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Oman: Politics, Security, and U.S
Oman: Politics, Security, and U.S. Policy Updated January 27, 2020 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov RS21534 SUMMARY RS21534 Oman: Politics, Security, and U.S. Policy January 27, 2020 The Sultanate of Oman has been a strategic partner of the United States since 1980, when it became the first Persian Gulf state to sign a formal accord permitting the U.S. military to use its Kenneth Katzman facilities. Oman has hosted U.S. forces during every U.S. military operation in the region since Specialist in Middle then, and it is a partner in U.S. efforts to counter terrorist groups and related regional threats. The Eastern Affairs January 2020 death of Oman’s longtime leader, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa’id Al Said, is unlikely to alter U.S.-Oman ties or Oman’s regional policies. His successor, Haythim bin Tariq Al Said, a cousin selected by Oman’s royal family immediately upon the Sultan’s death, espouses policies similar to those of Qaboos. During Qaboos’ reign (1970-2020), Oman generally avoided joining other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman) in regional military interventions, instead seeking to mediate their resolution. Oman joined the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State organization, but it did not send forces to that effort, nor did it support groups fighting Syrian President Bashar Al Asad’s regime. It opposed the June 2017 Saudi/UAE-led isolation of Qatar and did not join a Saudi-led regional counterterrorism alliance until a year after that group was formed in December 2015. -
'New Society' and the Philippine Labour Export Policy (1972-1986)
EDUCATION IN THE ‘NEW SOCIETY’ AND THE PHILIppINE LABOUR EXPORT POLICY (1972-1986) EDUCATION IN THE ‘NEW SOCIETY’ AND THE PHILIPPINE LABOUR EXPORT POLICY (1972-1986) Mark Macaa Kyushu University Abstract: The ‘overseas Filipino workers’ (OFWs) are the largest source of US dollar income in the Philippines. These state-sponsored labour migrations have resulted in an exodus of workers and professionals that now amounts to approximately 10% of the entire country’s population. From a temporary and seasonal employment strategy during the early American colonial period, labour export has become a cornerstone of the country’s development policy. This was institutionalised under the Marcos regime (1965-1986), and especially in the early years of the martial law period (1972-81), and maintained by successive governments thereafter. Within this context, this paper investigates the relationship between Marcos’ ‘New Society’ agenda, the globalization of migrant labour, and state sponsorship of labour exports. In particular, it analyses the significance of attempts made to deploy education policy and educational institutions to facilitate the state’s labour export drive. Evidence analyzed in this paper suggests that sweeping reforms covering curricular policies, education governance and funding were implemented, ostensibly in support of national development. However, these measures ultimately did little to boost domestic economic development. Instead, they set the stage for the education system to continue training and certifying Filipino skilled labour for global export – a pattern that has continued to this day. Keywords: migration, labour export, education reforms, Ferdinand Marcos, New Society Introduction This paper extends a historical analysis begun with an investigation of early Filipino labour migration to the US and its role in addressing widespread poverty and unemployment (Maca, 2017). -
The American Legion 61St National Convention: Official Program And
AMERICANTHE LEGION 61st NATIONAL CONVENTION gss® DAVIESS COUNTY. Welcomes We salute your Filled with Daviess great organization, the County Bourbon made State of Texas . site of from the original family your 61st annual recipe, this decanter will convention . and the keep memories of friends Cowboy who represents and fellowship always with the state’s individualist you. So enjoy your con- spirit. vention and take home This one of a kind a memory of Daviess collector decanter County Bourbon is made of genuine . Kentucky’s finest. Hurstbourne China with 24 kt. gold leaf. After the convention, the mold will be destroyed, making it truly DAVIESS a | I COUNTY collectors item. KENTUOff Collectors Series • Limited Edition Daviess County Bourbon Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. 80 proof: a product of Daviess County Distilling Co. Owensboro, Kentucky THE AMERICAN LEGION FOR GOD AND COUNTRY 61st National Convention WE ASSOCIATE OURSELVES TOGETHER FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to aintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars; to SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION obligation to the community, state and nation; inculcate a sense of individual 8th National Convention to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; to consecrate and sanctify our comradeship AMERICAN LEGION our devotion to mutual by AUXILIARY 59th helpfu Iness. -
Academy of Management 2001 Annual Meeting Program
AM 2001 Sec A 5/1/01 8:47 AM Page 1 Academy of Management 2001 Meeting Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Hilton Washington & Towers Omni-Shoreham Hotel 2660 Woodley Road, NW 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW 2500 Calvert Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20008 Washington, D.C. 20009 Washington, D.C. 20008 Phone: 1-202-328-2000 Phone: 1-202-483-3000 Phone: 1-202-234-0700 Fax: 1-202-234-0015 Fax: 1-202-232-0438 Fax: 1-202-265-7972 AM 2001 Sec A 5/1/01 8:47 AM Page 2 Academy of Management 2001 Meeting Table of Contents Section A: Information and Registration Welcome . A3 Washington Metro Map . A17 Distinguished and Featured Speakers . A4 Local Arrangements Committee Special Tours. A18 Meet the Meeting Planners . A6 Tour Reservation form . A20 Special Thanks to . A8 University Meeting Sponsors . A21 Registration, Housing and Travel Guidelines . A10 Placement Services . A26 Early Registration form . A12 2001 AoM Exhibitors . A28 Hotel Reservations . A13 William H. Newman Award Nominees . A30 Housing Reservation Form . A14 Carolyn Dexter Award Nominees . A31 Travel Information. A15 About the Academy of Management . A33 Welcome to Washington! . A16 2001 Meeting Statistics. A36 Sections B & C: 2001 Meeting Program Conference Program Guide . B1 Division Programs . C1 Session Details: Friday. C58 Saturday . C62 Sunday . C75 Monday . C86 Tuesday. C132 Wednesday . C165 Section D: Index of People on the Program Section E: Hotel Floor Plans Listing of Abbreviations, Inside Back Cover The Academy of Management 2001 Meeting Program Credits Logo designed by Rachel Gutek www.guppyart.com. Program designed by Rob Sexton, S Design, [email protected] Art & Poetry At the Still Point,There is only the Dance by Nancy Adler, McGill U. -
Israel: Growing Pains at 60
Viewpoints Special Edition Israel: Growing Pains at 60 The Middle East Institute Washington, DC Middle East Institute The mission of the Middle East Institute is to promote knowledge of the Middle East in Amer- ica and strengthen understanding of the United States by the people and governments of the region. For more than 60 years, MEI has dealt with the momentous events in the Middle East — from the birth of the state of Israel to the invasion of Iraq. Today, MEI is a foremost authority on contemporary Middle East issues. It pro- vides a vital forum for honest and open debate that attracts politicians, scholars, government officials, and policy experts from the US, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. MEI enjoys wide access to political and business leaders in countries throughout the region. Along with information exchanges, facilities for research, objective analysis, and thoughtful commentary, MEI’s programs and publications help counter simplistic notions about the Middle East and America. We are at the forefront of private sector public diplomacy. Viewpoints are another MEI service to audiences interested in learning more about the complexities of issues affecting the Middle East and US rela- tions with the region. To learn more about the Middle East Institute, visit our website at http://www.mideasti.org The maps on pages 96-103 are copyright The Foundation for Middle East Peace. Our thanks to the Foundation for graciously allowing the inclusion of the maps in this publication. Cover photo in the top row, middle is © Tom Spender/IRIN, as is the photo in the bottom row, extreme left. -
Title of Thesis: ABSTRACT CLASSIFYING BIAS
ABSTRACT Title of Thesis: CLASSIFYING BIAS IN LARGE MULTILINGUAL CORPORA VIA CROWDSOURCING AND TOPIC MODELING Team BIASES: Brianna Caljean, Katherine Calvert, Ashley Chang, Elliot Frank, Rosana Garay Jáuregui, Geoffrey Palo, Ryan Rinker, Gareth Weakly, Nicolette Wolfrey, William Zhang Thesis Directed By: Dr. David Zajic, Ph.D. Our project extends previous algorithmic approaches to finding bias in large text corpora. We used multilingual topic modeling to examine language-specific bias in the English, Spanish, and Russian versions of Wikipedia. In particular, we placed Spanish articles discussing the Cold War on a Russian-English viewpoint spectrum based on similarity in topic distribution. We then crowdsourced human annotations of Spanish Wikipedia articles for comparison to the topic model. Our hypothesis was that human annotators and topic modeling algorithms would provide correlated results for bias. However, that was not the case. Our annotators indicated that humans were more perceptive of sentiment in article text than topic distribution, which suggests that our classifier provides a different perspective on a text’s bias. CLASSIFYING BIAS IN LARGE MULTILINGUAL CORPORA VIA CROWDSOURCING AND TOPIC MODELING by Team BIASES: Brianna Caljean, Katherine Calvert, Ashley Chang, Elliot Frank, Rosana Garay Jáuregui, Geoffrey Palo, Ryan Rinker, Gareth Weakly, Nicolette Wolfrey, William Zhang Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Gemstone Honors Program, University of Maryland, 2018 Advisory Committee: Dr. David Zajic, Chair Dr. Brian Butler Dr. Marine Carpuat Dr. Melanie Kill Dr. Philip Resnik Mr. Ed Summers © Copyright by Team BIASES: Brianna Caljean, Katherine Calvert, Ashley Chang, Elliot Frank, Rosana Garay Jáuregui, Geoffrey Palo, Ryan Rinker, Gareth Weakly, Nicolette Wolfrey, William Zhang 2018 Acknowledgements We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to our mentor, Dr. -
Why Does Israel Support the Kurdish Independence? Publish Date: 01/10/2017
Artical Name : Isolating Threats Artical Subject : Why does Israel Support the Kurdish Independence? Publish Date: 01/10/2017 Auther Name: Mona Soliman Subject : 9/30/2021 3:40:09 PM 1 / 2 The statement of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, issued supporting the independence of the Kurdistan region, revealed that the Israeli position runs contrary to most regional and international powers opposing the referendum. Tel Aviv seeks to use Iraqi Kurdistan to pressure Iran, incite the Kurds in Iran, Syria and Turkey to secede and create a geographical buffer zone against Iran. The Israeli stance is inseparable from the history of close cooperation between Israel and Iraqi Kurds.Secession¶s SponsorshipThere are several indicators, which demonstrate Israel¶s support for the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan: 1. Official statements: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced, more than once, his support for the secession of Iraqi Kurdistan from Iraq and the creation of a Kurdish State in the North of the country. In a speech in 2014 at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu called the Kurds ³a nation of fighters [who] have proved political commitment and are worthy of independence´a statement that angered Baghdad at that time. He also reaffirmed his stance during a meeting with a delegation from the US Congress, on August 13, 2017, stressing that he backs Iraqi Kurdistan¶s independence from Iraq, because the Kurdish people are brave and loyal to the West, as well as they share the same values with Israel. On the other hand, the Kurds cheered those remarks by raising the Israeli flag during their demonstrations in favor of independence in Erbil and several European capitals, where there are Kurdish communities such as Paris, Brussels and Berlin.In addition, several Israeli politicians declared their support for the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan from Iraq. -
0714685003.Pdf
CONTENTS Foreword xi Acknowledgements xiv Acronyms xviii Introduction 1 1 A terrorist attack in Italy 3 2 A scandal shocks Western Europe 15 3 The silence of NATO, CIA and MI6 25 4 The secret war in Great Britain 38 5 The secret war in the United States 51 6 The secret war in Italy 63 7 The secret war in France 84 8 The secret war in Spain 103 9 The secret war in Portugal 114 10 The secret war in Belgium 125 11 The secret war in the Netherlands 148 12 The secret war in Luxemburg 165 ix 13 The secret war in Denmark 168 14 The secret war in Norway 176 15 The secret war in Germany 189 16 The secret war in Greece 212 17 The secret war in Turkey 224 Conclusion 245 Chronology 250 Notes 259 Select bibliography 301 Index 303 x FOREWORD At the height of the Cold War there was effectively a front line in Europe. Winston Churchill once called it the Iron Curtain and said it ran from Szczecin on the Baltic Sea to Trieste on the Adriatic Sea. Both sides deployed military power along this line in the expectation of a major combat. The Western European powers created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) precisely to fight that expected war but the strength they could marshal remained limited. The Soviet Union, and after the mid-1950s the Soviet Bloc, consistently had greater numbers of troops, tanks, planes, guns, and other equipment. This is not the place to pull apart analyses of the military balance, to dissect issues of quantitative versus qualitative, or rigid versus flexible tactics. -
“Your Love and Your Grace. It Is All I Need.” Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J. Week of November 16, 2017
“Your love and your grace. It is all I need.” Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J. Week of November 16, 2017 How many times had they prayed in solitude and in public, “Give me your love and your grace. It is all I need?” A thousand times? In the end, they had no time to utter lengthy prayers, perhaps not even this final verse of St. Ignatius’ self-offering. Leisurely, they had prayed it for years. Now they were suddenly called on to live it in death. In the stealth of night, in those early hours of November 16th, 1989, six Jesuits were prodded from a deep sleep and dragged out of their beds to the grounds of their University of Central America. That moment had come when the prayer of self-giving would ask of them a final Yes. They were not entirely caught by surprise. Their residence had been visited a few days before. It was a warning as though to say: ‘Teach, but stay out of our business.’ Of all people, a young student of the Jesuit high school was enlisted to execute in cold blood six Jesuits, their cook and her daughter: Ignacio Ellacuría, the University Rector, an internationally known philosopher and tireless in his efforts to promote peace through his writings, conferences and travels abroad; . They also split open his head and spread his brains on the grass to make it clear why he had been killed. They certainly understood the symbolism of the head, the seat of the intellect. Segundo Montes. Head of the University of Central America sociology department, director of the new human rights institute, superior of the Jesuit community. -
Israeli Involvement in Central America Nothing New Deborah Tyroler
University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository NotiCen Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) 2-4-1987 Israeli Involvement In Central America Nothing New Deborah Tyroler Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/noticen Recommended Citation Tyroler, Deborah. "Israeli Involvement In Central America Nothing New." (1987). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/noticen/395 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NotiCen by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LADB Article Id: 077181 ISSN: 1089-1560 Israeli Involvement In Central America Nothing New by Deborah Tyroler Category/Department: General Published: Wednesday, February 4, 1987 * For the majority of Americans Irangate provided the first hint of Israeli military involvement with the contras. However, Israel's support of reactionary governments and other groups in Central America is nothing new. That nation has provided arms to the military, advice and training to police forces, and sophisticated counter-insurgency techniques to Central American dictatorships for at least 30 years. Israel has not broadcast its role in Central America, nor has the mainstream US media considered Tel Aviv's actions in the region worthy of consistent coverage. Torn between gaining the good will of the American right-wing, on the one hand, and with offending liberals, on the other, Israel has opted for a low profile. In part, Tel Aviv's reaction to the Iran-contragate revelations stems from fear that the full story of Israel's role in Central America will become widely known. -
Guide to the John Gunther Papers 1935-1967
University of Chicago Library Guide to the John Gunther Papers 1935-1967 © 2006 University of Chicago Library Table of Contents Descriptive Summary 9 Information on Use 9 Access 9 Citation 9 Biographical Note 9 Scope Note 10 Related Resources 12 Subject Headings 12 INVENTORY 13 Series I: Inside Europe 13 Subseries 1: Original Manuscript 14 Subseries 2: First Revision (Second Draft) 16 Subseries 3: Galley Proofs 18 Subseries 4: Revised Edition (October 1936) 18 Subseries 5: New 1938 Edition (November 1937) 18 Subseries 6: Peace Edition (October 1938) 19 Subseries 7: 1940 War Edition 19 Subseries 8: Published Articles by Gunther 21 Subseries 9: Memoranda 22 Subseries 10: Correspondence 22 Subseries 11: Research Notes-Abyssinian War 22 Subseries 12: Research Notes-Armaments 22 Subseries 13: Research Notes-Austria 23 Subseries 14: Research Notes-Balkans 23 Subseries 15: Research Notes-Czechoslovakia 23 Subseries 16: Research Notes-France 23 Subseries 17: Research Notes-Germany 23 Subseries 18: Research Notes-Great Britain 24 Subseries 19: Research Notes-Hungary 25 Subseries 20: Research Notes-Italy 25 Subseries 21: Research Notes-League of Nations 25 Subseries 22: Research Notes-Poland 25 Subseries 23: Research Notes-Turkey 25 Subseries 24: Research Notes-U.S.S.R. 25 Subseries 25: Miscellaneous Materials by Others 26 Series II: Inside Asia 26 Subseries 1: Original Manuscript 27 Subseries 2: Printer's Copy 29 Subseries 3: 1942 War Edition 31 Subseries 4: Printer's Copy of 1942 War Edition 33 Subseries 5: Material by Others 33 Subseries 6: -
Presentation of Credentials to the Hon'ble President of the Republic Of
Embassy of Bangladesh Riyadh, KSA PRESS RELEASE (22 December 2016) Presentation of Credentials to the Hon’ble President of the Republic of Sudan H.E. the Ambassador of Bangladesh in Riyadh KSA has visited Republic of Sudan from 17-21 December 2016 to present the Letter of Credence to His Excellency the Hon’ble President of the Republic of Sudan. His Excellency Mr. Golam Moshi, the Ambassador of Bangladesh has presented the Letter of Credence to His Excellency Mr. Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir, the Hon’ble President of the Republic of Sudan on 19 December 2016 at 11:30am. During his presentation of Credentials H.E. the Ambassador of Bangladesh has delivered a speech highlighting the salient feature of the development of Bangladesh. His Excellency the Hon’ble President of the Republic of Sudan has warmly accepted the Letter of Credence. Then His Excellency the Hon’ble President has discussed with H.E. the Ambassador of Bangladesh about further enhancing the relations between Bangladesh and Sudan as well as in economic cooperation between Bangladesh and Sudan. During the visit H.E. the Ambassador of Bangladesh has met with H.E. Prof. Ibrahim Ghandour, the Hon’ble Foreign Minister of the Republic of Sudan on 18 December 2016, H.E. Prof. Musa Tibin Musa Adam, the Hon’ble Minister for Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries & Rangelands and H.E. Osama Faisal Elsayed Ali, the Hon’ble State Minister for Ministry of Investment of the Republic of Sudan on 20 December 2016 and H.E. Osman Ahmed Fadul Wash, the Hon’ble Minister for Ministry of International Cooperation of the Republic of Sudan on 21 December 2016.