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...there a connection? While each armed conflict arises out of unique political circumstances, the economics of insurgency may be similar all over the world. In a nutshell, it's not really a middle class pursuit. Give a young man a gun and show him how to use it, and unless you can later show him a viable career alternative you may have a devil of a time wresting it away from him. After all, besides the passionate embrace of a political cause and the testosterone thrill of meting out violence, insurgency often also represents a viable career path to those...
...huge open-air shopping and entertainment complex located in the San Diego suburb of San Ysidro--but connected to Tijuana, Mexico, by its very own 525-ft. pedestrian bridge. Marasco says he wants "to make the whole border-crossing experience full of color, light and energy." And in pursuit of that vision, he is getting quite an education in international business...
Californian Jane Kimball never planned to write a book or start a website. But one $15 engraved brass vase inspired a collection of more than 700 pieces and the pursuit of the stories behind them. The vase--originally a 1915 German artillery shell--is an example of trench art, mostly produced in World War I but still being made in Kosovo today. It has recently taken off as a hot commodity and subject of scholarship: the first book on trench art was published in April by Nicholas Saunders of University College London, and an exhibition opened in May in France...
...Despite a frenzy of international diplomacy over the past three months in pursuit of reviving the peace process, the latest round of violence confirms the limits of the current cease-fire. Each side had responded to the Mitchell Report and other mediation initiatives principally as a means of outflanking its adversary in the battle for international public opinion. But the cease-fire they concluded existed in name only - in practice there was a policy of restraint by both sides designed to extract maximum diplomatic advantage, but little evidence that either side is anticipating a resumption of the peace process...
...Despite a frenzy of international diplomacy over the past three months in pursuit of reviving the peace process, the latest round of violence is reminder that violence continues to eclipse dialogue in the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians. Indeed, both sides appear inclined to respond to diplomatic peace initiatives only as a way of outflanking their adversary in the battle for international public opinion. It is plain that neither side, right now, believes that peace is possible - or at least possible at an acceptable price. But the current stalemate is inherently unstable, and particularly vulnerable to the provocations of extremists...