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In Total Destruction of the Tamil Tigers: The Rare Victory of Sri Lanka’s Long War, Paul Moorcraft recalls a Buddhist saying: “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” In Sri Lanka, if history is to be written by the victors – President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his followers [...]

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Beginning on September 21, 2012 and continuing for one month, the WPF and Cartoon Movement asked international cartoonists to translate the visuals that were used 100 years ago to the reality of the 21st century, resulting in over 120 cartoons submitted to the project [...]

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Attached are the full text versions of the agreements:

The Cooperation Agreement Between Sudan and South Sudan

Oil Agreement between Sudan&South Sudan

Agreement on Security Arrangements

Nationals Agreement

Agreement on Post Service Benefits Sudan&South Sudan

Agreement on trade Sudan &South Sudan

Agreement on Banking

Agreement on [...]

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Ginn’s educational mission, his horror at the evils of war, and his conviction that the affairs of the world could be more peaceably ordered by means of international cooperation, are as relevant today as 100 years ago.

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Reinventing Peace

On January 19, 2012 By

Comments by Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at the January 17, 2012 reception honoring the  Foundation’s 101st anniversary and marking the official launch of the World Peace Foundation Program at the Fletcher School.

It is an honor to follow in the footsteps of Edwin Ginn and [...]

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