UNU Junior Fellows Internship Programme: Call for Applications

UNU Junior Fellows Internship Programme: Call for Applications

http://myemail.constantcontact.com/UNU-Junior-Fellows-Internship-Programme--Call-for-Applications.html?soid=1101235453895&aid=e2hX1EnVuCE

The Obama Doctrine and the Arab Spring

http://www.economist.com/node/18714050

The Oil and the Glory | FOREIGN POLICY

The Oil and the Glory | FOREIGN POLICY

Steve LeVine, outlines the background of a confrontation that's shaping up in Russia between Medvedev and Putin over the presidential office with Caspian oil and energy as a backdrop.

The Story of Laurent Gbagbo

The Story of Laurent Gbagbo, Stephen W. Smith

An enlightening essay regarding the complexity of an obscure news story, that did not receive the attention of the "Arab Spring," yet might prove more indicative of the state of global politics today.

Summer Reading

Four recent publications that I would like to bring to your attention and that you should consider are:

Henry Kissinger: On China (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/books/on-china-by-henry-kissinger-review.html)

Francis Fukuyama: The Origins of Political Order (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/books/review/book-review-the-origins-of-political-order-by-francis-fukuyama.html)

Robert Putnam: American Grace (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/books/review/Wright-t.html)

Thomas Friedman: Flat Hot and Crowded (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/books/review/Freedland-t.html)

Andrew Bacevich: Limits of Power (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/books/review/Tepperman-t.html)

and of course the First Year Reading

Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/29/AR2010012902147.html)

Danger: Falling Tyrants - The Atlantic

Danger: Falling Tyrants - The Atlantic