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...people to do what they do.” The SAR network has thus far arranged for over 100 scholars to flee their countries and take academic positions in safer nations. While most of the destination schools are top-tier U.S. colleges and universities, the list includes schools from Thailand, Serbia, Canada, Mexico, and South Africa, among others. Later today, the SAR network will host a forum at the Carr Center with five of the current scholars, as well as Jawad and Kar. The event will be held in Neustadt Hall in the Rubenstein Building and will run from...
...forgiven for thinking that you had come across a temple. Set amid lush greenery and running water, the building looks like a sanctuary from the clamor of the Thai capital. But in this case, coffee drinking?rather than meditation?is the preferred mode of retreat. Welcome to Banrie: Thailand's answer to Starbucks. It's a flag-flier for local coffee culture and serves a selection of domestically grown brews prepared the Thai way?with plenty of sugar and coconut milk...
...Thailand we think of coffee as a dessert, so we make it sweet and rich," explains Banrie founder Saichol Payaonoi. He started the company in 1997 with small shops built alongside upcountry gas stations, and he now oversees 104 branches. The 39-year-old former architect and student radical is building up Banrie as a worthy adversary to the American coffee superpower that's become such a big player in his country. "To fight Superman, you can't send an ordinary ape?you need Hanuman," he says, invoking the name of the monkey-god hero of Hindu mythology. "And Banrie...
...forgiven for thinking that you had come across a temple. Set amid lush greenery and running water, the building looks like a sanctuary from the clamor of the Thai capital. But in this case, coffee drinking - rather than meditation - is the preferred mode of retreat. Welcome to Banrie, Thailand's answer to Starbucks. It's a flag-flier for local coffee culture and serves a selection of domestically grown brews prepared the Thai way - with plenty of sugar and coconut milk. "In Thailand we think of coffee as a dessert, so we make it sweet and rich," explains Banrie founder...
...this has a cumulative effect on Asia. So far, the threat of radical Islam in the region is confined to Indonesia and the Philippines. (In southern Thailand, the issue, for now, is Muslim disaffection with the central government in Bangkok.) Through decisive action?arrests and effective gathering and sharing of intelligence?the Malaysian and Singaporean governments have dismantled the terrorist infrastructures in their countries. But the extremists can use Indonesia and the Philippines as launchpads to strike at neighboring nations...