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New Issue of the Centerpiece: The Spring 2009 issue of the Centerpiece focuses on end-of-the-year activities at the Weatherhead Center with inclusion of a photo essay on past conferences and seminars. Our two main features address issues of ongoing interest close to our geographical bearings: ethnic tensions in Canada and health care in the United States. Our director's message focuses on the financial crisis and its effects on the year to come at the Center. And More >

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Below you will find a selection of recent articles in the news by WCFIA Affiliates:

America's Inconsistent Response to Global Hunger: Statement to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations: by Paarlberg, Robert L.; Providing international leadership to alleviate global hunger requires our Government to have strong policies in two separate areas: Responding to short-term food emergencies, such as the...; Publication Type: Congressional publication; Published Date: March 2009 More

The Axis of Upheaval: by Ferguson, Niall; Publisher: Foreign Policy; Publication Type: Magazine Article; Seven years ago, in his State of the Union address on Jan. 29, 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush warned of an "axis of evil" that was engaged in assisting terrorists, acquiring weapons...; Published Date: March 2009 More

Samuel Huntington, 1927-2008: by Editorial; Publisher: Foreign Policy; Publication Type: Magazine Article; When Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel cofounded Foreign Policy in 1970, their explicit goal was to attack entrenched orthodoxies in the Washington debate. They promised a journal that...; Published Date: March 2009 More

Europe needs a stronger France inside Nato: by Kaiser, Karl; Moïsi, Dominique; Publisher: Financial Times; Publication Type: Op-ed; The debate on whether to return to Nato’s permanent command structure that has recently been unleashed in France—43 years after Charles de Gaulle pulled his country out—has impassioned...; Published Date: February 2009 More

A Stimulus Package for Reviving the Peace Process: by Martin, Lenore G.; Publisher: Israel Policy Forum; Publication Type: Op-ed; The recently enacted stimulus package for reviving the worst U.S. economic recession in decades should serve as a model for reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. The peace process has...; Published Date: February 2009 More

Gaza sours Israel-Turkey relations: by Martin, Lenore G.; Publisher: Al Jazeera English; Publication Type: Interview; Inside Story: Gaza sours Israel-Turkey relations; Published Date: February 2009 More

An alternative to NATO membership: by Kaiser, Karl; Publisher: International Herald Tribune; Publication Type: Op-ed; NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine is not a realistic possibility, no matter what the Atlantic alliance may say about their potential in principle, as it did at the last two summit meetings....; Published Date: February 2009 More

Avoiding the worst: International economic cooperation and domestic politics: by Frieden, Jeffry; Publisher: Vox; Publication Type: Op-ed; If the crisis turns into a new Great Depression, it will most likely be due to a breakdown of cooperation among the major economies. But sustaining international cooperation requires domestic...; Published Date: February 2009 More

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Names Manela Visiting Scholar: Publisher: American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Publication Type: Op-ed; Erez Manela, the Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History at Harvard University, is among eight individuals who have been awarded fellowships as part of the American Academy of Arts and...; Published Date: January 2009 More

In Memoriam: Samuel P. Huntington: by Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Publication Type: Press Release; Samuel P. Huntington, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University, was one of the giants of political science worldwide during the past half century. He had a knack for...; Published Date: December 2008 More

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