
A few weeks ago I asked attendees at the screening of a documentary in D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood what they knew about Afghanistan. Their responses both surprised and intrigued me. Using this intrigue as the impetus, I began a video project to ask more people in Washington, D.C. what they knew of about Afghanistan. This [...]
After the success of their 2007 single Dokhtare Bandar, Iranian Hip Hop group TM Bax (for تیمارستان, asylum), released the single and video for VIP, a song about the exploits of a drug addled club kid whose “short skirt goes jumpin’ jumpin” to the beat off their album تیمارستان: Also check out TM Bax’s interview [...]
In an Op-Ed for the New York Times, John Prendergast and author Dave Eggers explore a question they see as gaining increasing prominence within the United States – if the United States has the “ability as a nation to positively influence events abroad?” According to Eggers and Prendergast not only does the United States still [...]
It doesn‘t make sense, I should fall for the kingcraft of a meritless crown, No, it doesn‘t seem right, To take information, Given at close range, For the gag, And the bind, And the ammunition round Slate.com and Foreign Policy have compiled a list of the Worst Dictators in the World. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is [...]
In collaboration with the Fund for Peace Foreign Policy Magazine has published their rankings of Failed States in 2010. Foreign Policy uses 12 indicators to define a Failed State, but the recurring factors in many nations in the Top 10 of the rankings are: One of the most common is the loss of physical control [...]
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