September 10, 2011
Looking back over decade since 9/11, what events and developments stand out globally? Among others:
The ongoing Global War on Terror and associated Western military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The hollowing out of the middle class, the financial crisis and the continuing Great Recession.
The lost opportunities to support non-violent political reform during the Arab Spring.
9/11 changed [...]
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July 1, 2011
I have been back in New Zealand, the enchanted Land of the Long White Cloud, since June 16. During that surpassingly enjoyable period I have been reacquainting myself with various parts of the country – Auckland, Northland and the Coromandel peninsula, attending a conference on Science Diplomacy at Otago University’s 46th Foreign Policy School in [...]
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