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AuditAugust 1, 2008Turkey’s crisis and futureDogu Ergil, Ankara UniversityThe two trials that have been occupying the Turkish national agenda today are likely to be the milestones of Turkey’s ability to rid itself of an opaque regime shaped under bureaucratic tutelary. |
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In the NewsJuly 30, 2008A conversation with Admiral FallonCharlie RoseA conversation with Admiral William J. Fallon, Former U.S. Centcom Commander. |
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News@E40July 24, 2008Manrique on ColombiaThe Center's Neuffer Fellow, Jenny Manrique, will present a talk entitled "The Colombian Diaspora: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South and North America," on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 4:30p. Her talk concludes the fall 2008 Myron Weiner Seminar on International Migration. In addition, Manrique recently published an Audit on Plan Colombia entitled "U.S. and Colombia: A Growing Military Intervention?" A journalist, Manrique writes forComunicaciones Aliadas, a non-governmental online magazine based in Peru that focuses on Latin American news, particularly human rights. She joined the Center as its 2008-09 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. The fellowship is a project of the International Women's Media Foundation in memory of Elizabeth Neuffer, aBoston Globe reporter who was killed on assignment in Iraq in 2003. |
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News ReleaseJuly 23, 2008Colombian journalist receives Neuffer Fellowship, joins CISCIS announces today that Jenny Manrique, a Colombian freelance journalist, has received the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship. Manrique is the fourth recipient of the annual fellowship, which gives a woman journalist working in print, broadcast or online media the opportunity to focus exclusively on human rights journalism and social justice issues. |
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Analysis + OpinionJuly 20, 2008Surge protectorWilliam J. FallonNew York TimesThe prospect of a long-term security arrangement between the United States and Iraq has become a lightning rod for criticism. Yet such an agreement — which the White House believes could be completed this month now that the two countries have agreed to set a “general time horizon” for reducing the number of American troops in Iraq — would be in the best interests of the governments of both countries, and of the people who live in a region of the world that urgently needs stability. |
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Analysis + OpinionJune 21, 2008Awaiting Japan's global visionRichard J. SamuelsBoston GlobeThere were times when Japanese leaders knew exactly what to do. In the late 19th century they knew Japan needed to build a "rich nation and strong army," so they mobilized the population and took them on a forced march to industrialization and international prominence. |
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News ReleaseJune 19, 2008Admiral Fallon, former US CENTCOM Commander, joins MIT's Center for International StudiesAdmiral William J. Fallon will join the Center as a Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow. Admiral Fallon, the former commander of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Pacific Command, will make the Center his academic home for nine months, starting August 2008. As a Wilhelm Fellow, he will collaborate with the MIT community in research, seminars, conferences, and other intellectual projects. |
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Analysis + OpinionJune 19, 2008What's next for Iraq?Barry R. PosenBoston GlobeThe month of May saw the lowest US casualties in Iraq since early 2004. But counterinsurgencies are not won on points. |
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In the NewsJune 10, 2008Interest grows for international Iran atom plantFarah StockmanBoston GlobePresidential candidates John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, and Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, have both endorsed using international consortiums to produce nuclear fuel as a way to take production out of the hands of unpredictable states, but neither has said he would consider placing such a facility inside Iran. |
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News ReleaseJune 9, 2008Advance screening of Discovery Channel's Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of CapitalismIn the wake of the catastrophic earthquake in China's Sichuan province and on the eve of the Olympics this August in Beijing, Discovery Channel Managing Editor Ted Koppel presents Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism, a sweeping four-part series that examines modern China. |