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It is never wise to discourage youthful idealism.

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By the late 1970s, repression and economic chaos were causing increasing unrest throughout Latin America. Army strongmen were forced to cede power in Peru, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

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Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.

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For decades, Turkey was widely viewed as a reliable NATO ally: prickly at times, but safely in America's corner.

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Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.

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The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers created the 'Fertile Crescent' where some of the first civilizations emerged. Today they are immensely important resources, politically as well as geographically.

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Iran, in its former incarnation as Persia, created the world's first empire, produced titanic figures like Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes, and is one of the great fonts of world culture.

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Only one American has given his life for Iranian democracy. He was a young idealist from Nebraska named Howard Baskerville. In 1907, fresh out of Princeton, Baskerville went to Iran as a schoolteacher. He found himself in the midst of a revolution against tyranny, and was carried away with passion for the democratic cause.

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Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

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My general view is the delivery of news is changing in dramatic ways, and will continue to change into ways we can't even predict.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: August 4th, 1951

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