This complicated person is largely responsible for both the fundamentals of modern of guerrilla warfare as we see it practiced everywhere today and the shape of the Middle East. And in a sense, the Sykes-Picot agreement, which split up the Ottoman Empire, originally between the French, the British and the Russians, is the...
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and vice versa. Those were the words of General Motors’ then-President Charles Wilson in 1953 at his confirmation hearings to become Secretary of Defense. A couple of weeks ago, I made the argument — knowing perfectly well that it would never happen — that the best thing for the nation and for the US...
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Hans Rosling is a professor of Health Statistics in Stockholm, Sweeden. Last year he helped develop a fascinating bit of informatics software called, Gapminder. Be warned though, clicking on that last link will take you to a fascinating, time-sucking world of really cool information visualizations that will utterly challenge a many of your core...
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