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January 26,2012
Does it never strike you as puzzling that it is wicked to kill one person, but glorious to kill ten thousand?”
-Lewis Richardson, Historian
I have been in a nasty knot lately in reading...
January 15,2012
It is not hyperbolic to say it:
Public relations professionals now have an epic opportunity to serve the global society and thereby win new appreciation of our profession.
In fact,...
January 5,2012
"Every complexity, we are told, is the process of evolution. Yet our development planners seem to think that they can do better...that they can create complex things at one throw by a...
December 23,2011
Unfortunately, as everyone expected the security situation has changed for the worse in the last few days, especially in Baghdad. The critical need now is how we can make a unified citizenry...
December 11,2011
On December 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the US Embassy in Baghdad hosted a celebration to honor key leaders in the Iraqi disability community in recognition of their...
December 5,2011
There’s a reason why engineering companies build roads, why politicians govern, and why militaries run wars. It’s because these are complex, specialized, tasks, not to be undertaken...
November 28,2011
Former Congressional Representative Christopher Shays, who most recently served as a Co-Chair on the bi-partisan Commission on Wartime Contracting, discusses the results of the Commission's...
November 3,2011
Note: This article originally appeared as a blog post for the Foreign Policy Association
It’s now apparent that Tunis and the many newly-“Occupied” cities are virtual neighbors...
October 18,2011
As we look forward to America’s role and responsibility as Hegemon in the 21st century, we can assume three essential components of smart power as it seeks to frame the diverse narratives of...
October 18,2011
"Hey - there you go, a Down Syndrome girl pushing the gender agenda"
As an American, and a native Arabic speaker, I had the opportunity to work in Iraq with the most vulnerable...
October 6,2011
Most Iraqis are no doubt wishing to raise their country from its collapse and are keen on maintaining the unity of its land and people. Conversely, there are only a few from this majority who can...
October 5,2011
On September 9th, in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Secretary of State Clinton, in an address at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, chose to emphasize the importance of “...