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	<title>John C. Bersia: Unraveling Global Issues of Today &#038; Tomorrow</title>
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		<title>Confronting violent extremism in Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2011/07/25/confronting-violent-extremism-in-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Anders Behring Breivik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Sloan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people still struggle to grasp what may have motivated Norway&#8217;s most-despised man, terrorist suspect Anders Behring Breivik, to kill dozens of people and harm hundreds of others. Time, the results of the ongoing investigation, and a careful reading of the &#8220;manifesto&#8221; Breivik released will surely provide some answers.

The more difficult challenge, however, is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reform in Russia:  More freedoms, not enough democracy, too much corruption</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2011/03/11/reform-in-russia-more-freedoms-not-enough-democracy-too-much-corruption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sergei Khrushchev, son of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and a senior fellow at Brown University&#8217;s Watson Institute, writes and lectures on Russian economic and political reforms. Against the backdrop of Vice President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent visit to Moscow, he talked with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Q: What has changed the most for Russia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facing down the scourge of slavery</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2011/02/01/interview-with-francis-bok/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2011/02/01/interview-with-francis-bok/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 17:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Francis Bok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Trafficking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slavery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sudan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Francis Bok is the author of the first contemporary slave narrative, Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America. Now an abolitionist with the American Anti-Slavery Group, he discussed 21st century human trafficking with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Q: Human trafficking is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s future? More on foreign policy and an almost inevitable re-election bid</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2011/01/26/obama%e2%80%99s-future-more-on-foreign-policy-and-an-almost-inevitable-re-election-bid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2011/01/26/obama%e2%80%99s-future-more-on-foreign-policy-and-an-almost-inevitable-re-election-bid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Wayne]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Wayne, the author of a forthcoming book on President Barack Obama, &#8220;Personality and Politics: Obama For and Against Himself&#8221;, specializes in the American presidency at Georgetown University. He discussed with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia the Obama administration’s prospects for the next two years.

Q: What did Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To succeed, a president has to be both loved and feared</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/06/23/to-succeed-a-president-has-to-be-both-loved-and-feared/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/06/23/to-succeed-a-president-has-to-be-both-loved-and-feared/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stanley McChrystal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Wayne, a Georgetown University expert on the American presidency, has written 11 books, including &#8220;The Road to the White House.&#8221; He discussed with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia the firing of Afghanistan war commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal because of statements critical of the Obama administration that he and others made in Rolling Stone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert examines global terrorism threat summer 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/06/09/expert-examines-global-terrorism-threat-summer-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/06/09/expert-examines-global-terrorism-threat-summer-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Extremism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Schindler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[al-Qaeda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Terrorism specialist John Schindler, the author of &#8220;Unholy Terror: Bosnia, Al-Qa&#8217;ida, and the Rise of Global Jihad,&#8221; is a professor at the U.S. Naval War College. He discussed the changing global danger Americans face with McClatchy-Tribune foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Question: What is the terrorist challenge in the summer of 2010?
Answer: Al-Qaida and associated movements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chavez-Ahmadinejad coziness spells misery for Venezuelans</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/06/07/chavez-ahmadinejad-coziness-spells-misery-for-venezuelans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/06/07/chavez-ahmadinejad-coziness-spells-misery-for-venezuelans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The growing coziness between the leaders of Venezuela and Iran should send a troubling signal to all Venezuelans &#8212; especially the diminishing but still strong segment that clings to President Hugo Chavez.
Do they not understand the disadvantages of a leader who ties himself to a regime in Tehran that is incurring global wrath and sanctions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arms accord establishes valid framework but more efforts required: A Q&amp;A with veteran arms-control specialist Jack Mendelsohn</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/04/09/arms-accord-establishes-valid-framework-but-more-efforts-required-a-qa-with-veteran-arms-control-specialist-jack-mendelsohn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/04/09/arms-accord-establishes-valid-framework-but-more-efforts-required-a-qa-with-veteran-arms-control-specialist-jack-mendelsohn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Mendelsohn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Arms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Mendelsohn, a former senior Foreign Service officer, a member of the SALT II and START I delegations and a former deputy director of the Arms Control Association, discussed the new START treaty with foreign-affairs columnist John C. Bersia.

Q: What are the key details that everyone needs to understand?
A: The agreement limits strategic (i.e., long-range) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bombings raise questions about Russia’s long-term security</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/03/31/bombings-raise-questions-about-russia%e2%80%99s-long-term-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/03/31/bombings-raise-questions-about-russia%e2%80%99s-long-term-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dmitry Medvedev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the aftermath of the Moscow subway bombings that killed or injured more than 100 people &#8212; punctuated by deadly subsequent attacks in Russia’s North Caucasus region &#8212; questions proliferate: 
Who were the perpetrators? What were their goals? Are the incidents connected? Do the bombings portend a resurgence of terrorist violence in Russia? Will Prime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The need for no-phone zones</title>
		<link>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/03/12/the-need-for-no-phone-zones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johncbersia.com/2010/03/12/the-need-for-no-phone-zones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jcbersia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Phones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weekly Articles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, British Columbia &#8212; Upon arriving here, I was relieved to have a break from the barrage of cell-phone and landline calls, e-mails, instant messages, tweets, texts and the like in my daily life. However, I failed to escape what has become one of my biggest pet peeves &#8212; the widespread, inappropriate use of hand-held [...]]]></description>
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