When I think of China's rise, I think of the umbrella metaphor. The Chinese never ask for reassurance that they are a global power. They know they are or they know they will get there. How that will happen is fascinating to me. My sense is that China sees the United States as an umbrella under which they will rise peacefully but some day they will fold the umbrella down and step forth as number one. Can we imagine a world where the Chinese are clearly number one?
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
A radical international relations idea..
What if we made it mandatory that all students of international relations complete a minimum of one sexual experience with a man/woman from all 190 or so different countries that exist in our world? A 4 year degree takes 1460 days to complete which allows, on average, 7 days to enjoy a close and intimate relationship with a foreign partner.
I think people tend to be more sympathetic and open to other people's problems if they had (good) sex with them (sex usually is good and fun to have). By adding this requirement, we enhance the quality and real-life experience of our diplomatic corps and foreign policy experts. Actually students of any discipline that adopts this requirement can become better international relations experts.
Multinational student exchange programs will become more popular and with the aid of the internet, students will be left to freely choose the foreign partner they prefer. Those who can't find one can join group study :D:D:D
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I think people tend to be more sympathetic and open to other people's problems if they had (good) sex with them (sex usually is good and fun to have). By adding this requirement, we enhance the quality and real-life experience of our diplomatic corps and foreign policy experts. Actually students of any discipline that adopts this requirement can become better international relations experts.
Multinational student exchange programs will become more popular and with the aid of the internet, students will be left to freely choose the foreign partner they prefer. Those who can't find one can join group study :D:D:D
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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Polygamy PR for Islam
This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 26 March 2008 by member abirmouche
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Egyptian-born Italian journalist Magdi Allam was recently baptized Catholic by the Pope in Vatican. That was a great PR victory for the Catholic Church and was all over the news.
Islam could use its weapon of limited polygamy (up to 4 wives at any one time) to lure celebrities in the West to convert. I can think of a few, starting with Nicolas Sarkozy of France who is already into his 3rd marriage with Carla Bruni!
Celebrity marriages don't last long anyway, if they were closely monitored by the Islamic world, with the right kind of polygamy PR they could be enticed to convert :)
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Egyptian-born Italian journalist Magdi Allam was recently baptized Catholic by the Pope in Vatican. That was a great PR victory for the Catholic Church and was all over the news.
Islam could use its weapon of limited polygamy (up to 4 wives at any one time) to lure celebrities in the West to convert. I can think of a few, starting with Nicolas Sarkozy of France who is already into his 3rd marriage with Carla Bruni!
Celebrity marriages don't last long anyway, if they were closely monitored by the Islamic world, with the right kind of polygamy PR they could be enticed to convert :)
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