World Affairs Monthly

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May 2008

Welcome to World Affairs Monthly…. The study of international relations is certainly something we will want to do, but it is also very difficult to find out just what we are studying when we examine international relations…. The world is complex, and getting more and more complex by the minute…. The journalist has a tough and challenging job, and we will have to be honest and admit that most journalism is indeed quite deficient…. Please subscribe….

THE NEWS WITH THEORY, ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION:

A CONVERSATION WITH BILL EMMOTT

The rise of Asia and the decline of the West, this is perhaps the largest and most important topic we can identify today as we move further into an increasingly complex and rapidly developing world. “Globalization” has come to be the word we use to catch all of our emotions and thoughts, and of course the word does seem to be an appropriate one. The world is getting flattened, according to conventional wisdom. Equal opportunity is appearing as a powerful actor in the world. Technology, and the power of technology, had made all of this possible.

Yes, all of this is true, but we must be careful – the truth is nuanced and multi-faceted. Asia is rocketing to prominence and power; of this we can have no doubt. Billions of people who were only recently excluded from participating in the global economy are now getting opportunity to participate. This event is bound to be important, and it is bound to have far-reaching consequences.

How do we understand the world? How do we understand what is happening in the world? And how do we anticipate and identify the larger forces out there, the ones which will be driving us into the future? We will want to show off our audacity at being willing to write “the first draft of history.” Answering these questions and writing the first draft of history is journalism. And journalism is not necessarily the kind of profession which attracts the dispassionate theorizer and collector of facts. Journalism attracts the emotional, the hyper-emotional freaks; journalism attracts the political activist, and journalism might even attract the politician and aspiring politician. Journalism is emotion – and often it is only emotion. And what does this mean? It means simply that journalism, the first draft of history, is often bunk, it is silliness propped up and given a nice and impressive appearance.... continue

What is never examined and discussed in news publications of the affluent West? What subjects are never broached?

The answer is uncomfortable, as most people recognize. The western media distort the realities of the world, the intricacies of world affairs, and present an image of events which is palatable and acceptable, and which conforms to their image of the world.Their beliefs and perspectives must be defended, and it is precisely this act of self-defense, which is no doubt an agonizing and desperate one, that undermines education and creates distortion....continue

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The editor would like to share a few of his monographs with the readers of World Affairs Monthly. To read...
-- Infrastructure for 21st Century Publishing Click Here
....in Arabic Click Here
-- Demographics of the New Mobile Computer Click Here
....in Arabic Click Here
-- Asia at the Crossroads Click Here
....in Arabic Click Here
....in Chinese Click Here
-- The Destruction of Israel and Zionism Click Here
....in Arabic Click Here
-- "Intelligence Collection" in the New Era Click Here
....in Chinese Click Here
....in Russian Click Here
....in Arabic Click Here
-- The Seven Inescapable Sources of World War III Click Here
....in Arabic Click Here
-- The Logic of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Click Here
....in Arabic Click Here
-- Israel in Retreat and Disintegration Click Here
-- The Martyrdom of Modern Libya Click Here
-- The Revenge of the Arabs Click Here
-- The Reluctant Crusaders Click Here
-- The Power and Pain of Union Click Here
-- From the Dark Continent to the Forgotten Continent Click Here
-- Defending Great Wealth: Africa's Struggle Against
Neocolonialism Click Here
-- The Price of African Unity Click Here
Also visit IslamOnline.net for the editor's two Live Dialogues...
-- "The Escalation of Iraqi Crisis: Who Can Stop the War?" Click Here
-- "The Threat of WMD: Iraq or North Korea?" Click Here