All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson

Russia in 2011-12
December 28, 2012, Comments Off on Russia in 2011-12

LEON ARON: Everything You Think You Know About the Collapse of the Soviet Union Is Wrong *And why it matters today in a ...

Pakistan 2011-2012
December 27, 2012, Comments Off on Pakistan 2011-2012

2012 Preview of 2012: The predictable uncertainty of Pakistan’s political economy It is a mixed bag that awaits Pakist ...

India 2011-2012
December 27, 2012, Comments Off on India 2011-2012

Gang rape in India sparks debate on women’s rights Indians have been publicly debating since the Dec. 16 gang rape ...

Canada & the Arctic 2008-2012
December 27, 2012, 2 Comments

…the first principle of Arctic sovereignty is: Use it or lose it – Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Resolute Bay, ...

Wednesday Night #1608
December 26, 2012, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1608

Having issued a double-header invitation for #1607 and #1608, we were surprised by the large turnout for #1607 – n ...

Education: demographics and trends 2011-2012
December 26, 2012, 6 Comments

About Coursera We are a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer co ...

Christmas Reflections 2012
December 25, 2012, Comments Off on Christmas Reflections 2012

  CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS 2012 In this period of celebration for so many cultures, we offer some random thoughts on c ...

Egypt in 2011-2012
December 22, 2012, 5 Comments

  He’s presiding over a country that lacks a constitution, a dissolved parliament, an economic — a huge ...

Syria 2011-2012
December 20, 2012, 2 Comments

Syria on Wednesday-Night.com Stratfor: Syria – small but strategic The U.S. has left Iraq, and Iran is ready to fi ...

Middle East/Arab world in 2012
December 20, 2012, Comments Off on Middle East/Arab world in 2012

The fallacy of the phrase, ‘the Muslim world’ Western media reinforces stereotypes by reducing a complex set ...