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National Defense August 2005 Harold Kennedy |
U.S. Shifting Focus to `Stability Operations' After years of trying to minimize U.S. participation in peacekeeping operations, the Bush administration is embarking upon an ambitious effort to improve the ability of the military services--and related civilian agencies--to conduct such missions as part of its global war on terrorism. |
ifeminists September 21, 2005 Carey Roberts |
Party-Poopers at the UN Birthday Bash Apart from the decision to establish a new Human Rights Council, UN delegates failed to agree on details for countering terrorism, stopping the spread of AIDS, or reforming the UN Security Council. Even Mr. Annan himself ended up agreeing the final document was "watered down" and "disappointing." |
National Defense January 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Europe-Based NATO Reaches Deep into Asia, Africa U.S. and allied military forces in Europe -- grappling with a lengthy, global war on terrorism -- are expanding their reach far beyond their traditional perimeters, deep into Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. |
Salon.com December 11, 2002 |
Carter warns of "uncontrollable violence" In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, former President Jimmy Carter blasts the idea of a preemptive war with Iraq. |
ifeminists June 22, 2005 Carey Roberts |
The Politics of Social Destruction at the UN Gender mainstreaming has become the Sisterhood's ploy to hijack the UN's Millennium Development Goals and turn them into another platform to advance its destructive agenda. US House of Representatives, beware. |
Lucire November 17, 2008 |
Charlize Theron unites with the UN Charlize Theron has been made the United Nations' newest Messenger for Peace, focusing on an issue personal to her: violence against women. |
Salon.com April 12, 2001 Suzy Hansen |
The invention of peace A leading military scholar talks about what caused the world wars, why Kissinger was a true peacemaker and whether peace is incompatible with human nature... |
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Gupta, Hammond, Leete, & Swanson |
Progress Toward the International Development Goals It is easy to lose track of the improvements that have occurred over time in the lives of poor people in many developing countries.... |
HBS Working Knowledge December 1, 2014 Michael Blanding |
Small Countries Have Outsized Influence in United Nations Secretariat According to a recent analysis, the nationalities of senior officials in the UN Secretariat tell us much about which countries call the administrative shots in world affairs. And they are not who you think they are. |
ifeminists September 16, 2003 Carey Roberts |
The Radical Feminist Take-Over at the U.N. Once Americans find out how much the gender feminist agenda now pervades the UN, public support will continue to plummet. |
National Defense August 2005 Harold Kennedy |
State Department Gets Major Role In Peacekeeping The White House has assigned the role of coordinating civilian and coalition efforts, or "stability operations," after a war to the State Department, which has created an office with an "ambassadorial-level coordinator." |
ifeminists January 31, 2007 Carey Roberts |
Twilight Zone Politics at the UN At the United Nations, the mantras of "gender equality" and "female empowerment" have crowded out notions of what ordinary persons used to call "fairness" and "truth." |
ifeminists August 3, 2005 Carey Roberts |
Another Scandal Brewing at the U.N. Ignoring the life-and-death needs of men, categorically blaming males for the woes of women, and claiming women are a biologically-superior species - these are the hallmarks of a morally-bankrupt organization that is destined to go the way of the League of Nations. |
Salon.com October 3, 2002 Bill Clinton |
What should the world do about Saddam? The author electrifies a British Labor Party conference with a more sweeping vision for global peace and progress than the current president has been able to muster. |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Alan W. Dowd |
A Different Course? America and Europe in the 21st Century Understanding the changes and challenges within Europe could help Americans respond to the changes and challenges facing the transatlantic community. |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Joseph R. Nunez |
Canada's Global Role: A Strategic Assessment of its Military Power Formally joining Northern Command, just as Canada did with NORAD, would confirm that the relationship between Canada and the United States is a model of liberal interdependency suitable for emulation. |
National Defense November 2012 Dan Parsons |
U.S. Pacific Shift Aims to Manage, Not Challenge China's Rise Defense Department leaders are set to manage a strategic "shift" or "pivot" that has been in works for a while, but will accelerate once U.S. troops leave Afghanistan in 2014. |
InternetNews August 26, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
UN Backs Open Source With New Agency The United Nations is moving to embrace open source software with the International Open Source Network, which is principally focused on developing nations in the Asia-Pacific Region. |
CIO February 15, 2003 |
From Modest Beginnings A United Nations report shows Africans' Internet access is modest but rising. |
ifeminists March 9, 2005 Carey Roberts |
Orwellian State at the UN Women's Conference Propaganda is a slippery slope. Once you tell an untruth, you have to come up with more falsehoods in order to be consistent. Here are some examples from feminists that filled the halls of the United Nations this past week. |
ifeminists November 16, 2005 Carey Roberts |
UN Resolution 1325: The World Body Goes on a Loony Streak UN Resolution 1325 foreshadowed the pro-feminist hysteria that envelopes the United Nations. The recent UNESCO approved a resolution that proposes the UN should pay greater attention to the health of women -- but ignored the dire health problems of men. |
Salon.com June 26, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
AIDS conclave off to rocky start A gay rights group gets included in the end, but members split over whether -- and how -- to talk about homosexuality when crafting a response to the disease... |
ifeminists February 28, 2007 Carey Roberts |
Foul Emanations from the U.N. Feminism is reaching its natural culmination, the stage of social destruction. See what the UN feminists did to UNICEF. Look at how they maligned traditional notions of masculinity and femininity. And witness the disintegration of the traditional family. |
Parameters November 2004 Mike Denning |
A Prayer for Marie: Creating an Effective African Standby Force While the Rwanda tragedy is unparalleled with regard to the killers' speed and "efficiency," there is nothing new about violence on the African continent. |
Parameters Autumn 2006 Liotta & Owen |
Sense and Symbolism: Europe Takes On Human Security A European culture with dubious historical reputation for cosmopolitanism is being thrust upon the global stage at the very moment when its geopolitical concepts are poised on the precipice of desuetude. |
National Defense June 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Special Operators Gain Civilian Assistance As it plans for an extended struggle against terrorism, the U.S. Special Operations Command is realizing that it is going to need a lot of outside help, and it is reaching out to civilian agencies, allied nations and private contractors. |
Salon.com September 8, 2000 Ian Williams |
The U.N.'s millennium bash President Clinton shakes Fidel Castro's hand and sits in on a speech by Iran's president at the organization's P.R. bonanza. |
Fast Company November 2010 Jeninne Lee St. John |
The 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps The FIRST group of volunteers, 51 strong, arrived in Ghana on August 30, 1961. Since 1961, more than 200,000 Americans have served in the Peace Corps. |
ifeminists July 19, 2006 Carey Roberts |
Feminist Scheme for U.N. Reform You know things are getting desperate at the United Nations when its leaders begin to listen to feminist proposals to revitalize this talk-much, do-little, scandal-ridden bureaucracy. |
Salon.com June 16, 2000 Ian Williams |
Immune from prosecution U.S. diplomats are wrecking the chance to bring future Saddam Husseins to justice -- all for the sake of domestic politics. |
Real Travel Adventures July 2008 Brandon Wilson |
Reflections An excerpt from Along the Templar Trail: Seven Million Steps for Peace by the author. |
Salon.com June 28, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
U.N. commits to AIDS reduction Its far-reaching declaration could funnel billions toward reducing the spread of the disease by 25 percent... |
BusinessWeek September 22, 2003 Walczak & Crock |
Colin Powell: On Iraq, Bush, and His Job Those who gloat at the idea of Bush asking other nations to help rebuild Iraq "better not gloat too soon." There will be plenty of contracts for foreign companies "to get a piece of the action." |
Salon.com November 30, 2001 Meera Atkinson |
America the scapegoat An Australian woman who has made New York her home fires back at the smug U.S.-bashers in Europe and her native land... |
BusinessWeek July 18, 2005 Stan Crock |
Suddenly Washington Needs The U.N. If Washington and London can persuade other nations to compromise on reform, the U.N. might just implement its most important overhaul in years. |
Information Today August 11, 2015 |
UN Sets 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development It features 179 targets for economic, environmental, and social development that all countries can use. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Brian Orelli |
The Noble Gesture That Wasn't There may be a motive behind Glaxo helping to develop malaria treatments. |
Science News December 22, 2007 Janet Raloff |
Food for Thought: It's Spud Time The United Nations wants more people to appreciate the potato's potential to fight world hunger. |
Salon.com May 8, 2001 Ian Williams |
The ugly Americans Don't blame it all on Bush -- the world's grievances against the U.S. have been stewing for a long time... |
ifeminists October 18, 2006 Carey Roberts |
UN Violence Report: Laced with Myths and Misandry Never before have the UN feminists advanced the patriarchy theory so boldly. Never before have they presented their Marxist-inspired views in such a high-profile UN publication. And never before have they tried to stereotype and smear men in such a calculated manner. |
Fast Company December 2008 Kate Rockwood |
DataDyne: EpiSurveyor Data collection in developing nations usually involves heaps of paperwork and maddening data entry. But public-health workers in 15 sub-Saharan nations are using pioneering software from the D.C.-based not-for-profit DataDyne to digitize and streamline the process. |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Getting Crude in All the Wrong Places These energy companies may remain good investments for years to come, but as demand begins to outstrip supply, will confrontations among nations affect the substantial amount of crude oil we need to import each year? |
Salon.com June 27, 2001 Daryl Lindsey |
A pandemic fueled by poverty A doctor says the fight to get cheap AIDS drugs to Africa is misguided: These people need water, food and basic healthcare... |
Knowledge@Wharton May 21, 2003 |
"We Need a New Generation to Reshape the World" A look at James D. Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank Group, and aid to developing nations. |
Salon.com May 8, 2001 Joe Conason |
Bush league America's ouster from the U.N. Human Rights Commission reveals the arrogant incompetence of Bush's vaunted "wise men"... |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 Laura Cohn |
A Global Marshall Plan A new proposal for linking high finance with the needs of the world's poor has triggered much discussion. Backing by the Pope John Paul II, rockstar Bono, and others has lent credence to the concept. |