Just a few links to the good work of others on the Beirut summer party/summit.
Qifa Nabki sees the summit as a means of temperature taking.
Nick Noe suggests that the STL will undermine Hezbollah internationally, hurting it’s image and potentially delegitimizing it.
And this Time article …
A bit late on the Friday spotlight, but here we go: the Playpump. Maybe you’ve heard of it, maybe you haven’t, but few aid innovations have sparked levels of international outcry similar to that surrounding the Playpump.
The Playpump was invented by a South African named Trevor Field, who saw children …
In case you missed it, June 20th marked an historic day in the search for an effective method of HIV prevention. The Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) announced its results from a groundbreaking study that affirmed the effectiveness of a microbicide The nearly …
This past week was characterised by one major international news story and one minor one. The European Union and Canada gave notice to Iranian officials this week of their support for sanctions against Iran because its nuclear program. Canada was making a point of sounding off with the EU possibly …
The current administration has placed some priority on issues affecting children, however in light of the recession much of this has failed to materialize in state budgets. How do your representatives vote when it comes to issues effecting children? Vote Kids released the 111th Congressional …
Last weekend I attended the 9th Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians, held at Wroxton College in the UK. The workshop is organized by the Centre for Legislative Studies at the University of Hull and co-sponsored by the …
On holiday, Comrades!
Still there.
Will return next week!
Ignacio Coronel Villarreal is described as one of the Sinaloa’s drug syndicates top three. Villarreal, known as “Nacho,” was believed to oversee the Siñaloa group’s operations in the western states of Colima, Nayarit, and Jalisco. He was killed after opening fire on law enforcement, closing in on …
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Feel a little bit better about development aid with this fabulous video about the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Practicality of the MDGs aside, this is a really wonderful clip. How many of the singers can you identify? I’ll start you off with Angelique Kidjo …
During a press conference President Hamid Karzai responded to the WikiLeaks document dump.
He took a hard line on Pakistan, though in the language of diplomatic speak. Echoing U.S. Congressional leaders Karzai spoke out against at least one of Afghanistan’s neighbors:
A widely run Associated Press piece quotes him:
“The …
Last week the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence did not violate international law. Read the opinion here. This came as no surprise since international law is largely silent on secession, and as John Cerone wrote at Opinio Juris:
Similarly, if …
Secretary Clinton identified net reedom as a core value that the US will promote – and by all accounts, the various tentacles of the US government apparatus have gotten the message. The US is aggressively promoting the Freedom to Connect around the world using all the different tools at its …
If increases in global air temperatures or decreases in Arctic sea ice aren’t enough to convince you of the clear and present danger of the climate crisis, then maybe looking at eight other indicators that show the same trend might be.
“Past Decade Warmest on Record According to …
Media Agree, The Road from Ankara to Brussels Remains Unpaved, Let Alone Gilded
Britain’s new prime minister, David Cameron, has created his first policy rift with France and Germany, the backbone of the European Union, by promising aggressive help for Turkey’s bid for EU membership, which both Paris and Berlin oppose. …
Zainab Jeewanjee highlights Ambassador Haqqani’s response to the Wikileaks Reports on Charlie Rose. Jeewanjee draws on Hussain Haqqani’s insights to elaborate on his notion that history is to be taken into account, in tandem with ground realities before sensationalizing the Wikileaks story to implicate Pakistan for “not doing enough”.
