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		<title>What Obama Might Learn from the Past: Bending History in the Direction of Justice</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2010/01/26/what-obama-might-learn-from-the-past-bending-history-in-the-direction-of-justice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is the nature of the political process that presidents campaign outside history and must then live within it. For Barack Obama, this meant promising a speedy withdrawal from Iraq, a stronger focus on defeating Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, firm but respectful relations with Russia and China, engagement with opponents like Iran, and progress with our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest 12/2/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/12/02/1800/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the only nonfiction work of note to focus on the overlooked region where California and Mexico blur together in a mutation of the  American dream. It is one of the nation’s most productive farming areas but suffers perpetual poverty and 20 percent-plus unemployment, as well as intractable environmental problems. [more]
On Nov. 3, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Peace Prize in Historical Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/10/23/the-peace-prize-in-historical-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Wood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 9, 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize: President Barack Obama.  The initial reaction was largely one of surprise, followed quickly by criticism.  Some suggested that Obama should turn down the prize.  Others began to interpret the award as a non-too-subtle indictment of former President George [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8211; 10/6/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/10/06/weekly-digest-10609/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Ducote</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty political scientists have compiled a year-long study on American perception abroad.  Has the &#8220;Obama Effect&#8221; really changed the way the world sees America? [more]
The appearance in Washington last week of Iran&#8217;s foreign minister, while the blood is not yet dry from his government&#8217;s continuing suppression of student protests, is a reminder of the disastrous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8212; 4/26/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/04/26/weekly-digest-42609/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Regan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shafr.org/?p=1344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Historical thinking about current foreign relations:
Problems with International human rights treaties.  UN conference on racism vs. 1975.  People and ideas influence events, but geography largely determines them.  Should U.S. government increase use of sharia.  World Bank and IMF.]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Digest &#8212; 2/5/09</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2009/02/05/weekly-digest-020509/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Regan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historical thinking about current foreign relations:
China's Military Modernization.  Vietnam War Crimes.  U.S. Communications Embargo on Cuba.  America's position within the International Monetary Fund.  Will existing international financial agreements prevail?]]></description>
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		<title>If I Had a Rocket Launcher . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.shafr.org/2008/12/29/if-i-had-a-rocket-launcher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Buzzanco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Ben-Gurion confessed to Zionist official Nahum Goldmann that he understood the Palestinian fury.  &#8220;Sure, God promised it to us, but what does that matter to them?  There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault?  They only see one thing: We have come here and stolen their country.&#8221;
[Quoted in review [...]]]></description>
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