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Nawaz Offers Views on Changing Pakistani Perceptions of U.S.
Shuja Nawaz, Director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, was interviewed on The Takeaway morning radio news program on the Pakistan flood situation. The discussion focused on the U.S. being the single largest donor of aid, and the potential for Pakistanis to shift their perceptions of America. Nawaz insists that the U.S. should stay the course with aid to Pakistan, but warns of the long-term effects of America's goodwill, stating that "changing image takes a long time."
Nancy Walker Addresses U.S. Africa Command Conference
Dr. Nancy J. Walker, Director of the Ansari Africa Center, gave the keynote address at Africa Command’s Senior Leader Offsite Conference in Starnberg, Germany on August 26, 2010.
South Asia Center's Shikha Bhatnagar Spotlighted
Shikha Bhatnagar's recent appointment as Associate Director of the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council, is yet another manifestation of a growing trend of second generation Indian Americans' advent into leading Washington, DC think tanks as senior policy analysts and associates.
Chuck Hagel Discusses START Ratification on RussiaToday
Atlantic Council Chairman Chuck Hagel was interviewed for RussiaToday on delays in ratification of the START treaty in both the U.S. and Russia.
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In August the sunny calm and quiet that is a Swedish summer will be shattered by the impact of Joint Direct Attack Munitions dropped by F-16CM Fighting Falcons from US Air Force Europe.
British Conservative Party Edits Wikipedia to Back Brown Claim
James Joyner | February 12, 2009
It seems a staffer for Gordon Brown engaged in a bit of truthiness.
When checking facts with Wikipedia it helps to know who edited the entry last.
In their weekly debate Wednesday in the House of Commons, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and would-be prime minister David Cameron clashed over — of all things — how old the Renaissance painter Titian was when he died. Titian came up at Prime Minister's Question Time as Cameron asserted that Brown never got his facts right. "You told us the other day you were like Titian aged 90. The fact is Titian died at 86," the leader of the Conservative Party told the Labour prime minister.
Within minutes, a Wikipedia user registered at Conservative party headquarters logged on and changed Titian's date of death from 1576 to 1572 to conform with Cameron's statement.
A party spokesman blamed the editing on "an overeager member of staff putting right an incorrect entry on Wikipedia."
All's fair in politics and Wikipedia. And, besides, as the authoritative Wikipedia entry on the subject clearly states, "The precise date of Titian's birth is uncertain." So, for all we know, Brown was right. And even if he wasn't, there's a strong truthiness to Brown's story.
James Joyner is managing editor of the Atlantic Council. Photo via Wikipedia, naturally.
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