Ten Principles to Guide the Young Activist
They say people who live for a higher cause are happier than those who don’t. May you always find your happiness in alleviating the pain of others by standing up for what is right and honorable.
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Thailand’s Deep Divide
Thailand's anti-corruption protesters appear to have lost faith in the key tenet of representative democracy: rule by people or parties elected by the majority of citizens.
US-Israel Strange but ‘Stable’ Alliance: US Senate Await Israeli Instructions
Israel is often viewed by Washington politicians as the most ‘stable’ ally in the Middle East. But stability from the American perspective can mean many things. Lead amongst them is that the ‘ally’ must be unconditionally loyal to the diktats of the US administration.
The Two Faces of Empire: Melville Knew Them, We Still Live With Them
A captain ready to drive himself and all around him to ruin in the hunt for a white whale. It’s a well-known story, and over the years, mad Ahab in Herman Melville’s most famous novel, Moby-Dick,has been used as an exemplar of unhinged American power, most recently of George W. Bush’s disastrous invasion of Iraq.
Can a Wall Street Reform Law End a Resource War in Africa?
The sweeping Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act could bring an end to the resource war that has ravaged the eastern mining regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the last decade and a half.
Syria: Intractable Dilemmas for Everyone
There was a time when all, or almost all, actors in the Middle East had clear positions. Other actors were able to anticipate, with a high degree of success, how this or that actor would react to any new important development. That time is gone.