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Entries by Jake Townsend from 08/2011

Branding Peace: Norway's Identity Put to the Test

| Posted 08.04.2011 | World
Read More: Norway National Brand, Oslo Bombings, Norway Shooting, Norway, Norway Bombings, Norway Peace, Norway Shootings, Norway National Identity, Norway Bombing, Oslo Bombing, World News

Norway's immediate reaction to this terror was authentic, distinctly Norwegian, and due in no small part to a country and a people who know fundamentally who they are. The world could learn a thing or two from their example.

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Country: Know Thyself

| Posted 08.16.2011 | World
Read More: Darfur, National Identity, Mogadishu, Nation Branding, Somalia, Development Assistance, Public Diplomacy, Humanitarian Aid, South Sudan, Juba, World News

National identity provides foundational strength for a country, for it defines that unique metaphoric construct for collective belief in the nation not only as a physical place, but as a collectively held idea.

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Freedom's Lament: Libya's Revolution and the Shackles of the Mind

| Posted 08.30.2011 | World
Read More: Gaddafi Libya, Libyan Revolution, Gaddafi Aftermath, Libya Gaddafi, Libya Uprising, Libya State Building, Libya Revolution, Libyan State Building, Libya Dictatorship, World News

How many revolutions will it take before the world's dictators, tyrants and despots realize that one man or one unjust system cannot contain the strength of the human spirit?

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