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...lawyer who issued a warrant for the arrest of a former Harvard affiliate addressed the need for human rights law reform yesterday in a speech titled “Harvard—Haven for War Criminals?” London attorney Daniel Machover described his role in issuing a British warrant for the arrest of Israeli Maj. Gen. Doron Almog, a 2004 senior fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. A British court later withdrew the warrant for Almog’s arrest in September 2005, the same month it was issued, on technical...
...solid wall of night, the electricity-starved North Korean town bathed in blackness. The flashily dressed man stands abruptly and tosses away his a cigarette, heading back towards the bars and restaurants that line this side of the river bank. "Now they are making bombs. They should learn reform from us and make money instead. We don't want them coming here to beg for food...
...back. In times of crisis, the Roman senate possessed an admirable means of securing both continuity and decisive action. The powerful and populous Senate (think the Faculty of Arts and Sciences) would let consuls (think Core Committee) elect a dictator (think successful administrator) with a specific agenda (think Core reform) and a rigid timetable. Paradoxically, in order to preserve the Republic’s freedom, the republican principles of plural collegiality and responsibility needed to be abandoned. By most accounts, the system succeeded in saving the Republic from external invaders and internal rebellions alike. According to legend, Cincinnatus was plowing...
...China becomes a bigger player on the global stage, the United States has been expending a great deal of effort to make China feel (and act) as if it has a stake in the international system. A notable recent example was the United States supported International Monetary Fund reform package, which expanded the voting rights of developing countries, particularly China. Due to a combination of its permanent seat on the Security Council and its unprecedented economic growth, China now wields more geopolitical influence than it ever has before. It is critical that China shows the international community that...
...civil rights lawyer and law professor in Chicago, Obama was elected to the Illinois state senate and quickly established himself as different from most of the other African-American legislators. "He was passionate in his views," says state senator Dave Syverson, a Republican committee chairman who worked on welfare reform with Obama. "We had some pretty fierce arguments. We went round and round about how much to spend on day care, for example. But he was not your typical party-line politician. A lot of Democrats didn't want to have any work requirement at all for people on welfare...