6 hours ago by Michael Allen

President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech paid tribute to the world’s dissident democrats, and eloquently articulated the rationale for democratic peace theory. But he also raised eyebrows, not least in Europe, by insisting on the existence of evil in the world. Indignant at The New York ...

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2 days ago by Michael Allen

Analysts and advocates have given a generally warm welcome to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech this week, which made the case for “principled pragmatism” in promoting democracy and human rights. David J. Kramer, assistant secretary of state for human rights and democracy during the Bush a ...

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2 days ago by markweatherall

Part one Chapter five looks at the constitutional origins of chief executives. One method is selection by the assembly, rather than the electorate. This is also one of the key features of parliamentarism, but if the assembly cannot pass a motion of no confidence and replace the executive before the ...

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3 days ago by admin

John M. Lund asked: Photography is getting easier. A lot easier! Being a stock photographer is getting easier too, perhaps even to a greater degree than getting “good” pictures. The result is a tremendous pressure on “pros” that make a living at stock to be able to continue making that living. So wh ...

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3 days ago by Michael Allen

The Obama administration would marry principle to pragmatism in promoting democracy and human rights, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today, invoking President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize address to forcefully articulate a holistic approach to human rights that linked individual rights to deve ...

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3 days ago by administrator

Blogging is an Internet phenomenon that has definitely taken the online world by storm. From its fairly modest beginnings in the 1990s when it was treated as little more than an online diary of sorts, blogs have managed to capture the imagination of thousands upon thousands of people and organizatio ...

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5 days ago by admin

Financial Markets (ECON 252) Professor Shiller provides a description of the course, Financial Markets, including administrative details and the topics to be discussed in each lecture. He briefly discusses the importance of studying finance and each key topic. Lecture topics will include: behavioral ...

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6 days ago by Alan D. Price, PhD

In the five preceding installments of this essay, I have considered the political-psychological views of Doron Shultziner, Ph.D. as expressed in a paper, entitled “Evolution and Liberal Democracy,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2005. In this ...

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6 days ago by Michael Allen

Minxin Pei’s Newsweek article on Why China Won’t Rule the World is one of Global Europe’s must-reads of the week, alongside President Obama’s remarks at the acceptance speech at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony; The real stakes in Afghanistan by Robin Wright; and Carnegie’s Karim Sadjadpour on Engagem ...

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6 days ago by Michael Allen

Various Vacancies, National Endowment for Democracy Currently openings include: Publications Coordinator; Chief Operating Officer; Information Technology Services Manager; Senior Electronic Resources Librarian; Program Assistant for Middle East and North Africa; Senior Director of Finance; Senior Di ...

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