By Joel B. Pollak
Joel B. Pollak ’99 is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Cape Town. He was a political speechwriter for the Leader of the Opposition in South Africa from 2002 to 2006 and is a second-year student at Harvard Law School.
It still has no formal constitution. Its borders are contested [...]
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ISRAEL’S INCOMPLETE JOURNEY
Posted in Focus on Israel at 60, Reflections, tagged attack, constitution, Israel, Palestinian, state, violence on July 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Iran: The Inside Story
Posted in Reflections on September 7, 2007 | No Comments »
By James R. Russell
James R. Russell is the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at the Near East Department and the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University.
The first confusing and inconvenient thing to know is that Persia and Iran are the same thing. Iran (note to self: look at map) resembles a comfy [...]
Anti-Arab Racism in the Military
Posted in Reflections on September 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
By Michael A. Carey
Michael A. Carey is a graduate of Brigham Young University, a veteran of the Iraq war and a pilot in the Rhode Island National Guard. He is a first-year student at Harvard Law School.
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I spent just over three months at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during my last active duty [...]