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Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Can the US military be effective in nonmilitary efforts to revive a war-battered community?

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It will come as a surprise to many that the UN Charter does not include the term "peacekeeping". To be sure, the Charter is completely silent on general operational guidelines on how the Parliament of man should act in concert when it chooses military intervention. The closing decades of the 20th century attests to the often ... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Democratic Leaders Can Hillary Clinton be an effective president?

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Hillary Rodham Clinton was no ordinary First Lady. In the 218-year history of American First Ladies she is an anomaly: the first co-presidency elected U.S. senator, and if destiny prevails, the 44th President of the U.S. However, this by no means suggests that her predecessors lacked ambition or achievement.Edith Roosevelt, w... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Why has international intervention to stop the fighting in Darfur failed, and what policy alternatives might succeed?

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As the world's arteries harden toward Africa you will often hear references to "Afro-pessimism", failed state, ethnic cleansing and genocide. Provocative language evoked by provocative deeds - conjuring up the dark side of humanity - and all too often characterizing the "Dark Continent". If the Congo as Joseph Conrad wrote in... More..

Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Archives Will Al Gore bid for 2008 and could he do it?

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Any meaningful debate regarding Al Gore's aspirations for the U.S. presidency in 2008 must first address "an inconvenient truth" about his 2000 presidential campaign. It had nothing to do with climate change or indeed Bill Clinton, but was cyclonic nonetheless, ultimately leveling Gore's campaign and thwarting his move across... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Terrorism Is the Pakistani government helping or hindering the fight against terrorism?

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As radical mullahs roam the deserts and refugee camps of Balochistan- trekking through the mountainous corridors along the lawless Pakistani-Afghan border - spewing venomous vindictive at every turn; pronouncing fatwa and inciting jihad, while imbuing the forces of political Islam across Pakistan. So concerned was its US-ally... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center How should Lebanon address its "Palestinian issue" and what can the international community do to help?

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It was the northern summer of 1998 - just as France celebrated its 3-0 trouncing of the much favored Brazil in the FIFA World Cup Final - that I undertook the first of many sojourns to the former French-mandated Lebanon. Few countries are so riddled with contradictions, so bathed in paradox - that a morning's dip in the emera... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies The legacy of Secretary of State Colin Powell

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When unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate as George W. Bush's nominee as Secretary of State, Colin L. Powell became the 64th individual to assume the role as America's chief diplomat. In doing so he would follow six former U.S. presidents and two highly decorated 4-star generals as the 65th Secretary of State on January 2... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Tony Blair's Middle East mission

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It is surely inconceivable that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair isn't acquainted with the old adage: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." So how are we to read Mr Blair's appointment (a Washington sponsored role) as senior plenipotentiary to the international diplomatic Middle East Quartet? Is th... More..

Arts & Humanities > 20th & 21st Century US History The legacy of Theodore Roosevelt

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President, statesman, historian, biographer, political writer, soldier, conservationist, travel writer, essayist, and autobiographer so reads the resume of the twenty-sixth president of the U.S. Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt. None of these descriptors are arbitrary all are earned and legitimate. Teddy Roosevelt remains a towerin... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Can individuals significantly ease the world water crisis, or must we rely on governments, corporations, the United Nations, the European Union and non-profits, for a remedy?

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There is no nation, arguably no continent, which suffers the acute extremes of "Mother Nature" more than Australia. For as you read, just over 1,000 miles separates mass flooding to its north-east, and a deadly inferno to the south, which has claimed nearly 200 lives.After all, Australia is not only the world's oldest, flatte... More..

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