TED: End the War in Afghanistan
TED, Rory Stewart, “Time to End the War in Afghanistan” This is another excellent TED talk from July of 2011, this time regarding western military intervention in Afghanistan. The closing of his talk...
View ArticleForeign Policy: The Enemy Within
Foreign Policy, David Rothkopf, “The Enemy Within” Besides the hilariously appropriate metaphor Rothkopf uses to frame his editorial (the U.S. as burger-guzzling ground-pounder on the fast-track to...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Drones
The New York Times, John Kaag and Sarah Kreps, “The Moral Hazard of Drones” The New York Times, Scott Shane, “The Moral Case for Drones” Esquire, Tom Junod, “The Lethal Presidency of Barack Obama” The...
View Article“An Army of One”: Malala Yousafzai
Foreign Policy, David Rothkopf, “An Army of One” BBC News Magazine, “Malala Yousafzai: Portrait of the Girl Blogger” The Christian Science Monitor, Adil Jawad and Sebastian Abbot, “The Malala Moment:...
View ArticleChina and the Tenacious Ai Weiwei
Alison Klayman, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (documentary trailer) Ai Weiwei’s TED Talk Jeffrey Brown, PBS Newshour, “Art, China and Censorship According to Ai Weiwei” Foreign Policy, “A Portrait of the...
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