| With National Security Strategy, Trump ushers new era of statecraft Posted: 18 Dec 2017 02:10 PM PST ![With National Security Strategy, Trump ushers new era of statecraft]( "With National Security Strategy, Trump ushers new era of statecraft") If the 56-page document has a defining theme, it is that the globe is a dangerous place, and the United States needs to shove its elbows out more in the struggle for comparative advantage. It explicitly emphasizes such domestic priorities as economic prosperity and jobs as key national security components. A stock phrase used by virtually all presidents since Harry Truman, the US as "indispensable leader" of the free world, is largely missing from Mr. Trump's new NSS. It is not a leadership vision," says Gordon Adams, former White House defense budget official and current distinguished fellow at the Stimson Center, a nonpartisan security policy research organization in Washington.
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| When corporations come clean on climate effects Posted: 18 Dec 2017 12:31 PM PST ![When corporations come clean on climate effects]( "When corporations come clean on climate effects") Giant corporations often claim to be "green," pointing to programs they've undertaken aimed at being environmentally conscious. Investors are asking corporations to make more transparent the effects climate change will have on their businesses, as well as explain what they are doing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. While shareholder motives are certainly aimed at helping in the worldwide fight against global warming, they also represent a practical need to better understand a company's prospects.
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| How Trump move on Jerusalem throws a lifeline to Muslim Brotherhood Posted: 18 Dec 2017 08:40 AM PST ![How Trump move on Jerusalem throws a lifeline to Muslim Brotherhood]( "How Trump move on Jerusalem throws a lifeline to Muslim Brotherhood") President Trump's declaration recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital has elicited criticism and outright condemnation from world leaders ranging from traditional US allies to long-time adversaries. In the Arab world, scene of multiple demonstrations since Mr. Trump's declaration, the reaction has been especially angry and has created one clear political winner: the conservative Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamist organization – violently suppressed in Egypt, outlawed in much of the Gulf and marginalized elsewhere in the region – has stood against the Arab-Israeli peace process and negotiations over Jerusalem for decades.
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| In push to end FGM, local women offer influential message Posted: 18 Dec 2017 07:32 AM PST ![In push to end FGM, local women offer influential message]( "In push to end FGM, local women offer influential message") It was the biggest party Aminata Mané had ever been to, a riot of colorful dresses and exuberant dancing. One study of Senegal's 1999 law banning FGM, for instance, found that without local advocacy and buy-in, the threat of punishment alone did little to change people's minds about cutting.
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