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Samantha Power • The Great Simplification
redoubtable
Jean Edward Smith • FDR
grandstanding,
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
“blurred distinctions between the roles of military and humanitarian organisations; political manipulation of humanitarian assistance [and the] perceived lack of independence of humanitarian actors from donors or from host governments”.
Michael Neuman • Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed: The MSF Experience
harangue
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
advocating regime changes implies also advocating slavery or some similar degradation of the country (since these have been typical outcomes).
Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Sovereignty is widely considered near but not quite absolute. An ongoing debate is tied to the question of whether there ought to be legitimate grounds for intervening (including with military force) in the internal affairs of other countries, for example, to prevent genocide, defined as the purposeful destruction of a group of people based on thei
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
“Truth commissions”
Roger Fisher • Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
