Regime change in Iraq became a stated goal of United States foreign policy when Public Law 105-338 (the "Iraq Liberation Act") was signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton. The act directed that:
"It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime_change
Sunday, August 3, 2008
'The Assassins' Gate': Occupational Hazards
Review by Fareed Zakaria of "The Assassins' Gate," by George Packer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/books/review/30zakaria.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/books/review/30zakaria.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Big Guns: The world's biggest arms exporters
http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displayStory.cfm?source=most_read&story_id=11825721
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Using Evolution to Defeat Disease
Paul Ewald describes how we can approach disease management so as to use evolution against disease, by providing evolutionary incentives to reduce virulence or ...
e.g. Mosquito-proofing houses can reduce or eliminate malaria.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/259
e.g. Mosquito-proofing houses can reduce or eliminate malaria.
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/259
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