Foreign Policy

US State Department begins community policing program in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The U.S. State Department has begun a community policing program in Haiti that aims to strengthen ties between officers and the neighbourhoods they patrol in a country where police are largely mistrusted. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The U.S. State Department has begun a community policing program in Haiti that aims to strengthen ties …

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A new leadership model for a new Haiti – MIT Sloan School of Management

Two MIT professors traveled to Haiti this summer to conduct an intensive leadership workshop with the country’s prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, and more than 50 Haitian government ministers and cabinet members. Source: mitsloan.mit.edu Two MIT professors traveled to Haiti this summer to conduct an intensive leadership workshop with the country’s prime minister, Laurent Lamothe, and …

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Obama’s Africa Summit: Business Agenda Rather Than Human Rights & Aid

Obama’s summit with African leaders puts human rights on the back burner in favor of investment and profit opportunities for U.S. corporations. Source: nonprofitquarterly.org hy might leaders such as Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan, South Africa’s Jacob Zuma, and Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz want to meet with members of the African Diaspora in the U.S.? The Migration …

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40 Maps That Explain The Middle East

These maps are crucial for understanding the region’s history, its present, and some of the most important stories there today.   1. The fertile crescent, the cradle of civilization If this area wasn’t the birthplace of human civilization, it was at least a birthplace of human civilization. Called “the fertile crescent” because of its lush …

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