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Video: Georgetown and Duke Team Up for Darfur

Rachel Pugh of the Georgetown University Office of Communications writes:
The Georgetown basketball team may have won against Duke on Jan. 30 in front of a capacity crowd that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, but students from both schools have put aside rivalry to become partners for a common cause — Darfur refugees.
Through the Darfur Dream Team’s …

Catholic Church in France Rejects Ban on Full-Face Veils

Reuters reports:
The Catholic Church warned the government on Monday against banning full-face Muslim veils, saying France must respect the rights of its Muslims if it wanted Muslim countries to do the same for their Christian minorities. A parliamentary commission has urged the National Assembly to pass a resolution condemning full veils and then ban them. “If we want Christian minorities …

Video: Kenyan Author Ngugi wa Thiong’o –Moving the Center

As his website reports: “Ngugi wa Thiong’o, novelist and theorist of post-colonial literature and Director of the International …

Faith and the Global Agenda: Values for the Post-Crisis Economy– An new report from the World Economic Forum and Georgetown University

The World Economic Forum has just released its report, Faith and the Global Agenda: Values for the
Post-Crisis Economy. This report was produced in collaboration with Georgetown University, especially President John J. DeGioia and Professor Thomas Banchoff, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs. Andy Pino in the Georgetown Office of Communication explains:
Only one-quarter of people in a worldwide survey …

Video and Text: State Department Briefing on Internet Freedom and 21st Century Statecraft

Briefing on Internet Freedom and 21st Century Statecraft

Michael H. Posner
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Alec Ross
Senior Advisor for Innovation

Washington, DC

January 22, 2010

MR. TONER: Good afternoon, and welcome to the State Department. We’re very pleased this afternoon to have with us Senior Advisor for Innovation Alec Ross, along with Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner. They’re …

Video and Text: Secretary Clinton on Internet Freedom

Secretary Clinton: January 2010 » Remarks on Internet Freedom

Remarks on Internet Freedom

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State

The Newseum

Washington, DC

January 21, 2010

SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you very much, Alberto, for not only that kind introduction but your and your colleagues’ leadership of this important institution. It’s a pleasure to be here at the Newseum. The Newseum is a monument to some of our …

Secretary Clinton’s update on Haiti

Update on Developments in Hati

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Overseas Citizens Services Michele Bond, Counselor for Human Services Policy Sharon Parrott, Acting Deputy Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Lauren Kielsmeier

Treaty Room

Washington, DC

January 20, 2010

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone, and Michele and Sharon, Lauren. I’m joined today with three of our extraordinary public servants …

UN Security Council authorizes 3500 more UN peacekeepers for Haiti

From the UN News Centre:
19 January 2010 – The Security Council today backed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s call to increase the overall force levels of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti to support the immediate recovery, reconstruction and stability efforts following last week’s devastating earthquake.Following his visit on Sunday to the capital, Port-au-Prince, Mr. Ban asked …


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Anthony Clark Arend is Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Director of the Master of Science in Foreign Service in the Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Commentary and analysis at the intersection of international law and politics.