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Reference: US Military Aid Increases Instability

Bike, Corey. and Donoso, Juan. “Domestic Instability and US Military Aid: Doing More Harm Than Good?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA, Mar 22, 2006 Online <PDF>. 2010-09-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p99929_index.html> Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: In this study we …

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Google, MSoft, IBM, HP, Oracle, Intel (chips), National Security and Perceived Internet Threats

U.S. Strategy: Control The World By Controlling The Internet A Chinese Perspective, by Chen Baoguo, August 24, 2010 In May 2009, Microsoft announced on its website that they would turn off the Windows Live Messenger service for Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea, in accordance with US legislation. In January 2010, Google, the company …

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New Declassified Records Showing the Path Down the Vietnam Road of Doubt and Deception

Records Show Doubts on ’64 Vietnam Crisis By ELISABETH BUMILLER Published: July 14, 2010 WASHINGTON — In an echo of the debates over the discredited intelligence that helped make the case for the war in Iraq, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday released more than 1,100 pages of previously classified Vietnam-era transcripts that show …

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Review: The Politics of Happiness–What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being

Absolutely Righteous, Mis-Leading Title June 20, 2010 Derek Bok First off, I’m back. After three months integrating into a field position with a prominent international organization, with three days off the whole time, I am finally able to get back to reading, and have about fifteen books on water I was going to read for …

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Worth a Look: SIPRI 10 June Taking Stock

FULL SOURCE ONLINE About Dr. Bates Gill (US), New and seventh Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Intitute Most interesting sentence: The number of civilians mandated for roles in United Nations missions has increased, as has the number of multilateral civilian peace missions. Yet, the international community’s record in strengthening civilian capacities in peace operations is …

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