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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Sep 30, 2008
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Notwithstanding Canadian pretensions to remain distinguished and distinct from America, we spend a lot of time worrying if our friends south of the border are paying attention to “our” issues, those policies that impact “our” economy and interests.
This opinion...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Sep 3, 2008
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The rumor mill is grinding away…grinding the speculation about an election down into the finest possible specks. But while we all wait for what is now either inevitable or a truly hilarious prank, Canada’s World is springing into action. We’re determined to make our role...... [view]
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Posted By: deane034
Posted On: Mar 22, 2008
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There's lot of talk recently about the Tibetan situation . There's calls to action from all sorts of places. There's even an online petition, that's being circulated. Now, a petition to a communist regime is probably as useful as a wedding ring to the pope but symbolic gestures have their place,...... [view]
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Posted By: deane034
Posted On: Mar 17, 2008
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William Dalrymple , the historian and popular author has an insightful piece on the recent elections in Pakistan. He's quite optimistic about the country's future. Here's a relevant excerpt: widespread publicity given to the [recent] crisis obscured the important changes that had quietly...... [view]
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Posted By: deane034
Posted On: Mar 10, 2008
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I think the World Bank should close down. Ok, not really but that was kind of what I suggested some time ago at the End Poverty in South Asia blog run by Shanta Devrajan, WB's chief economist for the South Asian region. Devrajan was addressing questions raised by various anti-worldbank groups....... [view]
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Posted By: KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On: Feb 21, 2008
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I don’t sleep well before exams. Not because of excitement, but usually when I crammed my head with the things in the book, I get so many interesting ideas. Brains are strange. Just came back from US Foreign Policy exam. I answered questions on China and on Economic Foreign Policy. Went...... [view]
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Posted By: KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On: Feb 3, 2008
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In a couple of days I have to give a small presentation on the impact of US Economic Interest on US Foreign Policy. It is a rather broad question, isn’t it? How to answer it in 10 minutes? Maybe showing this video ?
The seminar and the lectures in US Foreign Policy did not really...... [view]
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Posted By: deane034
Posted On: Dec 17, 2007
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I knew diplomacy in Sri Lanka was always an afterthought, but boy .. MR arrived in London and was received by the SL HC (Kshenuka). MR was quick to take a shot at the lucky lady who is to soon move around in the comfort of a super luxury Jaguar by chipping in “Anna Times ekay thibba, may oyata...... [view]
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Posted By: KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On: Nov 4, 2007
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Truth, government and debate
“From enthusiasm to imposture the step is perilous and slippery; the demon of Socrates affords a memorable instance of how a wise man may deceive himself, how a good man may deceive others, how the conscience may slumber in a mixed and middle state...... [view]
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Posted By: KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On: Nov 3, 2007
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Classes are very intense and I spend a lot of time in my College library and the department library, but I am really happy that I came to Cambridge. What I really like about my Master Programme is that it is exactly the kind of mixture between applied research, theoretics, economics, law and...... [view]
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Posted By: KarstenWenzlaff
Posted On: Oct 18, 2007
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What propelled the United States to go to war into Iraq and what kept the American Public from realizing its mistake? In my classes here at Cambridge the theme of the “failed war” transcends every lecture - from “History of International Relations over “War and...... [view]
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