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...greatest problem facing any new leadership in Haiti may lie in convincing Haitians and their friends abroad that things are going to change for the better. "Each time there is a new government we say the same things, then support [for Haiti from abroad] appreciably drops," admits Elizabeth Spehar, who has been working with the Special Mission and Electoral Technical Assistance Program of the OAS in Haiti. "We dump money into elections, then get distracted so that every ten years there's another crisis. The election is the big mamou. It's the starting point, but if you just leave...
Small, economically developed countries aren't the only ones that have created science-friendly cultures: 54% of the staff at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and an astonishing 81% of the scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences are people who have returned from abroad. Deng Hongkui's story is typical. When he went to the U.S. in 1989 for postgraduate study in virology, he thought he would go back to China only to visit family and friends. But in 2000 he returned as director of one of Peking University's newest research centers. Deng was promised his own team...
...will perform in the autumn. Chanel spent several hundred thousand dollars on a single evening's festivities to announce its entry into India, and Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, Gucci and the others are on their way. Nor is the traffic one-way. Indian companies are now expanding abroad. The Tata Group, the country's largest conglomerate, recently announced huge investments in South Korea, and its Taj hotel chain has just taken over New York City's tony Pierre Hotel; software giants such as Infosys and Wipro are scouting for acquisitions abroad. Then there's the cultural dimension...
...place themselves beyond Harvard’s borders and to listen to and amplify subdued voices. These students must be actively supported, not explained away. The College must support travel such as Bakshi’s and even take some role in securing back-up contacts for its students abroad, especially in trouble-spots. One can never entirely remove the risks of research. Probing questions might elicit outraged, defensive responses from those exploiting power. But research can open space for dialogue—the very thing we, as academics, ostensibly work for. In the face of adversity, we must...
...work of a haunted man. America’s increasing militarism, the toxic synergy between industry and the Armed Forces, and the specter of Dwight D. Eisenhower have spooked filmmaker Eugene Jarecki into producing yet another documentary about America’s abuses of power domestically and abroad...