The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize this October to former US Vice President Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has sent an unprecedented message to…
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How world politics can have an impact on a local level was nicely demonstrated on October 17 in Boston, where the Somerville Human Rights Committee held a special meeting regarding…
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One comes out of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC realizing how much the world economic landscape has changed over the last several years. The rise of emerging…
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There are two schools of thought regarding President George W. Bush’s Middle East peace extravaganza held last month on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, which brought together…
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When I left England in 1996, I had no e-mail address and no cellular phone, Tony Blair was yet to become prime minister, and Manchester United had just won the…
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Stephane Fouks is the executive co-chairman of Euro RSCG Worldwide, CEO of Euro RSCG France and CEO of Euro RSCG C&O — all part of one of the world’s largest…
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Earlier this year, Sao Paolo’s conservative mayor Gilberto Kassab made a radical decision when he introduced a Clean City Law that banned all public advertising in the metropolis, saying it…
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Strike Damascus, bomb Tehran,” say the hawks in Washington. “No,” argue others. “Open negotiations with Damascus, bring Syria out of the cold, into the fold, and help distance Damascus from…
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There is little doubt that reform over the past 15 years is helping Jordan to grow. The Jordanian economy has done especially well recently: Jordan’s real gross domestic product grew…
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The Palestinian businessman Naim Attallah has just published Fulfillment & Betrayal 1975-1995, the third installment of his autobiography. His first two offerings The Boy in England and In Touch with…