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?
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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Democratic Labor Party - an Oral History
A major objective of Historical and Current Affairs Analysis (HCAA) is to clearly establish critical linkages between history and contemporary political events. The recent election (December 2006) of a Democratic Labor Party (DLP) candidate, Mr. Peter Kavanagh to upper house of the Victorian state parliament (the Legislative [...]

By Dr. David Bennett
The seemingly impending demise of the Australian Democrats can best be understood as a clash between the party’s original conception of democracy and the current methods of running the party. This article, which was written by David Bennett in 2002 outlined the history and prehistory of the Democrats, and relates these to [...]

Dr. David Bennett will remember 1st January 2000, above all, for the resignation of Boris Yeltsin (1931 – 2007) from the Russian Presidency. The failure of the West to cultivate relations by encouraging President Yeltsin to foster democracy was one of the great missed opportunities in modern history. This failure does not negate Boris [...]