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The influence of commercial consultancies has reinforced this con-servatism, promoting approaches to philanthropy that never question, let alone challenge, power structures or systems, seeking niche solutions rather than structural ones, and backing already proven ideas rather than opening out to new ones. The net effect of these big consultancies

well-thought-out plan for recovery and progress, a plan that is not distorted by lobbyists sacrificing the common good to favor special interests. As a nation, we will have to realign public policy, corporate strategy, and nongovernmental support in order to embark on a trajectory that holds more promise for our economic futures. But before we

Alongside dealing with ethnic conflict, European governments have been grappling with what degree of integration is desirable and politically feasible among their citizens.

Where to intervene? Where to bring democracy? Where to nation-build? I propose a single criterion: where it counts. Call it democratic realism. And this is its axiom: We will support democracy everywhere, but we will commit blood and treasure only in places where there is a strategic necessity—meaning, places central to the larger war against the

the argument that refuge is as much a development issue as a humanitarian issue, the focus on restoring refugees’ autonomy through jobs and education, the emphasis on creating sustainable safe havens in the countries that host the majority of the world’s refugees, the recognition of a role for business alongside government and civil society, and

Preferably, I thought, Israel should have unilaterally applied the Bush-Sharon letter, building only within those areas we could keep in any peace deal—Jewish Jerusalem and the settlement blocs—and signaling our seriousness about creating a viable West Bank Palestinian state.