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Congo’s Air of Suffering

For the last decade, deep in the heart of the African continent the Democratic Republic of the Congo has laid claim to one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history. Since the beginning...

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Goodbye to 2009: The year in review

This is my last post for 2009 I thought I would write about Afghanistan but on second thought I will, no doubt, be doing that quite a lot during 2010. Thanks to the Obama Administration’s surge...

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Zimbabwe’s Dirty Diamond Revenue: Approving Zimbabwe’s diamonds under the...

For the past 8 months, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Mines has been amassing a huge stockpile of diamonds plucked from the Marange diamond field in the eastern part of the country. The stockpile, which now...

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Kenya and Preventive Diplomacy: Finding a Way Forward

Kenya captured headlines in December 2007 when the former beacon of stability and growth in East Africa descended into political and social chaos after elections heightened ethnic and tribal...

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98.83% in Sudan: What’s Next?

The announcement of the final result of the Referendum has marked the end of an era and today is the beginning of a new era in our history.  Today is a glorious day for all the sons and daughters of...

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The Limits of Iran’s Reach

Last week, as the unrest in the Middle East raged on, Iran and Senegal broke up.  At the heart of the matter was the seizure of a shipment of weapons from Iran allegedly headed to the separatist...

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A New Approach to Interventionism

This article was written by two Fall 2011 Fellows in PSA’s Congressional Fellowship Program.  All CFP articles are produced by bipartisan groups of Democrat and Republican Fellows that were challenged...

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The Dragon Comes to Africa

This article was written by two Fall 2011 Fellows in PSA’s Congressional Fellowship Program.  All CFP articles are produced by bipartisan groups of Democrat and Republican Fellows who were challenged...

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Reflections on the Coup, Part 1

Anthony Scavone is a recent graduate of Boston University where he studied International Relations focusing specifically on International Development and Sub-Saharan Africa. He served as a Peace Corps...

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Bridges Not Barriers: Securing Futures and Improving Lives Through Expanded...

Co-authored by Ray Chambers and Thomas Kean. The Honorable Thomas Kean is a former Governor of New Jersey and Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Report. He is on the board of directors of Partnership for...

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We should protect freedom of expression in all media

Tara D. Sonenshine is the US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, a former PSA Board Member.  This article originally appeared in the Daily Monitor, an independent daily...

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A Promise Renewed: A Great Global Ambition and Every Father’s Dream

Anthony Lake is the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and a former American Diplomat and political advisor. He is a former member of the PSA Advisory Board.  This...

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The War on Tusks

Tara D. Sonenshine is the US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and a former PSA Board Member.  This article originally appeared in National Geographic. The War on Tusks...

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The North American Global Powerhouse

George Shultz is a PSA Advisory Board Member and a former secretary of labor, Treasury and state, and is a distinguished fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. This article was originally...

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Why the Central African Republic Crisis Is a Security Problem for the U.S.

Madeleine Albright is Chair of the Albright Stonebridge Group and member of PSA’s Board of Advisors. She served as the 64th Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001, and received the Presidential Medal of...

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The Confusing State of the World

Tara Sonenshine is former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, a former PSA Board of Directors member, and currently a distinguished fellow at George Washington University’s...

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Taking Disability Seriously

Tara Sonenshine advises World Learning and is currently a Distinguished Fellow at George Washington University. She served as a member of PSA’s Board of Directors. The article was co-written by Don...

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A World Hungry for Food and Solutions: Why We Need Food Diplomacy

Tara Sonenshine is a former member of PSA’s Board of Directors. She also served as U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs and is currently a distinguished fellow at George...

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Bordering on surreal — live images of war

Bordering on surreal — live images of war Sonenshine is a distinguished fellow at George Washington University and former member of PSA’s Board of Directors. This article originally appeared in the...

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Looking for Bright Spots in Africa

This original article can be found at The Hill newspaper blog. This article was written by Tara Sonenshine, a former member of PSA’s Advisory Board and former Under Secretary of State for Public...

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