Crucible of power; a history of American foreign relations from 1897, 2d ed.
9780742558267 Crucible of power; a history of American foreign relations from 1897, 2d ed. Jones, Howard. Rowman & Littlefield 2008 621 pages $45.95 Paperback E744 Jones (history, U. of Alabama) presents...

NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet/December 8, 2008 Issue (on newsstands Monday, December 1).
"How to Fix the World" (p. 34). Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria argues that before last week's terror attacks in India, the subject of foreign policy had disappeared, overshadowed by the economic crisis. For foreign policy to receive the appropriate attention, we must hope that President Obama "does more...

Restoring America's standing in the world.
When President Bush leaves office in January, he'll take with him the cadre of neo-eons who shaped the administration's foreign policy over the last eight years. Their departure offers the hope that the U.S. will meet the world in a whole new way: Not as imperial conquerors, but as...

The Hudson Institute to Host Lunchtime Discussion of Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion on Tuesday, December 16, 2008.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom, in partnership with The Media Project of The Oxford Centre for Religion & Public Life, will host a panel discussion of the new book Blind Spot: When Journalists Don't Get Religion. Co-edited by Paul Marshall, Lela Gilbert,...

Globalists push climate-change controls, open borders.
"John McCain has shown far more commitment to confronting climate change than Bush has, but his teaming up with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who doubts that climate change is man-made, should raise worries," say Michael A. Levi and Scott G. Borgerson of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), who...

Global security watch--Iran; a reference handbook.
9780275994839 Global security watch--Iran; a reference handbook. Mattair, Thomas R. Praeger 2008 208 pages $55.00 Hardcover Global security watch. DS274 Mattair analyzes Iran's relations with its neighbors and major...

Explore the past to understand the present and shape the future.
In Robert Heilbroner's prophetic book, An Inquiry into the Human Prospect, published in 1974, he examined three threats to the survival of humanity that he believed world leaders would have to address in order to avert disaster--nuclear annihilation, over-population, and environmental catastrophe. (1) In recent years, the emerging possibilities...

Former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster to Advise Sunovia Energy Technologies.
SARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunovia Energy Technologies, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SUNV) announced today that former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster has agreed to serve as a senior advisor on the company's advisory board. Under Secretary Juster will provide strategic counseling and assistance on a...

Promoting a culture of peace.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE INTER-AMERICAN Peace Forum, an OAS program that seeks to promote a regional culture of peace in different sectors of the Inter-American society, was introduced recently by OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza and Costa Rica's President and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Oscar Arias Sanchez....

Aerospace & Defense News - Defense North America.
Oct 13, 2008 Pentagon's 2010 budget to be squeezed by financial bailouts Lawmakers in search of cash to bail out the financial industry could look for deep cuts in defense budgets, industry leaders fear. "No one really yet knows when or to what extent defense spending could...