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When Mislers misle themselves and us.
By Biljana Scott on 22 Mar 2013 | From the Home channel

In October 2005, Hans Blix, the former UN weapons inspector, said that the US administration misled itself and the world. He went on to qualify: “I've never maintained that the administration deliberately misled" the public, ''I think they misled themselves, that we can see.

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Two new 'Internet Governance Lite' videos
By Editor on 22 Mar 2013 | From the Internet Governance channel

Ever wondered how the Internet works and what all these terms and abbreviations stand for? You don't have to be an engineer to understand it.

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Why bilateral diplomacy? Is it relevant in an age of multilateral activity and global conferences?
By Kishan Rana on 22 Mar 2013 | From the Diplomacy channel

The diplomacy process is under transformation, as part of the churning in public affairs, in our age of globalization. But in the midst of change, some constants remain, as immovable compass points.

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"Celebrity diplomacy": Vanities and inanities - 224
By Aldo Matteucci on 18 Mar 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel

The New York Times is having a debate in its “Room for debate”.

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Developing more inclusive and effective diplomacy
By Jovan Kurbalija on 17 Mar 2013 | From the E-diplomacy channel

How to make diplomacy more inclusive and effective is a recurring theme in the history of diplomacy.[1] Aldo Matteuci explains in his blog how...

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Cultural differences (a tale of prejudice) - 223
By Aldo Matteucci on 17 Mar 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel

 

The internet washes up all sorts of flotsam. Along the way,  comments attach themselves to an innocent photo, affording me an opportunity for a rumination on cultural differences.

I’ve received this photo both from people in Europe and the US

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Geo-strategic Yo-Yo
By Jovan Kurbalija on 16 Mar 2013 | From the Diplomacy channel

It is fascinating to see how Russia entered the heart of Europe as a consequence of the Napoleonic...

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Journalist on a Mission
By Steven Nelson on 16 Mar 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel

In my last post, I promised to continue my look at the collusion of corporate efforts to prevent internet piracy, but in the past couple of days I've been pondering Carole Cadwalladr's shocking interview with...

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222 – Trent: the first multilateral negotiation
By Aldo Matteucci on 15 Mar 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel

Records of an international relations system go back to the mid-fourteenth century BC.[1] At that time already, treaties were signed. Brides were exchanged.

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"Sophie's choice" is no choice - 221
By Aldo Matteucci on 14 Mar 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel

“Sophie reveals her deepest, darkest secret: on the night that she arrived at Auschwitz, a sadistic doctor made her choose which of her two children would die immediately by gassing and which would continue to live, albeit in the camp.

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