Matt Peterson is World Politics Review's associate editor. He worked as a researcher and editor for several years before joining WPR. He has worked at Yale University, the Australian National University and the Carnegie Council, among others, and was the founding CFO of the nonprofit organization Incentives for Global Health. He has a B.A. from Tufts University and an M.S. from the London School of Economics. Follow him on Twitter at @matt_edits.
India and the European Union have reportedly hit a snag in their long-running negotiations over a free trade agreement, hoped to boost bilateral trade by nearly $30 billion. Initially slated for signature in early April, the agreement now appears to have been postponed until 2012. One of the key sticking points in the negotiations is a proposal to enhance intellectual property protections for medicine. more
A meeting of international space agencies in Washington produced an agreement on cooperation in exploring the solar system, according to Russia's space agency.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Kenya for a three-day African diplomatic mission.
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The head of the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur has warned that tensions over the upcoming referendum in South Sudan may spill over into Darfur.
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Nicaragua has rejected a call by the Organization of American States to withdraw troops from the disputed Isla Calero territory and has accused Costa Rica and several other countries of defending drug traffickers.
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Turkey aims to increase trade with Bangladesh, the Turkish prime minister said on a visit to Dhaka this weekend.
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Costa Rica has extended its unilateral deadline for withdrawal of Nicaraguan troops from disputed territory.
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Colombia became the eighth country to ratify the charter of the Union of South American Nations, or UNASUR.
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South Africa is preparing to finalize an agricultural land deal with the Republic of Congo.
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Colombia responded positively to a regional integration proposal by Peru to create a free-movement zone for labor and capital among South America's Pacific Coast nations. more
Turkey has agreed to join the the European cybercrime regime. more
In an e-mail interview, Jonas Parello-Plesner, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, discussed relations between Asia and the EU.
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Peru has concluded free-trade negotiations with Japan and South Korea, according to the Peruvian foreign minister.
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Romania and Moldova signed a treaty regulating their common border.
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Albania has been denied EU candidate status, on the grounds that it did not meet the so-called Copenhagen criteria for membership.
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In an e-mail interview, W. Alejandro Sanchez, a research fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, discusses the history and significance of Argentina's nuclear program.
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A Kenyan appeals court ordered the release of nine suspected pirates, ruling that Kenya has no jurisdiction over events that did not occur within the country's territorial waters.
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Firms from the U.K. and China signed a $1.2 billion jet-engine deal in Beijing, during a state visit by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Costa Rica issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the removal of Nicaraguan troops from disputed territory following a call by the Organization of American States for both sides to withdraw from the area.
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Two days of U.N.-brokered talks between Morocco and the Polisario Front failed to produce agreement over the future of Western Sahara, according to a U.N. official.
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