PAST CONVERSATIONPolitical Power
What is the most effective way to influence the exercise of political power? Can genocide be halted? What are the natural limits of political power? Join three preeminent policy and opinion makers as they discuss the violation and defense of human rights by national and international powers. Featuring Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security advisor; Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times; and Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Thomas Weiss, Presidential Professor of Political Science at The Graduate Center will moderate.
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... it must be that the real guilty people of every attack at the American gob, and many other countries countries, them are the Straus family people, from the Austrian country, making tem with the Germans, this selfish powerful people, with out a government, but with power with the Swiss bank hem said, them care to be the world wide owners, because them gorgeous family of musicians, the giving political and economical power, to the Strauss people, with the other’s money, them said it care to be so much pay in money because them garvich of music, the troubles start, when them desired, to start to stole money from the American business people, with money in the Swiss bank, the Strauss family people, with the stolid money them start to drive with the politics in many countries, in the most the Strauss people, them made team with the Mexican expresident 1958 to 1964 , to stole to an American business man, making business in Mexico, the Strauss people them are nasty ugly as young persons, driving with the Mexican country with a scientist canter call It the cecyt, in many Mexican states, the most important, it is located in a Mexican city under name Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico by an ave call it normalistas, across with another road, call it alcalde av, next to another, road under name av, de los maestros, as suppose to be them are the most powerful people around the world, it may the united nations must to stop with them arguing upon it is a crime to drive with the world wide power. |
bitt
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... They say, politics is a dirty issue - http://wiwapia.com/en/politics - who knows who is right? :) |
Nandini Shroff
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... As part of my Macaulay Honors Thesis Colloqium class and my own interests, I attended this very special gathering of experts discussing political power. I found the event extremely insightful and educational touching on numerous topics ranging from the war in Iraq, to the Israeli- Palestinian issues, genocides around the world, climate change, the upcoming elections in the United States and the changing role of the United States in the global arena. When asked about the role of the United States in the conflicts around the world, all three speakers stressed the importance of multilateral coalitions and open dialogue. I completely agreed with this assessment. In order for the United States to resume its role as a world leader, it is important for the country to engage in dialogues and discussion with other countries. It cannot act without any cooperation or approval from other countries. Mary Robinson made an important distinction between the war in Iraq and war in Afghanistan in terms of human rights violations. She said she supported the war in Afghanistan but the war in Iraq was a violation of human rights and it was necessary to be condemned as such. It raises the question of when invading another country is deemed okay and when military force is condemned by the international community. Regarding the biggest issue that needed to be addressed in the near future, Brzezinski indicated the over-consumption and the general lack of responsibility that pervades the American society as a major problem. He discussed the irresponsibility in the government. Over-consumption has always been an American way of life, which Brzezinski believes has contributed to the current economic crisis. Mary Robinson and Kristoff both pointedly said that humanity shines the brightest in the midst of abject violence, poverty, and conflict (Malushka also mentions this in her review). This humanity is what helps them both overcome and change the grim and often hopeless situations into something, which could be resolved with persistence, faith, and determination. I really enjoyed this event. The speakers had clear, blunt, and precise if sometimes a differing view on the path America should follow, especially after the election of a new presidency. |
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ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI
Zbigniew Brzezinski is a counselor and trustee for the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is the Robert E. Osgood Professor of American Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, in Washington, D.C.
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NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Nicholas D. Kristof is an op-ed columnist for The New York Times and was previously associate managing editor of The Times, responsible for the Sunday Times.
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MARY ROBINSON
Mary Robinson served from 1990 to 1997 as the first female president of Ireland and from 1997 to 2002 as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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