Massacre in Syria

From Foreign Policy -- a photo essay.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/02/22/homs

Courtesy: Foreign Policy

Manna-da: A Tribute to a Brilliant Footballer

Politics and culture are intricately connected. Without an understanding of culture, politics may become misunderstood and misinterpreted.  Equally important are the effective foreign policy decisions which rely on the understandings of foreign cultures.  I found a moving article (# 1 below) about an Indian footballer in The Economist magazine, which portrays humility and integrity of human nature and not just the essence of the game.  By understanding the nature of the Indians, from this article for example, we can decipher how the politicians and policy makers think in India or in the sub continent.  I published an article in NPR (# 2 below) a while back about sports and I wrote about playing barefoot. The Economist article described similar traits among the footballers in the 1940s. This is more than a trait.  This is a part of a culture shapes the very nature of the Indians and the people in the Subcontinent.

http://www.economist.com/node/21550233

Courtesy: The Economist

http://thisibelieve.org/essay/84805/

Courtesy: This I Believe

My Publications (as of 02/17/2012)

New Geography

Arlington and Shenzhen: A Tale of Two Cities

http://www.newgeography.com/content/002641-arlington-and-shenzhen-a-tale-two-cities

The Morningside Post (Columbia University/SIPA)

I want to believe

http://beta-site.themorningsidepost.com/2012/02/15/i-want-to-believe/

Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG):

KILLER SEEDS: The Devastating Impacts of Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Seeds in India

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28629

Journal of Foreign Relations (JOFR):

The Food Piracy of Monsanto in India

http://www.jofr.org/2012/01/12/the-food-piracy-of-monsanto-in-india/#.TyK21V2RPlw

One day in April of 1971

http://www.jofr.org/2011/12/19/one-day-in-april-of-1971/#.TyK3FF2RPlw

Is Burma moving towards a democratic reform?

http://www.jofr.org/2011/11/29/is-burma-moving-towards-a-democratic-reform/#.TyK3ZF2RPlw

Can Imran Khan change Pakistan?

http://www.jofr.org/2011/11/03/can-imran-khan-change-pakistan/#.TyK3tF2RPlw

Poverty: a social burden or a challenge

http://www.jofr.org/2011/10/26/poverty-a-social-burden-or-a-challenge/#.TyK34V2RPlw

Grameen in the U.S.: Is it sustainable?

http://www.jofr.org/2011/10/24/grameen-in-the-u-s-is-it-sustainable/#.TyK4BF2RPlw

Us vs. Them – Is It About Immigration Or Us?

http://www.jofr.org/2011/10/14/us-vs-them-is-it-about-immigration-or-us/#.TyK4L12RPlw

Serbia’s Prospects for EU Membership

http://www.jofr.org/2011/10/08/serbias-prospects-for-eu-membership/#.TyK4VF2RPlw

Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF):

Is Burma Really Changing?

http://www.fpif.org/articles/is_burma_really_changing

Eurasia Review:

Monsanto’s Ill-Effects In India

http://www.eurasiareview.com/28122011-monsanto%E2%80%99s-ill-effects-in-india-oped/

Is Burma Moving Towards A Democratic Reform?

http://www.eurasiareview.com/29112011-is-burma-moving-towards-a-democratic-reform-analysis/

Foreign Policy Journal (FPJ):

How Obama’s ‘Change’ has Changed

http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/11/26/how-obamas-change-has-changed/

Can Imran Khan Change Pakistan?

http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/11/15/can-imran-khan-change-pakistan/

Engaging Iran with Political and Diplomatic Means

http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/28/engaging-iran-with-political-and-diplomatic-means/

Global Politician (GP):

Poverty: a social burden or a challenge to be alleviated

http://www.globalpolitician.com/27145-poverty-development-culture

Cyber attack on South Korea

http://www.globalpolitician.com/27081-south-korea-cyberwarfare-internet

The Effect of Global Warming in Bangladesh

http://www.globalpolitician.com/27067-global-warming-bangladesh-eu

NPR: This I Believe:

http://thisibelieve.org/?s=advanced&firstname=Iqbal&lastname=Ahmed&advanced_submit=Search

An Excellent Outlet for Posting and Following Events

http://crowdvoice.org/

Blogs on Regime Change

Bahrain

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Facebook-Becomes-Divisive-in-Bahrain-127958073.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/16/501364/main20032432.shtml

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/bahrain

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread718193/pg1

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/bahrain/8681885/Bahrain-and-the-Arab-Spring-time-for-some-realism.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/25/twitter-facebook-uprisings-arab-libya

http://www.motherboard.tv/2011/2/17/google-earth-and-the-bahraini-uprising

Egypt

http://www.facebook.com/elshaheeed.co.uk?v=wall

http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/2011/02/14/egypts-uprising-and-nigeria/

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/01/egypts_uprising

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/my-take-egypts-uprising-echoed-martin-luther-kings-activism/

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/05/reporters-notebook-witnessing-egypts-uprising/

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/asia/2011/02/04/what-does-egypts-uprising-mean-afghanistan-and-pakistan

http://www.thenation.com/blog/158159/whos-behind-egypts-revolt

http://mazinx.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/egypts-uprising-and-its-implications-for-palestine/

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/02/10/organizing-the-egyptian-uprising/

http://www.irannewsnow.com/2011/01/live-blog-the-egyptian-revolt-day-6-beginning-of-the-end/

Iran

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html

http://neareastpolicy.com/irans-uprising-prospects-after-february-11-escalation-or-decline/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/jun/17/iran-uprising

http://iranrevolt.wordpress.com/

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2011/05/anonymity-on-the-net-and-the-iranian-uprising.html

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/13/winds-of-change-the-uprising-in-iran/

http://www.iris.org.il/blog/archives/3080-Iran-Uprising-About-Rigged-Elections-or-Full-Scale-Revolution.html

http://ronbosoldier.blogspot.com/2009/06/second-iranian-revolution.html

http://atimetobetray.com/blog/iran-uprising-%E2%80%93-feb-20-2011/

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/02/18/irans-green-movement-revives-energized-by-egyptian-revolt/

Myanmar

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/08/suu-kyi-attends-anniversary-of-myanmar-uprising-that-made-her-an-icon/

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003915478_myanmar01.html

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/myanmar/index.html

http://www.allvoices.com/Myanmar/political-news

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3665153&page=1

https://www.library.ohiou.edu/sea/blog/?p=1664

http://invisiblecollege.weblog.leidenuniv.nl/2007/10/28/the-political-economy-of-myanmar-burma-p

http://en.wordpress.com/tag/myanmar-politics/

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/05/politics-and-crispy-pancakes-in-myanmar/

Syria

http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/08/syrias-uprising

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/09/the_good_revolt_in_syria_or_just_more_revolting_jihadists.html

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/14/syrian-tv-station-accuses-al-jazeera-of-fabricating-uprising/

http://www.vosizneias.com/78969/2011/03/18/beirut-uprising-in-syria-syrian-tv-says-security-forces-protesters-clash/

http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=253828

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/pjm-exclusive-video-from-syrias-great-friday-uprising-content-warning/

http://blogs.ft.com/the-world/2011/07/icg-offers-rare-insight-into-syrian-uprising/#axzz1YgW35aI1

http://blog.harald-oberhem.net/2011/08/03/syria%E2%80%99s-uprising-violence-will-not-stop-a-people-seeking-freedom-and-dignity/

http://syriacomment.com/

Tunisia

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/video-that-triggered-tunisias-uprising/

http://www.talkmorocco.net/forums/january-2011-the-tunisian-uprising/

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2011/01/tunisia_and_the_social_media-s.html

http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=369

http://religionresearch.org/martijn/2011/01/23/closing-the-week-3-featuring-the-tunisia-uprising-ii/

http://blog.octavianasr.com/2010/12/tunisia-uprising-vs-iran-election.html

http://sillybahrainigirl.blogspot.com/2011/01/covering-tunisian-uprising.html

http://weaselzippers.us/2011/05/20/yesterday-obama-hails-tunisian-uprising-today-tunisian-muslim-brotherhood-leader-says-arab-spring-will-lead-to-elimination-of-israel/

http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=4297

http://social-fluency.com/?p=663

Yemen

http://dock-of-bay.blogspot.com/2011/05/youtube-twitter-facebook-on-frontline.html

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/Yemen

http://shaza171.wordpress.com/?s=yemen

http://www.thenation.com/blog/159397/jeremy-scahill-why-has-us-been-silent-yemens-uprising

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-casbah/journalists-risk-their-lives-reporting-yemen

http://www.pakwatan.com/blog/tag/yemen-uprising/

http://www.thenational.ae/news/worldwide/middle-east/in-pictures-yemen-uprisings-deadliest-day

http://pomed.org/blog/2011/07/analyzing-the-yemen-revolution-and-violence-erupts.html/

http://www.economist.com/blogs/multimedia/2011/04/ginny_hill_yemens_uprising

http://crowdvoice.org/popular-uprising-in-yemen

Other (blog resource)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline

Blogs on Social Networking and Public Policy

SN outreach by governments

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/03/22/va-defends-against-accusations-of-doing-a-crappy-job-on-social-media-outreach-to-vets.aspx  

http://smexchange.ogilvypr.com/2011/08/minorities-favor-government-using-social-media/

http://www.govloop.com/profiles/blogs/want-to-sweeten-your-citizen-outreach-head-to-the-fair

http://www.usa.gov/webcontent/technology/social_networks.shtml

http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/report-traditional-outreach-still-preferred-social-media-hill/2011-07-28

http://opengovernmentdirections.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/8_Principles_of_Public_Outreach.pdf     (2010)

http://www.tgdaily.com/business-and-law-features/55578-state-department-focuses-on-social-media-outreach

http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2008/10/studies-social-networks-exploding-could-outmode-government.ars

http://www.hci.org/files/field_content_file/SNGovt_SummaryFINAL.pdf    (2010)

http://ohmygov.com/blogs/general_news/archive/2010/01/27/The-top-6-government-social-networks.aspx

http://ourborder.ning.com/

http://govcentral.monster.com/community

http://connect.state.gov/

http://www.military.com/

SN and commerce

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/02/features/social-networks-drive-commerce?page=all

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/48989.html?wlc=1316645868

http://socialmediatoday.com/achintya-gupta/348719/how-are-social-networks-powering-mobile-commerce

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6268.html  (Harvard Business School)

http://www.jeffbullas.com/2010/04/05/12-key-findings-on-social-media%E2%80%99s-impact-on-business-and-decision-making-by-ceos-and-managers/

http://www.orgnet.com/

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/video?id=2782622    (2007)

http://www.web20blog.org/2009/03/24/exploring-the-economic-impact-of-social-media/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703518704576259252907505330.html

http://www.focus.com/fyi/50-social-sites-every-business-needs-presence/

SN and productivity

http://www.sociosite.net/

http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/netgroup.htm

http://www.stayonsearch.com/21-key-benefits-of-blogging

http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/benefits-of-blogging-a-practitioners-perspective/

http://www.statepress.com/2010/03/24/the-benefits-of-blogging/

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/amy/2010/01/26/the-benefits-of-blogging-explained/

http://www.labspaces.net/blog/1277/The_Benefits_of_Blogging___

http://many.corante.com/archives/2004/02/09/the_political_effects_of_blogging_call_for_indicators.php

http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/04/27/can-blogs-affect-politics-and-society/

http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/blogger/2006/04/27/proving-that-blogs-affect-society/

Downsides of SN

http://www.shoutmeloud.com/how-much-has-social-media-changed-society.html

http://www.helium.com/knowledge/120389-the-negative-side-of-blogging

http://hyperactiveinefficiency.wordpress.com/tag/blogging/

http://socialdegree.com/2007/01/22/an-inefficiency-of-professional-social-networking/

http://socialnetworking.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001614

http://www.oprah.com/relationships/Negative-Impact-of-Social-Networking-Websites-at-Work

http://baruchnewmedia.com/wiki/Social_Networking:_Benefits_and_disadvantages_for_our_society

http://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com/Negative_Impact_of_Social_Networking_Sites

http://networkconference.netstudies.org/2011/04/social-networking-sites-more-harm-than-good/

http://www.wizardjournal.com/social-networking/five-most-deadly-side-effects-of-facebook.html

Academic studies on SN

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/student-papers/fall07-papers/social-networks.pdf (2007)

http://ftp.jrc.es/EURdoc/JRC48650.pdf   (2008)

http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=1884   (2008)

http://www.linkscenter.org/publications.htm

http://www.linkscenter.org/papers/brassoxford.pdf    (2011)

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/323/5916/892.full?ijkey=UI5HJUxfOqIKc&keytype=ref&siteid=sci      (2009)

http://www.steveborgatti.com/papers/2modeconcepts.pdf     (2009)

http://www.linkscenter.org/papers/job.pdf           (2008)

http://faculty.ucr.edu/~hanneman/nettext/

http://www.cmu.edu/joss/content/articles/volume12/Lusher/     (2011)

http://www.cmu.edu/joss/

http://stat.gamma.rug.nl/socnet.htm

http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~bowlin/pdf/overstock-wosn08.pdf    (undated)