World Affairs Council

Save Afghanistan? How About America?

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil-Military Relations, League of Women Voters, Vfw, World Affairs Council, General Petraeus, Fourth of July, Rotc, General Mcchrystal, Peace Studies, Counterinsurgency, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Casualty of War, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

Barring an open and democratic dialogue about what our military is for in today's world we'll continue to have frustrated Generals and we'll risk more lives.

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A New Kind of Investing: The Philanthropy Secretariat in Liberia

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Change, Social Impact, Daphne Foundation, Global Philanthropy Forum, Poverty, Trust Africa, War, Liberia, Philanthropy Secretariat, Open Society Institute, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Investors, NoVo Foundation, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Clinton Global Initiative, Humanity-United, World Affairs Council, Donors, Mccall-Macbain, Fundraising, Development, World News
Rahim Kanani

After 14 years of civil war, Liberia's democracy is just beginning to turn a new page, and a group of strategic international philanthropists are hoping to play a role in catalyzing that process.

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Citzen's Arrest and Mass Disruption of Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco

Ali Abunimah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Affairs Council, Gaza, San Francisco, Ehud Olmert, Video, World News
Ali Abunimah

Bay Area residents attempted a citizen's arrest of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, while he gave a speech to the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on 22 October 2009.

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