MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'diplomacy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:29 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436731&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FeMS0QKy7dL0%2F By David BoazThe U.S. ambassador to Iraq expects to have 17,000 people on his staff after the United States "withdraws" from Iraq at the end of the year, he told the Senate this week. This is astounding. A typical American embassy in a small country might have 100 employees, in a big country such as Great Britain or Russia maybe a few hundred. A staff of 17,000 (including contractors) is not an embassy, it's an occupation force. Or at least a viceroy's staff. Here's the Washington Post report: The top U.S. diplomat in Iraq on Tuesday defended the size and cost of the State Department's operations in that country, telling lawmakers that a significant diplomatic footprint will be necessary after the withdrawal of U.S. troops at the end of this year. James F. Jeffrey, the U.S. ambassador in... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436731 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 20:10:51 +0100 4436731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4233187&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-diplomacy-and-a-night-at-the-white-house%2F2010.12.06 It’s not often you get invited to the White House. I had my chance this week, when I was a guest at the White House’s Hanukkah party. Now, when I say “guest,” I mean I was a guest of the president — of Hadassah, that is. My mother, Nancy Falchuk, is the president of one of the largest Jewish charitable organizations in the world, Hadassah. Her organization sponsors many different charitable activities, particularly related to healthcare (here she is in Jerusalem speaking at the ceremony lighting the walls of the Old City pink in honor of the Susan G. Komen Foundation.) One of the terms she uses a lot is “healthcare diplomacy” — the idea that part of the solution to intractable problems of war and peace is building bridges through something that we all share –... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4233187 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:00:14 +0100 4233187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4220426&cid=t_110535_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Fwikileaks-shut-your-piehole%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on Politics Daily. WikiLeaks, Shut Your Piehole. Mr. Assange somehow got the crazy idea that government is accountable. Extraordinary! Filed under: Politics Tagged: diplomacy, julian assange, robert donna trussell, secret, state department, wikileaks (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4220426 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:23:18 +0100 4220426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214075&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHTAgh2Zoqq4%2F By Malou InnocentFor years I have told anybody who would listen how U.S. efforts to stabilize Afghanistan contribute to Pakistan’s slow-motion collapse. Well it appears that my take on the situation was not so over-the-top. Amid some 250,000 confidential diplomatic cables released by online whistleblower Wikileaks, former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson warned in cable traffic that U.S. policy in South Asia “risks destabilizing the Pakistani state, alienating both the civilian government and the military leadership, and provoking a broader governance crisis without finally achieving the goal.” On one level, this cable underscores what a disaster American foreign policy has become. But on another level, the leak of this and other cables strikes me as�... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214075 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:37:02 +0100 4214075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662657&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F7p_SHFUJGyM%2F By Christopher PrebleNational Journal’s Paul Starobin asks at the National Security Experts blog “Are America’s Alliances Fraying?” Starobin notes that two normally reliable allies, Brazil and NATO member Turkey opposed an additional round of sanctions against Iran. Meanwhile, President Obama has failed to persuade Europeans to provide large numbers of troops to Afghanistan. “Is the ability of Washington to assemble coalitions on behalf of its global objectives starting to ebb?” Starobin asks. “Are our alliances fraying — and if so, why? Does this trend have to do with our flailing economy, with inept diplomacy, or with some other set of factors?” Excerpts from my response: It is hardly newsworthy when one of America’s allies bu... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662657 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:18:09 +0100 3662657 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471959&cid=t_110535_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FcE-Nw4JbtrE%2F Michelle Obama’s speaks about her first solo international trip to Mexico as First Lady, and women in the supreme court, and female leadership abroad. From msnbc.com: Post from: BlissTree Video the Day: Michelle Obama's "Touch Diplomacy" (Source: Genetics and Health) Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471959 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:30:52 +0100 3471959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463575&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2jEsao5Nov4%2F By Malou InnocentIn this video, David Boaz makes an excellent case for tamping down our overblown perception of Iran. In the clip, Boaz argues persuasively that far from being suicidal, the track record of Iranian behavior shows pragmatism and calculating temperament when attempting to advance its interests in the region. Thus, rather than assessing Iran based on their leaders’ repulsive and provocative rhetoric, U.S. officials should deduce future Iranian intentions based on how it has reacted when confronted with overwhelming force. While no one can predict the future, regional experts—not hawkish, misinformed policy analysts or neo-conservative ideologues who advocate regime change—insist that the clerical regime has valued self-preservation and in the future can be deter... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463575 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:12:02 +0100 3463575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2946887&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FivyFodXJyRI%2F “Government should not subsidize health insurance — for the uninsured, the poor, the elderly or anyone else — or regulate health insurance markets.” Here’s why. This is what happens to health care when you are not the customer. An update on the EU Lisbon Treaty. Why Fannie and Freddie mustn’t be left out of reform efforts. Skepticism over nuclear diplomacy with Iran. (PDF) Subscribe to the Nuclear Proliferation Update here. Podcast: “Obama: Kinder Bud to Federalism?” featuring Aaron Houston of the Marijuana Policy Project. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2946887 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:29:08 +0100 2946887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2898926&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAJxasCjcgZI%2F The Hill’s Congress blog has a regular series that provides policy experts a forum to discuss current topics of the day. This week, the editors posed this question: President Obama has taken a very different approach to diplomacy than President Bush. Does the new approach serve or undermine long-term U.S. interests? My response: What “very different approach?” Sure, President Bush implicitly scorned diplomacy in favor of toughness, particularly in his first term. But he sought UN Security Council authorization for tougher measures against Iraq; a truly unilateral approach would have bombed first and asked questions later. By the same token, President Obama has staffed his administration with people, including chief diplomat Hillary Clinton and UN Ambassador Susan Rice, who favore... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2898926 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:45:18 +0100 2898926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2645275&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FdSUdUYuYpCw%2F The Bush administration has many legacies.  One is the more than $700 million U.S. embassy, set on 104 acres, only slightly smaller than the Vatican’s land holdings, in Baghdad.  It was an embassy designed for an imperial power intent on ruling a puppet state. It turns out that Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki doesn’t plan on being anyone’s puppet.  U.S. troops have come out of the cities and will be coming home in coming months.  Provincial reconstruction teams also will be leaving.  The Bush administration’s plan for maintaining scores of bases for use in attacking Iran or other troublesome Middle Eastern states is stillborn.  And Prime Minister Maliki isn’t likely to ask for Washington’s advice on what kind of society U.S. offi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2645275 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:30:58 +0100 2645275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441694&cid=t_110535_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F25%2Fmemorial-day-2009%2F This Memorial Day in the U.S. — like every Memorial Day — we commemorate and remember those who’ve given their lives for our freedoms and our nation. “Given their lives” is really not accurate, though, as Andy Rooney noted — these soldiers died, plain and simple. They died so that in the future, our country might be safer or democracy might be nurtured in an otherwise hostile environment. They died so that great evils could be done away with in WWII (and WWI). They died so that politicians could wage endless, unwinnable wars for political ideals (Vietnam, Korea, and now Iraq). They died, quite simply, so that we could enjoy the freedoms we so often take for granted in our country. I hope, like most people, that in the future war become less of an option ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441694 Mon, 25 May 2009 10:08:36 +0100 2441694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284347&cid=t_110535_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FjcbiBWG_GLw%2F Hoping to derail the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President Obama today gave an unprecedented appeal to the Iranian people in a special video message. In it, he offers a “new beginning” of engagement to end the nearly 30 years of hostile bilateral relations.  This video comes less than a month after the administration wrote a letter to the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene’i, who, as opposed to Ahmadinejad, truly controls the apparatus of government and has the final say on the country’s nuclear ambitions. Khamene’i sent a congratulatory letter to Obama after he won the presidency.  My colleague, Justin Logan, has written extensively on U.S. policy toward Iran, such as here and here, to name a few. He argues — a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284347 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:08:22 +0100 2284347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2060926&cid=t_110535_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F22%2Fseven-rules-to-surviving-an-abusive-boss%2F At the interview for my first professional job, my future boss asked me, “I notice you’re married. Are you planning to get pregnant?” After I picked my jaw off the floor I stammered, “Uh, no?” It was a totally illegal question and the shocker was it came from a woman. What I should have done was run screaming for the nearest exit. But the job was offered, I took it and three years later I quit with a raging case of Post-Traumatic Boss Disorder. Rule #1: How you are treated from ‘go’ is a good indicator of how you will be treated on the job. The first phone call, your interview, how an offer is made and how negotiations are handled… My boss made me think I was her confidant. She gave me the plum jobs and ‘confided’ to me that everyone else was inf... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2060926 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:17:04 +0100 2060926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1806278&cid=t_110535_133_f&fid=35082&url=http%3A%2F%2Fautism.gbrettmiller.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fthe-only-way-to-get-the-best-of-an-argument%25e2%2580%25a6%2F … is to avoid it. That is the first of 12 suggestions from Dale Carnegie on how to “win people to your way of thinking“. A couple of the others that I really like are: Show respect for the other person’s opinion. Never say, “You’re wrong”. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. Begin in a friendly way. Get the other person saying, “Yes, yes” immediately. Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view. Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires. In many ways, these remind of what I understand to be the basic attributes of diplomacy and negotiation. Obviously, there may come a point when these efforts fail and other, more drastic, approaches need to be taken. Some would say that we a... 29 Marbles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1806278 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:55:21 +0100 1806278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1642893&cid=t_110535_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F21%2Fcan-sports-save-the-world-what-must-be-done-beforehand-part-1-in-a-multi-part-series%2F Author’s note: This post is the first of a multi-part series examining the relationship between politics and sport and what political prerequisites must exist before sport can have a deeper reconciliatory effect among peoples within states and between states. These works are part of the author’s Masters thesis. With the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games fast approaching, there has been much speculation as to how the Olympics will impact China’s socio-political development. On one hand, Western international news organizations such as CNN and the BBC predict the Olympics could become highly politicized with human rights protests. The Chinese news agency Xinhua, however, espouses the Chinese state’s upbeat view that these Olympics will help “integrate itself into the worl... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1642893 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:48:25 +0100 1642893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=527043&cid=t_110535_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Ffuture-career-in-diplomatic-corps.html Stop Press! Felines taken captive!“NO! He has to come down stairs with me. Think of your asthma!”“But I am lovin him.” [Translation – crushing the life breath out of the poor creature.]“Come on. Let go of him now.”“But he is havin Unis! Why I am not having Rascal? You are dah meany!”“Hey! Hand over that cat. I want Unis and Rascal downstairs pronto!”“Why you are speak di Italian?”“It’s American. Let go. Let go now!”“No you are letting go! His tail will be coming off. I don wunn dah Manx cat.”“Where did you learn about Manx cats?”“I don know.”“What is a Manx cat?” I check because the speech delays strain my powers of auditory processing.“You are such a dumb ass! It is being dah cat wivout dah tail.” When they attempt to swear with an Amer... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=527043 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:33:00 +0100 527043