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World Affairs ArticlesJun 21st 2008
Everyone knows about the Panama Canal and how it connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans However not everyone knows that the United States originally wanted to build this canal through Nicaragua information on which can be found in NicaFSBO It was only through the efforts of a few lobbyists and the French intention to sell their interests on the Panama Canal that this plan was diverted Early Proposals Like the Panama Canal ideas for the...read more Jun 13th 2008
Hamas is waiting and hoping for an Obama victory in November During the Doha Debates BBC May leading Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Al Zahar categorically implied that the only way out of the current impasse in the Gaza strip would be a neutral and balanced administration in Washington Senator Obama can claim that he rejects any endorsement by Hamas that however is not the point The first relevant question Americans have to ask themselves is this...read more May 28th 2008
What is more inspiring than a dark night filled with sparkling stars There s just something magical about looking into the dark sky and seeing a sky packed with dazzeling stars it is certainly breath taking In all reality there is no real way to communicate how much stars effect us and how much the inability to see them really takes away from our ability to experience the night sky The inabililty to see the...read more May 27th 2008
Human Rights Watch and other rights groups recently accused Zimbabwe s army and President Robert Mugabe of unleashing terror and violence on dissenters of his -year regime According to the Associated Press Zimbabwe s opposition party and its presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai have linked the recent surge in violence after last months presidential election to the security forces and war veterans that are loyal to Robert Mugabe Mugabe s regime blames the opposition party for...read more May 25th 2008
We all know our Earth is in serious trouble If there is one person who can really turn around things in our country it is the president With elections round the corner and a line-up of presidential candidates don't all of us want to know who truly supports the green movement Here's a run down on the top candidates and their perspective of the environment Hillary Clinton She has been known for citing serious environmental...read more May 22nd 2008
This is the rather muddled tale of the public holiday that disappeared from the French calendar four years ago when it became a quasi-working day But lo and behold and hallelujah everything s back to normal at last and lundi Pentec te or Whit Monday is once again a day off Up until it always was Whit Monday was Whit Monday clear and simple and nobody worked just for a change But the seeds of...read more May 21st 2008
In this essay I outline Five futures for Pakistan the Pendulum continues forever Collapse Joining Chindia the Great Game and a South Asian Confederation The most familiar and likely are based on the pendulum of rule by the military and rule by landlord politicians However what is needed is to move from the more likely and less desirable futures to a process of anticipatory democracy where the citizens of Pakistan consider create and commit to...read more May 10th 2008
Despite the fact that we are a multi-cultural society American soldiers are perceived as Christian soldiers or infidels by most of the Moslem world We and our military are not really welcome in most parts of the Middle East Our relationship is historically founded on mistrust Let's bring the troops home and give them a hero's welcome Loved ones across the country deserve to see them back on American soil War takes its toll on...read more May 10th 2008
There seems to be some confusion between patriotism and common sense lately This is what most nationalistic movements bank on No one should speak up with the voice of reason if you do you will be shouted down called a coward and publicly shamed There have been more harsh treatments for men and women of reason Just look at how many firing squads were active in the th century in countries that did not allow...read more May 9th 2008
For two of the past two Presidential elections the Democrats have miserably failed to produce a viable candidate who could sway the entire United States Instead of complaining about how bad the next three years will be Democrats now have the opportunity to produce a viable front runner It really shouldn't be that hard to find a candidate who can identify with the American people However it seems the democrats have lost touch with many...read more May 9th 2008
Remember when the Berlin wall came down and some of us had hoped for world peace One by one former Soviet Block countries became democracies and we all hoped for the best The concept of democracy is difficult for anyone who has not lived in a free society Therefore this is the reason for a learning curve in the upstart democracies of Eastern Europe and some of the former Soviet republics In the United States...read more Apr 11th 2008
In Mexico averted what would have been a disaster for Mexico the United States and Latin America Felipe Calderon of the PAN party narrowly defeated Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador or AMLO of the PRD party in one of the closest and most amazing national elections ever held in the Western Hemisphere In January AMLO was ahead in the polls outdistancing his nearest rivals by two to one an insurmountable lead in a three party race...read more Apr 3rd 2008
When we see and hear leaders of Europe on a British television it is refreshing to hear such diamond thinking What they say has great and good events coming at us even through all the gloom of the moment They speak to a delegate from Russia and from Serbia and we hear of their amazing brilliant thinking Their minds are of peace and so beyond those of the warrior man from Russia and the man...read more Apr 1st 2008
The irony that from ancient Chinese antiques history when the Economist says China was by far the richest nation in the world Marco Polo was thought mad for all his wild stories of this fabled land even though diamonds and gemstones riches and silks that he wore ten layers thick under his beggars poor coat There was also this advance in civilization called gunpowder which was to change Europe forever In fact the first use...read more Mar 30th 2008
The timing could not have been worse or better depending on one's perspective despite the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party to pull out all the stops to make sure the upcoming Summer Olympics is a great show Too bad It's certainly hard to penalize the athletes that have worked so hard but the Olympic Committee knew when they picked China this might happen and the Committee should have known better The Committee was obviously...read more |
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