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...alliance established in 1949 as a counterbalance to the Soviet bloc? Watching the International Security Assistance Force (isaf) on the ground in the north and west of Afghanistan, under Nato command, there seems no doubt that the alliance has rediscovered a sense of purpose. The isaf, mandated by the United Nations to help the Afghan government improve security, has already taken over this duty in some of the most fractious parts of the country from the U.S.-led liberation forces, Operation Enduring Freedom (oef). In Phase 3, to begin later this year, the isaf is supposed to grow from...
...effect change must be concerned with the social consequences and their own reelection prospects. "We have to make strategic choices in the context of a strong questioning of our institutions and traditional systems of representation," says Sophie Boissard, a senior French civil servant who is establishing a policy-strategy unit for Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin. Along with November's social unrest, she points to falling voter participation and declining labor-union membership as evidence of growing public cynicism. In Britain, the government is trying to stop the rot with a campaign against antisocial behavior, especially among young people. Launching...
...village leaders that puts $7.7 million at their direct disposal. There is no shortage of worthy causes. The region is plagued by malaria and AIDS, and does not have enough schools or health clinics. "We have to do our part," says Emanuel Etomi, who heads Shell's sustainable-development unit in the Delta. Shareholders should be pleased, too: Etomi says winning friends is essential to safeguarding Shell's pipelines and wellheads. Indeed, oil prices soared last week after the Delta's rebels kidnapped four Shell workers and attacked three Shell facilities, shutting down more than 200,000 barrels...
...SMARTER RISK TAKING Its culture embraced risk--including others'. Enron's Energy Services unit was a pioneer in building a business based on getting other companies to pay to shed risk. It helped concerns like Starwood Hotels handle complex financial instruments that protected them from swings in energy prices. Clients got predictable prices; Enron took on the risk--and potentially huge rewards. One tool Enron had to work with: groundbreaking in-house software for risk management...
...economics, politics, and sociology behind the spread of HIV lack the scientific experience to understand the medicine that serves as the treatment for HIV and will hopefully produce a cure. It is only when these two worlds have overlapped enough to where they can work as one socio-medical unit that HIV/AIDS will have a chance at being vanquished at the hands of humans.Courses such as Life Sciences 1 are crucial to developing the necessary rapport between the sociological and scientific academic spheres. Harvard’s pre-medical students are inarguably some of the brightest young scientists...