Word: sanctions
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Harvard will not sanction education programs in places like Jakarta due to U.S. State Department travel warnings. What a pity this is! Because of a self-harming, unnecessary, and contradictory policy, your education and the future of my country will be compromised. To speak the language of University President Lawrence H. Summers, this is an embargo on interaction with the ideas of other parts of the world, and as in most embargoes, everybody loses...
...might argue that state sanctioning and, indeed, funding of contracted armies is a dangerous precedent to set. But veritably, we have already set it. In Iraq, “security firms” and “military consultancies” are paid to fight rebels much in the same way the military does. Furthermore, such armies will continue to exist whether we sanction them or not—it makes sense to accept reality and use the mercenaries for good ends...
...slippery slope which leads us to divest from any company with a tie to the oil industry. Usually easy media targets will be singled out, which leads to the creation of a sideshow that distracts attention from the root of the problem—the national governments that sanction human rights abuses and corruption...
...would face any disciplinary action in connection with the incident. “In line with usual University practice, we intend no further comment on the matter,” Summers and Kagan said. But Tribe’s assistant said yesterday that “there was no sanction or reprimand beyond the [University] statement...
...despite the protests, the administration’s policy will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future. Edwards noted that the only way for students to study in Israel and other restricted nations under the sanction of the University is for the University to change its ruling, but added that this is out of OIP’s jurisdiction...