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Soccer and violence: soccer or fireball?

The recently concluded Euro 2008 was widely covered in the international media, but there was another piece of news that attracted less coverage and readers. Spain’s Euro 2008 victory party soured when one fan was killed and nearly 100 injured during wild celebrations in Madrid. The victim, a 40-year-old man, was found lying in a […]

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Why Nations Behave Differently: The Five Rules of Foreign Policy

As a former diplomat, I have had the opportunity to observe the behavior of nations up close and from a commanding perspective. The complexities and challenges facing the United States and other countries in today’s multipolar, interdependent, tumultuous, and fast-paced world are staggering. But statecraft hasn’t changed since the birth of nation-states and can be […]

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Music and Politics

Jerome Camal, French by birth, is an Assistant at Washington University in Saint Louis in Jazz Studies, Logic of Music, and Logic of Ethnic Music. But he is also a saxophonist who is not satisfied with living off academic pursuits and does not want to be called by the teacher, but prefers to play in […]

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Sports memorabilia in the year 1960

It was the year 1960 -Did you know that? • Squaw Valley, California, site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, was snow-free as the time for the games approached. A local Native American tribe, the Piute, performed an Indian Snow Dance, and believe it or not, it worked. A blizzard ensued, and the games went on […]