US embassy cables: Tunisia - a US foreign policy conundrum | World news | theguardian.com

US embassy cables: Tunisia - a US foreign policy conundrum | World news | theguardian.com:
Since independence, Tunisia deserves credit for its economic and social progress. Without the natural resources of its neighbors, Tunisia focused on people and diversified its economy. In a success all too rare, the GOT is effective in delivering services (education, health care, infrastructure and security) to its people. The GOT has sought to build a &knowledge economy8 to attract FDI that will create high value-added jobs. As a result, the country has enjoyed five percent real GDP growth for the past decade. On women's rights, Tunisia is a model. And, Tunisia has a long history of religious tolerance, as demonstrated by its treatment of its Jewish community. While significant challenges remain (above all the country's 14 percent unemployment rate) on balance Tunisia has done better than most in the region.
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Les Etats Unis brouillent les cartes de Rached Ghannouchi — Actualités Tunisie Focus

Les Etats Unis brouillent les cartes de Rached Ghannouchi — Actualités Tunisie Focus

"Alors que le gourou tunisien Rached Ghannouchi,Pour maintenir ses criminels au pouvoir , continue à chanter « que la chute de leur frère Mohamed Morsi en Egypte est un coup d’Etat perpétré par l’armée » ,le secrétaire d’Etat américain, John Kerry, a jugé jeudi 1er août que l’armée égyptienne avait déposé le président Mohamed Morsi début juillet dans le but de rétablir la démocratie."

conservatism and bureaucracy

conservatism and bureaucracy

" ... it seems clear that, apart from lack of funding, it is conservatism and bureaucracy — not religious belief in itself — that is holding back the development of science in many Islamic countries."

Cannabis Not the Only Drug Linked to Schizophrenia | Psych Central News

Cannabis Not the Only Drug Linked to Schizophrenia | Psych Central News

"“If nonprescribed drugs, or substances, are taken for nontherapeutic reasons by people who are otherwise healthy, these substances can cause some form of destabilization of the healthy dynamics and alter healthy function in susceptible people — and can increase risk of their developing serious mental illness.”"

China's Space Program Tries to Catch Up | Stratfor

China's Space Program Tries to Catch Up | Stratfor

"China's strategic focus on space is less about national pride than about the importance of space for both the military and economic progress of the country. The Chinese space program has developed rapidly over the past decade, illustrating the importance of the program to Beijing."

Tunisia continues the revolution - in aerospace

Tunisia continues the revolution - in aerospace

What are Complex Adaptive Systems?

What are Complex Adaptive Systems?

" Requisite Variety: The greater the variety within the system the stronger it is. In fact ambiguity and paradox abound in complex adaptive systems which use contradictions to create new possibilities to co-evolve with their environment. Democracy is a good example in that its strength is derived from its tolerance and even insistence in a variety of political perspectives."