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Dec 26th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Headline

The article, ‘The Fall of Constantine II and the Greek Financial Crisis’ in the Historical and Current Affairs has been re-posted after previous sub-sections were ommitted in the transfer from the previous HCAA website.



The GFC- What Can Be Done?

Nov 28th, 2011 | By admin | Category: ALP Matters and Contemporary Political Developments, Bio-Ethical Issues, Economic Policy, Education Policy, Federal-State Relations, Headline

The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) presents the world with fundamental challenges. Modern history has shown that in times of acute challenge existing socio-political and financial systems often require fundamental reform and/or adaptation. For example Russia in 1917 as on course to adapt, but did not, thereby allowing a strident minority to impose its [...]



Japan: The Antithesis of Rent-Seeking

Jul 31st, 2011 | By admin | Category: Headline

Japan’s ‘win-win’ approach to promoting the common good should be emulated because the world is in such a state of crisis.



Japan: The Antithesis of Rent-Seeking

Jul 31st, 2011 | By admin | Category: ALP Matters and Contemporary Political Developments, Bio-Ethical Issues, Economic Policy, Federal-State Relations, Historical and Current Affairs Perspectives, The Environment, Trade Unions – Industrial Relations

Japan has had a tumultuous year (2011) with regard to natural disasters. However, Japan will (and is) recovering from these disasters due to the resilience of its people. The Japanese generally have an orientation toward supporting each other to ensure national survival. This approach accords with the Gestalt philosophy in which the [...]



Is Libyan Democracy a Desert Mirage?

Mar 13th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Historical and Current Affairs Perspectives

Is Libyan Democracy a Desert Mirage?
The failure of the west to provide military aerial support to the Libyan people will probably deprive them of a once in a lifetime opportunity to regain their freedom that was stolen from them by Colonel Qaddafi in 1969. ( If the Obama administration insists upon obtaining [...]



Nguyen Van Thieu

Jan 20th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Historical and Current Affairs Perspectives

By DAVID BENNETT
The fall of South Vietnam was the inevitable consequence of America’s failure to provide the support it committed to President Nguyen Van Thieu. Thieu’s death in September 2001, raises the question: will America commit herself to winning the war on terrorism and supporting the promotion of democracy as part of the process of [...]



Alija Izetbegovic: Integrity in the Face of Evil

Jan 20th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Historical and Current Affairs Perspectives

Just prior to his death in 2003 the Bosnian Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic was under investigation for alleged war crimes by the international tribunal in The Hague. This action was unjustified and inaccurate because Izetbegovic was a leader who had displayed remarkable courage and integrity by persevering in his struggle to forge a multi-ethnic [...]



Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and the 11th September terrorist attacks

Jan 20th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Historical and Current Affairs Perspectives

The fall of South Vietnam was the inevitable consequence of America’s failure to provide the support it committed to President Nguyen Van Thieu. Thieu’s death in September 2001 raises the question: will America commit herself to winning the war on terrorism and supporting the promotion of democracy as part of the process of supporting nation [...]



The Need to Break the Patrimonial Cycle: Cuba after Fidel Castro

Jan 20th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Historical and Current Affairs Perspectives

Ruben Batista Godinez (18th November 1933 to the 7th November 2007) giving his speech at a banquet commerating the 1933 Cuban Revolution. This celebration was held on the 9th of September 2007 at the Renaissance Banquet Hall, Miami, Florida.
The tragic situation which Cuba is now in was illuminated by the late Fulgencio [...]



John Negroponte - An Illustrious ‘Neo-Con’ Career

Jan 20th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Historical and Current Affairs Perspectives

In this career biography ( written in 2005) of John Negroponte, the new US National Intelligence Director, Dr. David Bennett argued that Mr. Negroponte’s career experiences, particularly in Vietnam and Honduras, demonstrate his commitment to upholding democratic principles in the face of the forces of totalitarianism, even to the detriment of his own career. This [...]