http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/317007 Even a tiny request designed to create greater balance in US foreign policy is not fully granted by Congress, and not in the budget signed by President Obama Robert Gates served as United States Secretary of Defense from November, … Continue reading
On November 15, 2011, US president Obama signed an agreement with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard o have a Marine, air and ground task force using Australian facilities to act as a “force multiplier” in the region. No new U.S. bases … Continue reading
BBC reports on a constructive meeting in the Maldives between the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers. This is very good news for the region. from www.bbc.co.uk Pakistan’s prime minister and his Indian counterpart have met in the Maldives, pledging to … Continue reading
In recent years, good efforts have been made to advance the cause of peace through dialogue, but as time passes, the concept of bound communities talking across lines of separation is proving to be an insufficient starting point toward the … Continue reading
Jonathan Sacks in the Times of London (July 22, 2011) posts an article inquiring into elements that create greatness. What makes a champion? Is it down to hard work and repeated practice? There has been a splendid spate of books … Continue reading
Aug 14, 2011 2:52pm by Frank Kaufmann in Business We presently suffer from recent decades of business taught in a vacuum sans spiritual principles. Other religions should likewise follow the example of these Christian visionaries. After this, heads of such … Continue reading
This Reuters article looks at global financial structures that outstrip the capacities of governments to manage and respond. Genuine responses to the financial crisis must include observation at this level, rather than scurrying madly inside the confines of an obsolete … Continue reading
Maajid Nawaz and T.J. Leyden kicked off an unusual conference Monday morning — the Google-sponsored “Summit Against Violent Extremism” — which aims to uncover the roots of radicalization. Most panelists said there was no one event, or epiphany, which made … Continue reading
These horrors of abuse continue to haunt us with no signs of abating. But is the world of legal settlements sufficient to rescue us from our collective suffering? Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/308210 … Continue reading
The Middle East and North Africa is ablaze in protest movements seeking democratic reform. Leaders in these countries are massacring their own citizens in cold blood. Is it the case that the transition from autocracy to participatory government can only … Continue reading
