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...international community has reached out to Haiti in an unprecedented manner. This is our opportunity, Haitians, members of the Haitian diaspora, and friends of Haiti to reach back in partnership. This task will not be easy, for a true partnership calls for more than monetary aid, colorful ideas, and the “sympathetic” revisiting of Haitian history. What is needed is a coherent and executable plan that will give agency, not pity, to the Haitian people as they reconstruct their country with international support. Too many times in the past, good intentions have died on Haitian shores...
...subject of the leadership of these efforts is an issue that must be addressed. All stakeholders, including members of the Haitian diaspora and aid agencies should have a hand in leveraging experiences and expertise. Perhaps a council should be created by general consensus amongst stakeholders—separate from the Haitian government itself—to administer all things aid-related...
...Russian diaspora, as well as the 85,000 paying tourists who visit the church every year, the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas has represented a slice of Mother Russia on the shores of the Mediterranean. And that's exactly the logic the Russian government used to win a court case in France on Jan. 20 that recognized Moscow's ownership of the church. The Nice Russian Orthodox Cultural Association (ACOR), which managed the church under a 99-year lease it signed with the czarist regime in 1909, had maintained that it effectively inherited the cathedral when Russia's royal family...
...After years of living abroad, I often have my doubts, confusions and a sense of loss. I feel somewhat disconnected from my motherland, China, where I spent 20 years growing up. I believe that the Chinese diaspora all have the same feeling at some point. This insightful and well-researched article is not only learning material for other countries, but also a reminder to us Chinese expatriates of where we came from, what changes are taking place in our mother country and, most importantly, who we truly are. Yang Yang Singapore...
...with China and quietly sought autonomy for Tibet, but this purported "middle path" of peaceful advocacy has made little progress and has frustrated many younger Tibetans who are living in exile from their homeland. Now, suggest observers, the Dalai Lama may be thinking more of shoring up the Tibetan diaspora as it looks toward an uncertain future. "With him getting older, it makes sense to try to establish a long-term support network for Tibetans in exile," says Tuttle...