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Pollak, who currently works in human rights law as a legal researcher for a think tank, will be on campus Tuesday for a discussion with law professor Alan M. Dershowitz at 5:00 P.M. in Hillel...
...observers say his opponents are attacking a symptom rather than the disease. Five Middle East specialists contacted to speak about the flap made the same central point: Hosni's comments are anything but unusual in the political settings in which he made them. (None of the analysts - academics, think tank researchers and one diplomat - would go on the record with their views, pointing to the explosive nature of the controversy.) "This is certainly not excusing them, but the kinds of [anti-Jewish], anti-Israel comments attributed to Hosni are the lingua franca of Arab political and cultural elites," says...
...Work on renovating the cross-border rail lines is due to begin soon. Restoration of Armenian monuments at the ancient site of Ani is underway. "Once trade, human interaction and dialogue begin, finding common ground on more complicated issues will become easier," says Aybars Gorgulu of the Istanbul think tank TESEV. It will take time for Turkey and Armenia to overcome decades of mutual distrust. But the announcement of new peace talks is the first step in a long overdue healing process...
Gates has also been appointed a Senior Fellow for Global Higher Education at the Jamestown Project, a non-profit think tank based in Washington...
...rift between Libya and the West. "This is a significant country with an unusual leader, who uses his wealth to conjure up influence in places like Africa," says Richard Dalton, who was Britian's ambassador to Libya until 2002 and is now a fellow at the London think tank Chatham House. For the West, he says, Gaddafi is "much better to work with than to shun. He's shown himself reliable on the important issues...