This Week @ FPA – July 22, 2013
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| Monday, July 22, 2013 |  |
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| Spotlight on … Waller Newell | |||
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Oakland Ross: Latin America tries for a kinder, gentler War on Drugs |
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| “It’s not a war that can be won,” says Jean Daudelin at Carleton University, reflecting an increasingly prevalent view. “So let’s try to get the violence under control and not let the cartels be too powerful politically.” | |||
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Jennifer Ditchburn: Railroad firm’s response to Quebec tragedy mystifies public relations experts |
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| “They’re not the first corporation to have operations in another country and to show the lack of cultural sensitivity and awareness, but whenever these cases arises, it magnifies the problems that inattention can create,” said Josh Greenberg, associate director of Carleton’s School of Journalism and Communication. | |||
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Tobi Cohen: Cabinet shakeup may shift law-and-order agenda into cruise control |
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| As for the government’s tough-on-crime agenda, Carleton University political science Prof. Bruce Hicks said much of it was “front loaded” to appeal to the Conservative base that voted the party into power — even if experts argue certain controversial changes like mandatory minimum sentences won’t have a serious impact on crime rates or recidivism. | |||
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 Stephen Saideman
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Peter MacKay needs a shuffle. How about NATO secretary-general? |
| Much of the news coming out of Ottawa these days is focused on the impending cabinet shuffle. Similarly, in Europe, there is much discussion about who will be the next secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Apparently, the leading candidate is German Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière. For reasons I will explain below, this choice would be pretty awful. More… | |
 Joseph Scanlon |
What could prevent another Mégantic disaster? Sadly, not very much. |
| Disaster researchers are troubled by one thing more than anything else: It seems that communities that experience disasters rarely learn from them.No matter how well they handle a specific incident – and often they respond very effectively – they don’t apply the lessons learned, and they don’t revise their plans so they are better prepared the next time. More… |
 Andrew Cohen |
What an ambitious city looks like |
| This is what ambition looks like in Taiwan. It comes in all kinds of surprising ways.It begins with the Love River, once an unsightly, filthy waterway running through the heart of this southern city, the country’s second biggest. The Love River recalls the Love Canal, the notorious toxic waterway in New York, near Niagara Falls, a generation ago. More… |
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Book Release – Tyranny: A New Interpretation
In Tyranny: A New Interpretation (Cambridge University Press, 2013), Newell demonstrates a historical shift in emphasis from the classical thinkers’ stress on the virtuous character of rulers and the need for civic education to the modern emphasis on impersonal institutions and cold-blooded political method. |
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