Last week the team at the University of Salamanca in Spain launched their project Ciudadania 2.0. The focus of the project is to engage citizens in Latin America and those outside of the region interested and invested in its future by giving average citizens and those related to the region a virtual voice in Latin […]
Today’s New York Times reports that serious cuts in U.S. overseas assistance are being contemplated by Congress. Using our own economic woes as an excuse, many lawmakers deem it necessary to make cuts in programs they feel are not justified when so many remedies are required at home. Fair enough. The question is how will […]
by Suzanne Trimel, Amnesty International New York, Oct. 3, 2011 Amnesty International condemns the arrest of six individuals — documentary filmmakers and a producer — in Iran and calls for their immediate and unconditional release. The organization said it appears the five men and one woman are being held solely for the peaceful exercise of […]
Last week the UN published a report that made headlines around the world called: The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security. Headlines screamed, “UN says 39% jump in violence in 2011”. As fate would have it the day of the announcement I was scheduled to participate in a Department of […]
The premiere public university in the state of Georgia is setting up shop in Mexico. In cooperation with Technologico de Mexico, Georgia Tech will run a Supply Chain & Logistics Innovation Center in Mexico City aimed at education, research, and industry growth. The center is expected to become a fountain for research on supply chains […]
I first heard about Vincent Naramba in a piece by Jackee Budesta Batanda, a Ugandan human rights journalist who is currently a Neuffer Fellow at M.I.T. Mr. Naramba, a grass-roots political activist from the slums of Kampala, was inspired by the works of Gene Sharp, the so-called “Clausewitz of non-violent war.” On his website Mr. […]
As mentioned in my last blog a couple of weeks ago I’ve been laid low by back issues and unable to sit up for long periods of time. Because of the wonders of medical science, I am once again mobile…at least mobile enough to sit up for longer periods. I was even able to get […]
Altogether overshadowed by developing Israel-istine histrionics, the president of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, stood before the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to promote his vision for a democratic state anchored in peace and the rule of law. He extolled the need for a harmonious state, irrespective of sectarian, ethnic or factional affiliations. “This is the […]
Walid Jumblatt Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt appears to be repositioning his Druze bloc in the face of changing national and regional political realities. In the past few weeks, Jumblatt expressed his support for financing of the Hariri Tribunal, was seen at recent March 14 social gatherings, questioned the value of Hizballah’s arsenal to […]
Overcrowded, unhealthy, unmanaged and inhumane: that is how Amnesty International has characterized Liberia’s prison system in a damning report issued last week entitled “Good Intentions are Not Enough.” The report documents situations in several government run facilities where there is no sanitation, prisoners are forced to sleep in shifts and where psychological counseling or legal […]
Speaking of modern challenges, during a Congressional hearing, Adm. Mike Mullen made some damning accusations of the Pakistani government’s role, particularly the ISI, in some serious attacks on American targets: The remarks by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, represented the strongest U.S. criticism to date of the long-suspected ties between […]
In a report highlighting political and economic prospects of a new, post-Qadhafi Libya, the Economist Intelligence Unit, the in-house research unit of the Economist magazine, explains what world and business leaders should expect over the next twenty months in this oil-rich north African country. The report, entitled Libya’s Year Zero, offers a number of scenarios […]
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