Government needs to take decisive action to contain ethnic tensions stirred by 2010 violence, leading rights activist warns. By Timur Toktonaliev Continued failure to enforce the rule of law risks will give the green light to extreme nationalists who could provoke further ethnic strife, according to Dinara Oshurakhunova, head of the Bishkek-based NGO Coalition for […]
Repairing Broken Tajik-Uzbek Relationship
Narrow vision of nation-state encourages alienation, obstructs solutions to common problems. By Shahodat Saibnazarova – Central Asia Of the five Central Asian states, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are arguable the most entwined with one another, culturally and economically. Yet despite – or perhaps because of – their proximity, they have consistently had the worst of relationships. […]
Theories of Organizations and their Discontents, by Phin Upham
In this work Phin Upham takes us through Jeffrey Pfeffer’s provocative propositions on theories of organizations. Are theories of organizations initially observation-driven, do they lose their connection to reality over time? Most good theories, if not all, in OT have their foundation in observation and reflection – no great insight spring straight from phenomena. Great […]
PRESIDENT OBAMA REMARKS ON FISCAL POLICY: MUST READ: PLEASE
Remarks by the President on Fiscal Policy George Washington University Washington, D.C. 1:48 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. (Applause.) Please have a seat. Please have a seat, everyone. It is wonderful to be back at GW. I want you to know that one of the reasons that I worked so hard with […]
After ‘Ad Hoc’ Government Bailout, Citigroup Still Too Big to Fail, Watchdog Says
The government’s decision to bail out Citigroup during the financial crisis was made in a “strikingly ad hoc” manner—based on “gut instinct and fear of the unknown” and not on any objective criteria, according to a government watchdog report [PDF] released Thursday. While the 2008 bailout of Citi served to immediately stabilize the company and strengthen […]
How do young people experience migration?
Children like to ask questions. Across physical, cultural, and political borders, learning happens when they can indulge their curiosity. When I began working with San Francisco public school students in their kindergarten year, I stepped into an environment defined by upheaval. They were living personal stories of foster homes and adoptions, of immigration and […]
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