: About Me

Russell H. Smith is a Pulitzer Center awarding winning citizen journalist. He has a BA in Music and Philosophy and a Master of Diplomacy/Master of Arts (International Relations). He has spent 10 years in the Australian Public Service and that again working for several international NGOs. Stints in Lebanon, Sudan, Yemen and travel across the Middle and Far East have rounded his world-view. His writing and opinion editorials focus on the eclecticism of U.S. foreign policy and its profound shaping of international systems.

My passion is ...

my boys...music and my writing

I know too much about ...

humanity gone wrong...

My parents always told me ...

be true to yourself and love your children...

My childhood ambition ...

to be a Bee Gee!

My favorite memory ...

the love and inspiration of my grandfather.

Why I write ...

is an expression of the inner...

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

the next move of the U.S.

My first job ...

pubic servant...

My best moment ...

the birth of my first child...

My inspiration ...

that we live in peace...

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center How is the struggle for water, such as in Ethiopia and Kenya, shaping conflicts in this century?

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An astute commentator recently opined: "Plant Earth should really be called Planet Water". It is a simple enough (albeit tongue-in-cheek) observation; in a not so simple world, facing complex Eco-challenges. None more so, than the scarcity of a resource that's symbolic of life itself - a freshwater crisis, threatening to ignite the much vaunted water wars. Yet media coverage and international public debate is as parched as the rivers themselves. And while the various "schools' of thought" argue about the legitimacy of global climate change, the window of opportunity closes on viably quench...

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