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<-- Well, it didn't seem to confuse students in my class, but it's your opinion that counts since you are the one who can edit the page. I'll see if I can find other sources, but I'm rather limited (my school is pretty secluded, and I don't have a car). In the mean time, I think if you picked up an IP text you would find it enlightening. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 19:20, 31 August 2007 (EDT)
<-- Well, it didn't seem to confuse students in my class, but it's your opinion that counts since you are the one who can edit the page. I'll see if I can find other sources, but I'm rather limited (my school is pretty secluded, and I don't have a car). In the mean time, I think if you picked up an IP text you would find it enlightening. [[User:Jazzman831|Jazz]][[User talk:Jazzman831|Man]] 19:20, 31 August 2007 (EDT)
==CRS Report==
Ok, here's some extracts from the CRS Report :
'''U.S. Diplomacy — Need for Change'''
Many foreign affairs experts believe that the international system is undergoing
a momentous transition affecting its very nature. For indicators of this change, they
point to the end of the bipolar world of the Cold War, the changing nature of the
nation state on which the existing international system is based, the rise of new
national power relationships, as well as the growth in the number and the role of nonstate
participants (ed. note: or "actor") in the international arena. These experts also note the impact that
the changes in worldwide communications, due to advances in technology, have had
on international relations. For the United States to continue to lead in this world,
they argue, it will have to make adjustments to how it operates and relates within the
changing system and the new, intense political aspirations causing these changes.6
Even before the United States entered the 21st Century, however, foreign affairs
officials and experts were '''calling for reforms of the foreign affairs infrastructure,
foreign assistance and public diplomacy programs''', as well as the need to address the
changing roles between the Department of State (State) and the Department of
Defense (DOD) in foreign affairs. According to then Secretary of State, Madeleine
Albright in 1999,
:The past decade has witnessed a transformation of the world political situation....
Challenges such as transnational law enforcement, global terrorism, democracy
building, protection of the environment, refugee issues, and access to global
markets and energy sources now compete with traditional security and political
issues for policymakers’ attention. These changes demand that we reexamine the
nature and basic structure of our overseas presence.7
'''The Foreign Affairs Institutional Infrastructure'''.
In the 1990s, several
organizations and think tanks voiced concerns about the inadequacy of the U.S.
diplomatic infrastructure. The Department of State’s own report said that the United
States overseas presence '''“is near a state of crisis” and “perilously close to the point
of system failure.”'''8 Experts called for the enhancement of the security of U.S. posts
and missions abroad, the right-sizing of these posts based upon U.S. interests in a
particular country and a continual readjustment as policy needs changed, the
'''improvement of training opportunities''' in terms of foreign language skills and jobrelated
training, and the modernization of communications/information technology
at the State Department and its posts and missions abroad. ....
'''Comment''' : So, this is just to give some flavour of the text. Now, while it discusses need for reform, better training, etc., and uses terms like "actor" to refer to things "non-state entities throughout the text, one big concern is the need for reform and better trained people in the post-Soviet era. Nowhere, throguout this 32 page document, does it use the term "liberal", of "realist." My guess is dropping such nonsense is part of reform & better training. [[User:RobS|Rob Smith]] 21:08, 31 August 2007 (EDT)
==pedophile Peacekeepers and the UN as a "liberal organization"==
==pedophile Peacekeepers and the UN as a "liberal organization"==