Word: eastern
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government announced yesterday that it has agreed to assist the small Middle Eastern city-state of Dubai in establishing a school of government to train its next generation of leaders. Former United States Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine will be the first Executive Director of the Cambridge-based Middle East Governance Initiative, a Kennedy School program...
Dubai, one of seven members of the United Arab Emirates, is hoping the Dubai School of Government will foster discussion about governance in the region. In addition to serving as a regional forum, the School will also ideally be a point of exchange for Middle Eastern scholars to learn about the latest studies from the Kennedy School and for Cantabrigians to benefit from intimate knowledge of the region...
...best response to possible provocations and use of force. SEPARATISM IS ON THE RISE IN UKRAINE'S EAST. HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE THAT? Over the last decade, Kuchma and his government have aggravated a number of serious issues, like language, religion, integration with Russia or Europe and relations between eastern and western Ukraine. In fact, each of these issues has a very simple solution. On languages, let's stop arguing about which language we ought to use - Russian or Ukrainian - and let's start learning both instead, as well as others. On religion, let's keep the state...
...about the election's annulment is still rife. Most people here voted for Yanukovych, and for nine nights running, demonstrators gathered in Lenin Square to denounce "the vile Americans who hired their vile agent Yushchenko to split Ukraine and grab it piecemeal," as one recent speaker put it. Leading eastern politicians are threatening to secede and join Russia if Yushchenko wins. Says Alexander Zats, a member of the Donetsk regional legislature: "Should our legitimate concerns be ignored, the people may take matters into their own hands." In western Ukraine, Yushchenko's ascendancy has ended the region's traditional separatism...
...really know what’s going on and say, ‘What’s up with all the propaganda and stuff?’” Johnson says. “You can kind of play with them.” He says some Eastern European visitors have remarked the place reminds them of home...