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Author: Anatoly Gromyko
Publisher: Walker & Company
Keywords: challenge, issue, build, world, war, scholars, western, emerging, new, thinking, soviet, breakthrough
Number of Pages: 281
Published: 1988-02
ISBN-10: 0802710158
ISBN-13: 9780802710154
This volume, simultaneously published in Russian, presents essays by Western and Soviet scholars on the issue of "new thinking about peace and war." On both sides the tone is urgent, as it must be. The context is defined by the new themes of openness and transformation associated with General Secretary Gorbachev. Each participant has risen to the challenge of "thinking globally," bearing in mind that human survival is at stake. For once these are not two solitudes bellowing at each other in Cold War terms. Perhaps inevitably, the chapters by Soviet participants seem the most interesting. For g
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Author: Curt Tarnoff
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: corporation, challenge, millennium
Number of Pages: 34
Published: 2010-08
ISBN-10: 1437921205
ISBN-13: 9781437921205
On March 14, 2002, Pres. Bush outlined a proposal for a major new U.S. foreign aid initiative. The Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) provides assistance through a competitive selection process to developing nations that are pursuing political and economic reforms in three areas: ruling justly, investing in people, and fostering economic freedom. The initial plan had been to fund the MCC annually at $5 billion by FY 2006, but this figure has never been reached. Contents of this report: (1) Most Recent Developments; (2) Overview; (3) Background; (4) Implementation; (5) Select Issues: Funding; Aut
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Author: Derik Gelderblom
Publisher: HSRC Press
Keywords: challenge, africa, south, urbanisation
Number of Pages: 340
Published: 1994-06-01
ISBN-10: 0796916284
ISBN-13: 9780796916280
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