The new individualism; a threat to community?

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The new American individualism is eroding civil society and community life. This individualism finds fulfillment in the expression of personal idiosyncrasies rather than self-restraint and threatens to destroy the informal organizations which are the basis of democratic institutions.

Author: Wolfson, Adam
Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Americans, Individualism, Community

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Humanitarian hawks

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Issues are presented concerning the politics surrounding the action of the US in liberating Kuwait from occupation by Iraq during the Persian Gulf War. The effectiveness of the post-war sanctions are discussed.

Author: Wolfson, Adam
Evaluation, Economic sanctions, Sanctions (International law), Strategic aspects, Persian Gulf War, 1991

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Humanitarian intervention: the Rwanda experience

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Research is presented questioning whether earlier deployment of United Nation's forces in Rwanda could have helped to prevent the mass murder and genocide between Tutsi and Hutu groups.

Author: Kuperman, Alan
Massacres, Military aspects, United Nations, Rwanda, International mediation

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