Pax Populi

It has long been my view that the source of conflict in Afghanistan results from a few factors, namely: poverty, a huge drugs cartel, an underdeveloped educational and civil society infrastructure, and a history of conflict. And among these, I Read more…

Shogofa is an impressive young woman from Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan. She is hoping that that a year from now she will have completed her first year of studies at an American school. Maybe you can help. This effort to bring Read more…

A few days ago, an article appeared in the Marblehead Reporter written by Nikki Gamer on the visit of the Palestinian and Israeli professors to Bentley University. It was a well written piece that conveyed the intent of the week-long Read more…

A little more than a week after four Israeli and Palestinian scholars returned to their homes from their visit to Bentley University, the Israeli Navy intercepted a flotilla of six cargo and passenger boats from Turkey. When the flotilla tried Read more…

Over the last 60 years, no conflict has proved so intractable while so important to world affairs than that between the Israelis and their neighbors, especially the Palestinians. It was, therefore, a notable sign of progress that beginning on May Read more…

Through its Pax Populi program, Applied Ethics is working with the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA see: http://www.sola-afghanistan.org/) to bring an Afghan student to study in a US high school. SOLA’s goal is to prepare the very best Afghan students for Read more…