Archive for the ‘Iraq’ Category
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
The first female Secretary of State and at that time, the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. As Secretary of State, Albright reinforced America’s alliances, advocated democracy and human rights, and promoted American trade and business, labor, and environmental standards abroad. Albright is the chairperson for The Women, Faith and Development Alliance, which aims to end global poverty among women. Albright is also the first Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. (more…)
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Do we really want to know what people form the Middle East think about the United States? We do if we want to improve relations. (more…)
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Former U.S. Congressman, co-chair of the 9/11 Commission and Iraq Study Group, and member of the War Powers Commission…. Lee Hamilton = The Statesman’s Statesman (more…)
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
To what degree to American journalists report the news, and to what degree do they project the US to the rest of the world. A group of DePauw alumni is answering this question every day.
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Find out if it’s possible to have a non-political, evidence based discussion of the costs of the Iraq War … and of how high a cost we should be willing to continue paying. (more…)
Posted in Events, Foreign policy, Iraq, Hoosier history, Human and civil rights, Terrorism, War & peace, Empire, GLOCAL-ization, Middle East, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel | No Comments »
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Projects in refugee camps in Thailand that are developing an infrastructure for democracy in Burma, or in camps in Syria to promote democracyin Iraq? The most effective HIV/AIDS program in Africa, which happens to be contributing to legal reform and ethnic healing in Kenya? Or tourists that use their vacations to build orphanages in poor countries around the world? These are just a few Hoosier initiatives transforming the world that you can be part of. (more…)
Posted in Events, Democracy, Iraq, Mexico, Law & justice, Hoosier history, Energy politics, Human and civil rights, Way we live, Empire, Education, GLOCAL-ization, Africa, Volun-tourism, Poverty, HIV/AIDS, Philanthropy, Citizen Diplomacy, Taking action, Provocate Event, burma, Morality & Ethics, Families and children, Inter-cultural communication, Kenya, fundraiser | No Comments »
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The emergence of India, China, Brazil, Egypt, and others on the world stage as increasingly more powerful actors is causing a major transformation of the global political system. What does it mean for the United States … and for Indiana. (more…)
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Who’s funnier, the comedian Billy Crystal or the neocon pundit Bill Kristol? Depends on how you like your humor. (more…)
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Johann Galtung is coming to Indy. The most influential living social scientist, he is the founder of the academic study of peace and conflict studies, a discipline now offered as a major or a minor on virtually every college in America and Europe. He’s the author of more than a hundred books and more than a thousand articles. He is reported to have served as a mediator in more than 40 internaitonal conflicts. Think of one degree of seperation: if an academic uses the word “peace,” either she has read Galtung or she studied withsomeone who read Galtung. But is it all just a “peace racket”? (more…)
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Since returning to Indianapolis, Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Bill Foley has deepened the community’s understanding of how photography can change our view of the world. (more…)
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