March 2010 IJWP

Intro­duc­tion to March 2010 IJWP

We can better understand the War on Terror and the role of Western military forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan by learning the history of the politics in the region. Southwest Asia is marked by many weak state governments and competition for control of them by more [...]]]> http://www.pwpa.org/2010/04/power-politics-in-southwest-asia/feed/ 0 http://www.pwpa.org/2008/04/congress-shall-make-no-law-respecting-an-establishment-of-commerce/ http://www.pwpa.org/2008/04/congress-shall-make-no-law-respecting-an-establishment-of-commerce/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:04:18 +0000 Gordon L. Anderson http://www.pwpa.org/main/?p=32 Modern society consists of three major components: culture, government, and the economy. The founders of the United States specified the relationship between culture and government in the first amendment, which forbids the establishment of religion, but they did not make a similar declaration with respect to the relationship between government and the economy. In their [...]]]> http://www.pwpa.org/2008/04/congress-shall-make-no-law-respecting-an-establishment-of-commerce/feed/ 0 http://www.pwpa.org/2007/10/why-plans-for-a-two-state-solution-in-the-middle-east-have-failed/ http://www.pwpa.org/2007/10/why-plans-for-a-two-state-solution-in-the-middle-east-have-failed/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:43:06 +0000 Morton A. Kaplan http://www.pwpa.org/main/?p=3 From the early United Nations plans for a two-state solution in the Middle East to the present, plans for a two-state solution have come up against immovable obstacles. The original UN plan for Israel would have led to a state that was indefensible in a hostile environment. The plan for a Palestinian state failed to [...]]]> http://www.pwpa.org/2007/10/why-plans-for-a-two-state-solution-in-the-middle-east-have-failed/feed/ 0 http://www.pwpa.org/2007/08/hello-world/ http://www.pwpa.org/2007/08/hello-world/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:33:30 +0000 Morton A. Kaplan http://www.pwpa.org/main/?p=1 Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov created quite a stir when he withdrew his article “Containing Russia: Back to the Future?” from publication in Foreign Affairs and submitted its uncensored version to Russia in Global Affairs. In that article he lamented what looks to be a return of a Cold War mentality in some U.S. foreign policy [...]]]> http://www.pwpa.org/2007/08/hello-world/feed/ 0 http://www.pwpa.org/2006/01/happy-300th-birthday-benjamin-franklin/ http://www.pwpa.org/2006/01/happy-300th-birthday-benjamin-franklin/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2006 17:34:18 +0000 Gordon L. Anderson http://www.pwpa.org/main/?p=11 Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706–April 17, 1790) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a tallow-maker. He became a newspaper editor, printer, merchant, and philanthropist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most prominent of Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States. As a “self-made man” noted for his curiosity, ingenuity, [...]]]> http://www.pwpa.org/2006/01/happy-300th-birthday-benjamin-franklin/feed/ 0 http://www.pwpa.org/2002/12/some-memories-of-alex-shtromas/ http://www.pwpa.org/2002/12/some-memories-of-alex-shtromas/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:00:45 +0000 Gordon L. Anderson http://www.pwpa.org/main/?p=14 December 18, 2002 (PWPA Foundation Day)((PWPA-International was Founded, Seoul, Korea, Dec. 18, 1983))

December 18 is the anniversary of the founding of PWPA International. One stalwart member of PWPA involved in its founding was Alexander Shtromas. Professor Shtromas passed away in June 1999. This memory was written in his honor on PWPA Foundation Day 2002.

The first [...]]]> http://www.pwpa.org/2002/12/some-memories-of-alex-shtromas/feed/ 0