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north korea's nuke

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Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: Pakistan's democracy versus militant Islam.Date: May 14th. 2013.One small step forward for Nawaz Sharif, the new election winner, but one big step forward for Pakistan. The Islamist parties and their militant, sometimes violent, followers have won so few votes they will play no significant role in parliament. The overwhelming majority of Pakistan's ethnically disparate population has made it clear that they identify with secular politics.Hussein Haqqani writes in his…See More

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open china!

Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: China's under-reported positive behaviour.Date: May 6th. 2013.China is a sitting duck. Not that long ago, as far as most of the rest of the world was concerned, it was almost a closed, mysterious, society. Now it is wide open. The bad is there for all to see. Last year the New York Times published an in-depth investigative series of long articles on the secret wealth of the family of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. It proved that it is possible to peel off the layers and…See More

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more immigrants?

Ex: Jonathan Power.Subject: Is it immigration versus the working class?Date: April 30th 2013Every developed country is importing cheap labour, although much less so during this time of the Great Recession, yet all too rarely are the pro and con arguments discussed with real profundity.A new, incisive, book “The British Dream” by David Goodhart, the founder of the magazine, “Prospect”, dares to deal with the shibboleths. There are many commonalities in Britain that apply to countries as varied…See More

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north korea's nuke

Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: There is no alternative but to negotiate with North Korea.Date: April 16th. 2013. The diplomats and pundits were right: transition after the death of Kim Jong-il in North Korea, they said, might well produce an unstable and frightening situation. Kim Jong-un, his son, indeed is a cut off the old block. But they forget too easily America's stance in the negotiations that began during the presidency of Bill Clinton. It led to major progress and the unprecedented visit…See More

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Ex: Jonathan Power.Subject: Last week's UN Arms Trade Treaty is not perfect.Date: April 9th 2013.US presidential candidate Jimmy Carter described arms sales as a "cancer" But once in office Carter achieved little in controlling them.In President Bill Clinton's first term Amnesty International questioned the US government about the use of American military helicopters and armoured vehicles involved in human rights abuses in Turkey. Under pressure from Congress the State Department compiled a…See More

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"I strongly believe I am both left and right because I agree with current scientific research[1] which shows us that a healthy brain functions as a whole[2]. ---------------------------- [1] The principal reason is: '' Later…"

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are u left or are u right?!

Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: Who is left? Who is right?Date: April 2nd, 2013It goes back to the French revolution of 1789. At the Revolutionary Convention the most radical of the insurgents decided to seat themselves on the left side. “Why not on the other side, the right side, the place of rectitude, where law and the higher right resided, when man’s best hand could be raised in righteous honour?” wrote Melvin Lasky in Britain's intellectual monthly, Encounter. “Anyway they went left, and man’s…See More

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the muslim world forever behind?

Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: Middle East economies are unable to shift into top gear.Date: March 26th 2013Dateline: Doha, Qatar.It has always been one of the mysteries of history why it is that the Muslim world of the Middle East was once so far ahead of Europe in science, medicine, astronomy and mathematics yet by the 16th century started to fall behind.Not only did most of it never industrialise, if it hadn't been for nearly all its countries having oil in abundance they would still be living…See More

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The gulf states miss the new beat

Ex: Jonathan Power Subject: The Arab Spring struggles in the Gulf states. Date: March 19th 2013. Dateline: Doha, Qatar.By the lights of many in the Western world the monarchies of the small states that line the Persian Gulf- Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, which includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman- are governed by autocratic and anachronistic regimes. The Arab Spring has barely touched them. Their oil remains critical to the outside world and funds their own splendour- Qatar…See More

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thailand's tiger

Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: Thailand, Asian tiger, prowling.Date: March 12th. 2013Dateline: Bangkok“Thai politics is a cross between Venezuela and Italy”, observed my Thai journalist friend. “Chavez and Berlusconi rolled into one is what we have.”Deposed prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, who lives in exile in Dubai, still manages to pull many of the strings of Thai politics- as does Berlusconi when not actually in office. His sister, Yingluck, is now prime minister and she provides the…See More

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cambodia re emerges

Ex: Jonathan Power.Subject: Cambodia leaves the darkness behind.Date: March 5th 2013.Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Cambodia has lain for too long under the black umbrella of its past. But Cambodia is waking up, has looked the evil one in its eye and, re-born, found its strength.Cambodia has been to hell and back- 2 million of its people killed out of population of 8 million, with 500,000 of them executed, the consequence of a fanatical communist movement, the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot and a…See More

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cambodian war crimes

JonathanEx: Jonathan PowerSubject: Cambodia’s War Crimes Court at snail pace.Date: 27th February, 2013Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia.At the end of World War 2, when the three allies, Britain, the US and the Soviet Union, were considering what to do with the top German political and military leaders, Winston Churchill had no compunction in saying they should be taken out of their cells and shot. Franklin Roosevelt persuaded him that a trial was more in order. Stalin went along with this.A trial…See More

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Pope Benedict- bad or good?

Ex: Jonathan PowerSubject: Pope Benedict, good or bad?Date 20th February. 2013 Dean Acheson, the distinguished US Secretary of State who coined such phrases as “Britain has lost an empire but not yet found a role” also once said: “Moral talk is fine preaching for the Final Day of Judgement, but it was not a view I could entertain as a public servant.” No wonder he could justify the use of the nuclear bomb on Japan. The last four Popes, including Benedict who has just announced his retirement,…See More

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Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs): syndicated free lance journalist appearing in many papers including the international herald tribune, boston globe, the statesman of india. south china morning post, arab news of saudi arabia, jordan times, oman news, khaleej times of dubai, the nation of kenya, the citizen of tanzania, daily times of pakistan etc. ALL MY COLUMNS FOR the last 10 years can be read read on www.transnational.org

i am also a contributing editor of Prospect magazine, London (see links below)

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise: the world

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?: sweden

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?: journalism

What is your personal or organizational website?: http://www.transnational.org/Columns_Index_Power.htm

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Conflict Resolution, Conflict Mainstreaming, Democratization, Development, Peacebuilding

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?: Research, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?: if you want to read any of my columns over the last 11 years go to the website of the transnational foundation for peace and future research based in Lund, Sweden- www.transnational.org

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications: • conundrums of humanity. the quest for global justice - brill, 2007
and
• like water on stone. the story of amnesty international, penguin, 2001

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prime minister cameron of the uk! get a life!

Posted on August 21, 2012 at 4:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes

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Subject: Get a life! Terrorists are no big threat.

Date: August 21st 2012.

Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered the continuation during the Paralympics that begin next week of the deployment of anti-aircraft guns surrounding the Olympic Park. In a move that caused much outrage in Britain Cameron argued that the country must always be vigilant in case of a terrorist attack. Yet there was not one bit of evidence that international terrorists and certainly…

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Arrest war criminal Assad!

Posted on August 14, 2012 at 11:02am 0 Comments 0 Likes

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Subject: Hunting down the war criminals.

Date: August 14th 2012.

There can be no question that if President Bashar al-Assad of Syria falls the International Criminal Court will want to put him on trial for war crimes. The long arm of international law will reach him wherever he flees to. The ICC has an unblemished record in bringing to The Hague, the Court’s headquarters, the people they want. As the great heavyweight boxer, Joe Louis, once said, “You can…

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US Soft Power overwhelming us?

Posted on July 10, 2012 at 3:43am 0 Comments 0 Likes

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Subject: We should question US “Soft Power”.

Date: July 10th 2012.

Is the world being captured by what Harvard academic, Joseph Nye, has termed American “Soft Power”? This debate about American influence on the world at large is not a new thing. Charles Dickens, the great British nineteenth century novelist, on a visit to the US had no compunction in thinking America’s culture had little to offer the world. He said it was “a clamorous gang of fakes, fools…

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if it bleeds it leads

Posted on March 14, 2012 at 11:18am 2 Comments 3 Likes

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Subject: If it bleeds it leads!

Date: 12^th March 2012.

If it bleeds it leads! The mantra of many a newsroom. In their new book, “Pax Ethnica” two great journalists, Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac, argue that day in and day out ethnic conflict and tension along religious and cultural lines makes for reliable, if…

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