Worldview__Without_U_S__help__Iranians_learn_to_stand_on_their_own.html The ongoing drama in Iran marks a turning point in Middle East history - precisely because the United States has chosen, so far, not to intervene. Worldview: U.S. can't back Iran protest http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090617_Worldview__U_S__can_t_back_Iran_protest.html Can you hold a dialogue with an Iranian regime that blatantly steals an election as the world watches? Should we help the Iranians who are protesting that election? Worldview: Obama's Cairo speech already having an effect http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090614_Worldview__Obama_s_Cairo_speech_already_having_an_effect.html Two weeks' vacation in Italy is a great way for a foreign-affairs columnist to escape from regular duty. As I left Rome on Thursday, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was entertaining Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, who arrived with a group of female bodyguards and pitched his bedouin tent in a public park. Worldview: Afghan women fight on http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090527_Worldview__Afghan_women_fight_on.html Last month, a group of brave Afghan women held a public demonstration in Kabul against a new marriage law - a law that would have reintroduced Taliban-era restrictions on women and would have legitimized marital rape. Worldview: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090607_Worldview_.html Trudy Rubin's column, "Worldview," does not appear today. She is on vacation. Worldview: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/trudy_rubin/20090531_Worldview_.html "Worldview": Trudy Rubin is on vacation.