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Human Terrain: The new counterinsurgency?
An experimental Pentagon program embeds civilian anthropologists and social scientists with combat teams in Iraq and Afghanistan to help soldiers understand the local culture, known in military-speak as “human terrain."
Iraq: Reporting the 2010 Parliamentary Elections
On March 7, 2010, Iraqi citizens will go to the polls to elect a new parliament (Council of Representatives) and hold a referendum on the presence of US troops in the country (Status of Forces Agreement). On March 8, 2010, Iraq will be a different country.
Resilience in a Ravaged Nation: Haiti, After the Earthquake
On January 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince. While the buildings were destroyed, the people were not. Here, a look at how the displaced poor are rebuilding in the wake of catastrophe.
Sudan: Challenges Ahead
Sudan holds elections in April 2010 and has scheduled a referendum for January 2011 on southern secession, amid increasing concern about renewed north-south conflict and worries that massive international intervention over the past decade has achieved scant progress toward national reconciliation. Dirt-poor southern Sudan faces a more immediate challenge: hunger.
Nunavut, Canada: Hope on Ice
In the remote northern reaches of Canada is an aboriginal community whose young people are slowly perishing by suicide. But in the tiny vulnerable community of Igloolik some young Inuit have found a creative way to combat hopelessness and despair. They started a circus.
Bosnia: Fragile States - Halting the Slide Toward Failure
Making peace is often thought to be the hardest part of dealing with the world’s failing states. But while ending conflict is undoubtedly challenging, nation-building is often more difficult still. The Pulitzer Center’s Fragile States project, a collaboration with the Bureau for International Reporting, offers a series of stories filmed in four of the world’s most at-risk nations.
Guatemala: Forgotten Trauma
In some parts of Guatemala, malnourishment levels rival the worst in Africa. Now, the global economic crisis and changes in U.S. immigration policy is exacerbating the problem.
Tajikistan: Winter of Discontent
The poorest of the former Soviet republics endures a second winter of deprivation, racked by food shortages, energy cut-offs, a largely dysfunctional government, and the return of tens of thousands of migrant Tajik workers who have lost their jobs in Russia because of the global economic crisis.
Coca Si, Cocaina No: Evo Morales' Coca Policy in Los Yungas, Bolivia
Bolivian president Evo Morales has proclaimed a goal of "zero cocaine" while promising to increase the cultivation of coca for legal purposes, a policy that has great consequences for the country's farming communities and drug eradication efforts.
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