Written by Brian J. Trautman and published by PeaceVoice The Pentagon’s budget proposal for next year was announced last week by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. In an interview with The New York Times, Hagel argued that to meet today’s national security needs, the Department of Defense (DoD) must shift its [...]

Proceedings: Twenty-Ninth Annual Convention of Rotary International By Rotary International Found on Google Books - well worth a read!  

BOOK REVIEW by Patrick T. Hiller Portland State University and The War Prevention Initiative Published in the Journal of Peace Education. From War to Peace: A Guide to the Next Hundred Years, by Kent D. Shifferd, Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2011, viii + 232 pp., US$38.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0- 7864-6144-8 In a time when [...]

Posted by Dick Simon on February 16, 2014 at 1:21pm View Blog On seeing this image at a photo exhibition of my work from Syria, several attendees chastised me for 'spending time with terrorists'. The man in the picture, Abdulsalam, is a Bedouin entrepreneur who welcomed my family into his home. His [...]

The Washington Post, BY ADAM TAYLOR, February 20 at 10:03 am Thursday, the United Nations is releasing some of the results of what is thought to be its largest global survey ever, part of a worldwide initiative called MyWorld2015. The idea behind the survey, conducted by United Nations Millennium Campaign, the United [...]

From Bangkok to Bogotá, big city mayors around the world are acting to reduce climate change. Whether it’s building better bus systems or conserving water, mayors from 59 climate leadership cities have doubled their efforts to reduce carbon emissions and improve resilience in the last two years, according to this infographic. [...]