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The magazine Foreign Policy honored the “100 Top Global Thinkers of 2011” in its Dec. 2011 issue, and ranked No. 1 was dentist and University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Dentistry alumnus Dr. Alaa Al Aswany, MS Histology ’85.

Mira Sound Germany releases ‘Talking Sanctions’ (On Iranian Oil Import), Michel Montecrossa’s New-Topical-Song about EU sanctions on Iranian oil import and the dangers of bad foreign policy for the European people.

For more than 60 years, nations around the world have observed Human Rights Day on December 10. But the rights we seek to honor that day would be empty pronouncements without the people who defend them, even in the midst of violent conflicts.

On Monday, November 7 (5:30 -7:30 pm), protesters will gexpress their outrage at the honoring or former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger by the New-York Historical Society.

David A. Andelman, editor of the World Policy Journal and a specialist on Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, and the Balkans, will be the keynote speaker at the World Affairs Forum dinner and presentation at the Stamford Yacht Club on June 9 at 7:00 P.M.

Adelphi University is pleased to host investigative journalist Kim Barker, who will present her lecture “The Taliban Shuffle: A Look at What the US Has Done in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and Why It’s Not Working.”

Netanyahu dictates foreign policy to Obama. State Department spokesman deployed to scold the child. This is the road to peace?

Congressman Jim Himes (D) and State Senator Dan Debicella (R) will debate foreign policy issues on Thursday, October 21, from 7 to 8:30 PM, in the Davenport Ballroom at the Holiday Inn Stamford Downtown under the auspices of the World Affairs Forum.

Rising frictions btwn China & neighbors make clear US role in E Asia far from over Asian countries suspicious of China see US as natural ally “US has been smart helping countries in region. China 'threat', thx to own actions, is being revived.”

This Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 1pm-2pm at Riverfront Park in North Charleston, SC District 1 Congressional Candidate, Keith Blandford, will be the only candidate promoting peace at the Charleston Peace One Day Rally.

This is the novel feared by the Obama Administration because it dares to show ordinary Americans, in unvarnished terms, what happens when Muslim extremists unleash a nuclear fire storm on the United States.

Join African-American Conservatives as they interview Ambassador John Bolton live on Blog Talk Radio on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 11am EDT.

All are invited to a dinner speech on "U.S. Foreign Policy Options" by Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Harvard Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy/International Politics, Former Under Secretary of State, at the Stamford Yacht Club, 5/12/10.

Alexander Kliment will lead the discussion on future natural gas pipelines, energy security, E.U. policy toward Russia, and the sustainability of Russia’s current foreign policy at the Great Decisions program at the Greenwich Library.

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Robert Murphy and Gareth Porter will be the featured guests on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, Wednesday 2pm Eastern

Chairperson of Indo-American Leadership Confederation Rajan Zed re-elected to Governing Board of prestigious Northern Nevada International Center.

Sandra Cuffe: Military resorts to killing, numbers in streets double - even opponents of Zelaya join in

William Engdahl on his book Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order

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Event coinciding with 11th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva (UNHRC) will address human rights violations and propose solutions to simmering tension and conflict in key region straddling Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.

Ambassador Craig R. Stapleton, former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic and France will be the guest speaker at the World Affairs Forum’s final event of this program season, a dinner at the Holiday Inn Stamford-Downtown.

Dr. Robert Johnston, Director of Eurasia Group's Global Energy & Natural Resources, will speak on "ENERGY AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY".

Seth Kaplan, author of Fixing Fragile States: A New Paradigm for Development (Praeger Security International, 2008) will discuss “The Challenges of State Building” on March 15th at 1100 AM at the Ethical Culture Society in Maplewood, New Jersey.

The American Institute on Foreign Policy has announced it will be hosting Prince Charles Napoleon of France for two sessions during its Spring Session.

Foreign Policy Journal has launched a new website providing global news, analysis, and opinion commentary on events and issues related to U.S. foreign policy from outside the standard framework for debate.

Republican Christopher Shays and Democrat Jim Himes, candidates for the 4th Congressional District seat, will debate foreign policy on Monday, October 20, 7-8:30 PM at the Holiday Inn, Stamford.

My "dream team" would have Hillary as VP, Edwards as Attorney General, Richardson as Secretary of State, Dr. Dean Sec of Health or as FDA Commissioner, repairing damage done to USA international by Bush Neocons and 8 years of Corporate Kleptocracy!

Governor Richardson challenged class to use skills with passion, reason and courage: America's urgent need for courageous leadership, to support human rights, the rule of law, and international law, especially in places like Myanmar and Darfur

As primary day in Pennsylvania begins Hillary has given us another indication of the type of president she will be when the phone rings at 3 AM in the White House.

Timberline Press announces publication of "Operation Supergoose," a humorous novel by William Hart lampooning the so-called War on Terror. Superhero Lieutenant Candide is sent to avenge 9/11, but instead uncovers dirty war agendas.