Legitimacy

Who Needs a Greek Government?

Peter Alexander Meyers | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Efficiency, Polanyi, Papandreou, Syriza, Elections 2012, Referendum, Merkel, Greek Debt Crisis, Capitalism, Euro, Pasok, Greece, New Democracy, Alexis Tsipras, Legitimacy, Samaras, Tsipras, World News
Peter Alexander Meyers

Greeks must decide to stay or go. Perhaps that is why it failed to come before the people. Perhaps that is why, when on May 6 the election was played out in a way that minimized the literal and more important question -- "Do you want to adopt the new agreement?" -- it failed again.

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Frog 6 Guidance for 2010-2020

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Strategy, Information Operations, Acquisition, Threats, Decision-Support, Brent Scowcroft, Io, Engagement, Peace, Armed Forces, Whole of Government, Challenges, Change, Education, Intelligence, Reality, Legitimacy, Multinational, Truth, m4is2, Politics News
Robert David Steele

From Virtual Secretary of Defense Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to establish priorities for my strategic objectives through 2012 and p...

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Netanyahu's Freeze Scam

Henry Siegman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Legitimacy, Palestine, Israel, Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, World News, World News
Henry Siegman

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks at the formal White House launching of the resumed Middle East peace talks on September 2nd were the clearest indication yet of his lack of seriousness.

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Is Israel's Legitimacy Under Challenge?

Henry Siegman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Legitimacy, World News
Henry Siegman

The claim that Israel is the incarnation and defender of Jewish values is contradicted by its treatment of an Arab population that has now lived for over two generations under Israel's military subjugation.

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Does an Afghanistan Exit Strategy Hurt Our Allies?

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Timetable, Exit Strategy, Allies, Pakistan, Nouri Al-Maliki, Iraq, Myths, Withdrawal, Kayani, Nato, Rethink Afghanistan, Taliban, Freedom Fighter, Afghanistan, Insurgents, Legitimacy, Republicans, July 2011, Senate, Militants, Politics News
Josh Mull

A timetable for withdrawal is a good thing. Ignore the partisan myth-making and keep pressuring your representatives to hold Obama accountable and bring this war to an end.

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Afghans Have to Want to Help Themselves

Malou Innocent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Legitimacy, US Troops Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, Afghanistan War, World News
Malou Innocent

Success in Afghanistan can only be achieved if their leaders want it themselves; there is very little Washington can do to compel them to undertake policies that we deem favorable.

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5 Ways To Feel More Legitimate As A Writer

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Self-Employment, Working From Home, Self-Employed, Getting Paid to Write, Freelancing, Writer's Life, Writing, Freelance Writing, Titles, Legitimacy, Careers, Healthy Living News
Delia Lloyd

Feeling legitimate can be a tricky thing in the work world, especially for writers, freelancers, and - in many professions - women.

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5 Telltale Dreams About Adulthood

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Test Anxiety, Learning Your Lines, Math Class, Naked at Office, Elevators, Interpreting Dreams, Dreams, Dreaming, Kaleidoscope Careers, High School, Recurrent Dreams, Elevator Dreams, Roald Dahl, Legitimacy, Forever House, Brain Exercise, Sleep, Stress, Delia Lloyd, Healthy Living News
Delia Lloyd

Not only are my dreams hopelessly plot-driven and transparent, they are also recurrent. There are four or five dreams that I must have at least once a month, and every time, I wake up bathed in sweat.

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Getting our Game Back: The First Hundred Days

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Army, National Security, First Hundred Days, Pakistan, President Obama, Iran, Defense Spending, Legitimacy, Israel, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

If we kill people, we lose the war. The most significant achievement of the Obama Administration thus far is a consistent and systematic understanding that security as we know it has fundamentally changed.

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Hillary Was Right to Downplay Human Rights in China

Sam Black | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taiwan, Boston Globe, Human Rights, Hillary Clinton Asia Trip, Hillary Clinton, Washington Post, Legitimacy, China Human Rights, Tiananmen Square, China, Foreign Policy, World News
Sam Black

International legitimacy depends on consistency. The less we sound like we preach human rights only when it's to our advantage (and we're not prepared to back it up) the better.

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