Showing posts with label Development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Development. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

The Conversation About Ukraine Is Cracking Apart

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From Stephen Walt, at Foreign Policy , " What government officials are saying in public, and private, is fascinating—and full of contra...
Sunday, December 19, 2021

Richard Slokin, Regeneration Through Violence

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At Amazon, Richard Slokin, Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860 .
Thursday, December 16, 2021

Afghan Women Lose Hope

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 At WSJ , " After Taliban Return, Afghan Women Face Old Pressures From Fathers, Brothers ": KABUL—When Marjan Amiri marched for wo...
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation

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This is going to be biblical, and the world won't care. No "Concerts for Kabul" to raise the tens/hundreds of $millions needed...
Monday, December 13, 2021

For a Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan, and the Rest of the World, a Crisis Looms

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A year-end review, at WSJ , " The new Taliban administration is struggling with a devastated economy. The fallout likely will extend we...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

As Afghanistan Sinks Into Destitution, Some Sell Children to Survive

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At WSJ , " U.N. warns that 95% of Afghans aren’t getting enough to eat as winter approaches ": HERAT, Afghanistan—Desperate to fee...
Friday, October 15, 2021

Afghanistan Mosque Bombing Kills at Least 38 Shiite Worshippers in Kanduhar

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The news for Biden is so-bad all-around there's not enough room for above-the-fold headlines in the nation's newspapers. The bad new...
Monday, September 27, 2021

U.S. Spent Billions on Afghanistan and Failed to Build a Sustainable Economy

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Afghanistan update. At WSJ , " Country faces economic collapse with the withdrawal of foreign assistance under Taliban rule ": KAB...
Monday, July 26, 2021

Why Violence in South Africa?

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Following-up, " South Africa Violence (VIDEO) ." A damned astonishing situation down there.  At the Guardian U.K.:
Saturday, July 17, 2021

South Africa Violence (VIDEO)

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At least 100 dead and 25,000 troops deployed. Needless to say, it's not going too well down there. At the Guardian U.K. , " South A...
Friday, July 16, 2021

Africa's Covid Crisis

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Well, maybe they're waiting for Bill Gates or Bono to come to the rescue? *Shrug.* At the New York Times , " Africa’s Covid Crisis ...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Evo Morales Coup d'Etat in Bolivia? (VIDEO)

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Following-up, " Latin America Primed to Explode ." Morales has stepped down. Not sure if it's an actually coup or just a reg...

Latin America Primed to Explode

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From Moisés Naím and Brian Winter, at Foreign Affairs, " Why Latin America Was Primed to Explode: Economic Malaise, More Than Foreign M...
Tuesday, December 18, 2018

William Easterly, The Tyranny of Experts

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At Amazon, William Easterly, The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor .
Friday, March 23, 2018

San Pedro Ports O’ Call Bulldozed for 'Modernization'

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I remember going there as a kid with my mom. Quaint kind of wonderful village, if I recall correctly. At the Daily Breeze, " As bulld...
Saturday, December 23, 2017

Wilbur Smith, Men of Men

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I gotta say Wilbur Smith's books are irresistible, man. At Amazon, Wilbur Smith, Men of Men (The Ballantyne Novels) .

We Need to Talk About Jacob Zuma

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Speaking of South Africa, here's a great piece at Johannesburg's Mail and Guardian, " After 10 years at the helm of the ANC— We...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

End of Apartheid in South Africa?

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This is depressing. At NYT, " End of Apartheid in South Africa? Not in Economic Terms ": End of Apartheid in South Africa? Not ...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Mexico's Slums

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No wonder migrants flee Mexico like the plague. At LAT, " Mexico promised affordable housing for all. Instead it created slums "...
Monday, June 5, 2017

Brian Downing, The Military Revolution and Political Change

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At Amazon, Brian Downing, The Military Revolution and Political Change: Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe .