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... that he would reverse the country’s course on torture and detention at Guantanamo, Obama had some success but promised more than he achieved. In other areas like surveillance and drone killings, he maintained or even strengthened many of the legal and policy excesses of Bush’s war on terror...

... or unable to provide health care. Often, it’s government forces that are raping women or attacking ethnic groups. But no matter who the perpetrators are, in times of war little money is funneled into health care. Often countries with conflict are also countries where women’s rights and health needs...

... of the Philippines on June 30, 2016. Despite having been mayor of the war-torn city of Davao for more than two decades, the new president was a political outsider, having narrowly secured his victory after a late turnaround in the polls. In his inaugural address, he was referring to criticism and accusations...

... a l Developm ent. Africa’s “Scramble for Africa” Lessons of a Continental War Jeremy M. Weinstein The war in the Democratic Republic of the invaded Tanzania in 1978, and only the Congo ( d r c ), which began in August 1998, third since I960. Although...

...Strobe Talbott Copyright © 2000 World Policy Institute 2000 Strobe Talbott is Deputy Secretary of State. The Crisis in Africa Local War and Regional Peace Strobe Talbott A decade of unprecedented global peace pends on strengthening such organizations...

...Robert W. Tucker Copyright © 2000 World Policy Institute 2000 R E C #N SID E R A T I*N S R obert W . T u ck er is p rofessor em eritus a t T h e Jo h n s H o p k in s U n iversity. A Benediction on the Past Woodrow Wilson’s War Address Robert W...

... irecto r o f the H onors C ollege a t A d elp h i U n iv ersity . The International Dimension of the Greek Civil War John 0. latrides an d Nicholas X . Rizopoulos “I am sure in Greece I found one of the best standing the recondite arguments still rag­ opportunities...

... Copyright © 2001 World Policy Institute 2001 Not America’s War Alone It seems unlikely that Americans young or old will experience a more sobering day than September 11, 2001. The horrific images of Black Tuesday are already indelibly imprinted on our minds...

...Tomas Valasek Copyright © 2003 World Policy Institute 2003 Tomas Valasek is the director of the Center for Defense Information, Brussels. New Threats, New Rules Revising the Law of War Tomas Valasek Over the past few years, the United States ond World War...

...Daniel Kurtz-Phelan Copyright © 2005 World Policy Institute 2005 REPORTAGE D aniel Kurtz-Phelan is an associate editor a t Foreign Affairs magazine. “Coca Is Everything Here” Hard Truths about Bolivia’s Drug War D aniel Kurtz-Phelan The Chapare, a swath...

...Bryan Doerries Translator and theater director Bryan Doerries describes how he has used ancient Greek tragedies to disrupt hierarchies and create a space for members of the military “to tell their truths of the experiences of war.” Drama can help people suffer openly and communally, sharing...

... audiences to identify with the American perspective. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 Vietnam War literature memory history cinema Hollywood RICHARD HAHN RICHARD HAHN Within a week, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s darkly comic first novel, The Sympathizer , won the 2016 Pulitzer...

... of Violence: Conflict Prevention in Intrastate Crises, K u m a ria n P ress, 1 9 9 9 . War and Mercy in Africa W illiam DeM ars In the modern history of humanitarian ac­ Western governments threw humanitarian tion dating from civilian relief during the organizations...