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#internationalrelations

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

When the 'international community' suggests a 'land for peace' deal (as may be likely part of Trump's 'negotiation' for peace in the Ukraine), its worth pointing out what that might if it was translated into our own country.

Here are two countries that might interest you in that regard; I cannot see either agreeing to give up 20% of their territory, can you?... but that's what international power disparities look like!

#InternationalRelations #Ukraine #Politics

h/t Pablo O'Hana (LinkedIn)

Map 1: UK Total population - 67.6m 20% of population - 13.4m Total land - 94,354 square miles 20% land - 18,870 square miles Roughly the same thing as losing: the South East & the South West
Map 2: USA Total population - 347m 20% of population - 69.4m Total land - 3.8m square miles 20% of land - 760,000 square miles Roughly the same as losing: Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Kentucky & Tennessee
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Kent Pitman

Got the message below in email today from the International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa, where I've previously enjoyed some fun MOOC courses, including a great one about writing poetry. But they obviously do a lot of good work beyond that, and so this is just very sad to see. But we should not avert our eyes to the specific effects of the ongoing savaging of the US government and its effects not only on domestic education but international relations. No good can come of this.

«Dear Friends,

We write today with a difficult update. On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the International Writing Program (IWP) learned that its grants with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, were being terminated. This notification explained that the IWP’s awards “no longer effectuate agency priorities,” nor align “with agency priorities and national interest.” The immediate result was the cancellation of Between the Lines (the IWP’s summer youth program), and the dissolution of Lines and Spaces Exchanges, Distance Learning courses, and Emerging Voices programs. The overall Fall Residency cohort will be reduced by around half due to the loss of federally funded participants; the IWP’s other long-time funding partners, including a combination of donors, grants, foreign ministries of culture, and NGOs, will continue to support writers.»

For fuller information:

iwp.uiowa.edu/announcement-iwp

The International Writing Program - Graduate College | The University of IowaAn Announcement from the IWPAn announcement regarding the termination of a grant to the IWP.
#Education#Writing#Poetry
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Bob Jamieson

The Trump administration is treating governance and international relations and trade like a two yearold having a tantrum. You respond to a child`s tantrum by sitting them on the "naughty step" and ensuring they sit there until they regain control of themselves. You never punish them or try to "negotiate" with them because the tantrums escalate out of control.

#Trump#TrumpCoup#fascism
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