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Russell Kirk once asked:
Are we to saturation-bomb most of Africa and Asia into righteousness, freedom, and democracy? And, having accomplished that, however would we ensure persons yet more unrighteous might not rise up instead of the ogres we had swept away?
With that in mind, and while in now …
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August 22, 2011 # 3:06 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # One CommentInternational Youth Day– August 12th
August 12, 2011 # 1:25 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentIn celebration of International Youth Day, the United Nations Photo Library has posted some great pictures! Enjoy!
(HT: Martha Heinemann Bixby)
Mark Vlasic on preventing the illicit trade in antiquities
August 9, 2011 # 4:21 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentMy friend Mark Vlasic has an excellent article in The Guardian on the need to combat illicit trade in antiquities. Vlasic, a Senior Fellow at Georgetown’s Institute for Law, Science, and Global Security, writes:
The allegations could have come straight out of an Indiana Jones movie. Three art dealers and a collector have been accused of running an antiquities smuggling ring …
US increases efforts in Mexico to combat drug cartels– But is this the right approach?
August 7, 2011 # 10:27 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentThe New York Times is reporting that the United States and Mexico have been developing “innovative” methods for addressing the challenge of drug cartels. According to the Times,
The United States is expanding its role in Mexico’s bloody fight against drug trafficking organizations, sending new C.I.A. operatives and retired military personnel to the country and considering plans to deploy private …
Combating HIV in Belize
August 6, 2011 # 1:30 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentFrom the UNDP website:
With an HIV prevalence of 2.1 percent among adults, Belize has the highest HIV prevalence in Central America and the third-highest in the Caribbean after the Bahamas and Haiti, according to a 2007 study. UNAIDS estimates some 3,600 people are currently living with HIV in Belize, 2,000 of them women.
Belize has a total …
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August 6, 2011 # 12:54 pm # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentJoseph K. Grieboski on sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
August 5, 2011 # 11:59 am # Armed Conflict, Education, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentWith so many armed conflicts in the world today, it is far too easy to forget the abominable violence taking place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. My friend, Joe Grieboski, Founder and Chair of the Board of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy, reminds us of these unspeakable acts in The Huffington Post. He writes:
In the autumn …
Dr. Abiodun Williams on the Responsibility to Protect
August 4, 2011 # 4:40 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations # No CommentFrom some time now, I have has reservations about the way in which the “Responsibility to Protect” has been understood. My reservations flow from a concern that the concept, which was endorsed at the 2005 UN World Summit, is sometimes misunderstood as a legal concept. Indeed, in a post in July of 2009, I was critical of a claim that …
