tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69534224582087923092024-03-12T16:28:06.620-07:00Samantha PowerPulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Foreign Policy Analyst, Journalist, ProfessorSamantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-15919971838575196092008-10-04T19:33:00.000-07:002008-10-04T19:53:37.907-07:00Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century"Cited as one of the "<a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/75-most-influential/samantha-power-1008">75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century</a>", Power gets the nod for her contributions to the foreign policy debate and her work getting mass atrocities and the human face of foreign policy choices embedded into the public consciousness. Power takes her place on the list among innovators and intellectuals from <a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/75-most-influential/barack-obama-1008">Senator Obama</a> to <a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/75-most-influential/bill-melinda-gates-1008">Bill and Melinda Gates</a>.<br /><br />Accompanying this feature in Esquire is the artistic interpretation of the work of the honorees by mixed-media artist <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lincolnschatz.com%2F&ei=wSvoSOOiO9TKmQfF44mVDA&usg=AFQjCNHmsfUgZp8W1rCjTSibUqTGv14isw&sig2=-07csO-LnQV-T4mdLt_iUw">Lincoln Schatz</a>. Samantha's profile with <a href="http://www.enoughproject.org/node/570">John Prendergast</a> (of the <a href="http://www.enoughproject.org/">ENOUGH Project</a>) <a href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/cube/samantha-power-cube-blog">can be found here</a>.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-53674785416248689322008-10-04T19:00:00.000-07:002008-10-04T20:07:21.372-07:00SP Review of "Freedom's Battle"Power's <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2200971/?wpisrc=newsletter">review</a> of <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~gjbass/">Gary Bass</a>'s Freedom battle appears on Slate this week. Assessing double-edged sword of "humanitarian intervention", Power outlines the hypocrisy of states who commit human rights abuses, and then turn a critical eye to countries who have committed similar - or even lesser - sins, calling for intervention. She <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2200971/?wpisrc=newsletter">concludes</a> that Bass's work is a comprehensive historical look at the positive and negative applications of humanitarian intervention, and muses on the path that must be forged between "<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2200971/pagenum/2">blinding zeal and paralyzing perfectionism</a>" for future applications of intervention.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-88464227286449033802008-08-19T06:50:00.000-07:002008-08-19T08:49:41.350-07:00SP in The New York TimesCommemorating the 5th anniversary of the bombing of the Canal Hotel - known as the "UN's 9/11" - Power <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/opinion/19power.html">turns a critical eye on</a> the current state of security for humanitarian and civilian aid workers. With the <a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdKaQBGMbpyMe3d6Ex7E6qRZ1Grw">recent killings</a> of IRC workers in Afghanistan, aid workers are continually finding themselves targets of violent militant groups that equate them with government and armed forces. <br /><br />Power <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/opinion/19power.html">writes</a>, "We cannot return to a pre-8/19 world any more than we can return to a pre-9/11 one. Neither the blue flag nor the red cross is enough to protect humanitarians in an age of terror. But five years after August 19 we owe it to those who died — and to those whom humanitarians have saved — to do far more to protect the protectors."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/18/opinion/19opart_650.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/18/opinion/19opart_650.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-80551592958744560122008-08-18T07:54:00.000-07:002008-08-18T09:29:12.970-07:00Time Column 08.25.08In "<a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832701,00.html">A Question of Honor</a>", the role of dignity in foreign affairs is mused, while taking a critical look at the reign of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin">Vladimir Putin</a>. Power charts the perceived diplomatic slights of Putin's term, the consequences of those perceptions, and the danger of using aggression to restore honor.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-43643313436024474872008-07-25T08:39:00.000-07:002008-10-04T19:37:24.563-07:00Time Column 7.22.08In <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825725,00.html">"Karadzic a Big Win for Hague Cops"</a>, Samantha's latest <span style="font-style:italic;">Time Magazine</span> column, SP examines the importance of international courts of justice and discusses some important lessons skeptics can learn from Serbia, Chile and Liberia. Reflecting upon <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1825725,00.html">her own experience</a> in Bosnia during the Balkan Crisis, Power ruminates on what the arrest of Karadzic means for the future of accountability for war crimes.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-50089171679241414432008-07-22T09:01:00.000-07:002008-07-22T11:57:27.443-07:00The Democrats and National SecurityIn her upcoming piece for the <span style="font-style:italic;">New York Review of Books</span>, Samantha evaluates the long-held view that the Republicans are the 'national security party.' In 'The Democrats and National Security,' SP explains how this view developed and how it has been diminished under George W. Bush. She also addresses the main themes that Barack Obama should focus on for highlighting the weaknesses of this view and how the Democrats can show they will prove more reliable in keeping America safe.<br /><br />Read the full story <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21670">here</a>.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-19514992849489369412008-07-15T07:02:00.000-07:002008-07-15T10:41:47.836-07:00Social Change: An OpportunityWe are in the midst of launching a nationwide campaign on the subject of foreign policy in the United States and we would like your feedback on what campaign name and structure would be the most effective in communicating our platform for change.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=e9I9F53bi8DDM0MO0wV5rg_3d_3d">Take the Survey Here</a><br /><br />To have your input included in the development of the campaign, please complete the <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=e9I9F53bi8DDM0MO0wV5rg_3d_3d">survey</a> below by Wed., July 23rd.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-8135069721330417422008-07-09T07:33:00.000-07:002008-07-09T07:39:25.334-07:00Time Column 7.3.08In her latest Time Magazine column, "Saving Zimbabwe," Samantha discusses the problems of forcible regime change what should be done, instead, about the crisis in Zimbabwe. Read it <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1820138,00.html">here.</a>Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-63927242321952747972008-06-19T16:03:00.000-07:002008-06-19T16:14:59.211-07:00Time Column 6.12.2008Samantha examines the principle of engaging in dialogue with our enemies and its history in <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1813998,00.html">"Talking with Evil,"</a> her latest Time Magazine column.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-46737272422805823152008-06-10T09:14:00.000-07:002008-06-10T09:23:55.834-07:00SP receives honorary doctorate at UCCSamantha was honored on June 6th at the University College Cork a honorary doctorate of laws was conferred on her. Get the full address <a href="http://www.ucc.ie/en/mandc/news/fullstory,56648,en.html">here</a>.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-26346798813815771692008-06-03T09:04:00.000-07:002008-06-03T11:15:25.660-07:00SP's Time Magazine Column to be syndicated internationallyOn June 2, <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-02-2008/0004824034&EDATE=">Tribune Media Services</a> announced that SP's column in Time Magazine will receive international syndication.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-41247069609319066752008-06-03T08:46:00.000-07:002008-06-03T11:15:09.892-07:00SP in Canada's National PostIn <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=550924">"Rekindling Canada's internationalist spirit"</a>, Canada's <a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/">National Post</a> quotes SP at the Munks Debate in Toronto and offers support for the mission of the UN. It expresses hope that Canada will look to leaders like SP and will return to being a power in international peacekeeping and reconciliation and re-embrace its internationalist ideals.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-40647995033345994802008-06-03T08:24:00.000-07:002008-06-03T11:14:46.021-07:00SP and "Chasing the Flame" in UK's "The Time"UK's <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Times</span>' Literary Supplement</a> offers a <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4020096.ece">critique</a> of <span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Chasing the Flame</span></span>, calling it "complex and "compelling." It also offers some words on the career of Sergio Vieira de Mello and discusses the the book's possible impact on future US foreign policy decisions.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-5394831986530496342008-05-28T12:08:00.000-07:002008-06-03T08:54:14.882-07:00SP in Ireland's The Independent 5.25.08John Crown from Ireland's <a href="http://www.independent.ie"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Independent</span></a> offers <a href="http://www.independent.ie/national-news/samantha-power-the-triumph-and-sadness-of-emigration-1386452.html">thoughts</a> on the importance of Samantha's emigration from Ireland to the United States. He discusses its implications for her career, successes and difficulties.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-63275312887414410592008-05-27T19:55:00.000-07:002008-05-27T17:53:32.453-07:00Commencement Speech at Pitzer College: 05.17.08<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAE6z2ER4yOOxLkZTeE6qkrlMk2C9poNYrkU-i7Ez4gYwZQE57uNNcS5Xq0JBEwZDjegaHL4_0aFDv8aqAEd4sN3mVxoYFxXJc8BxWlPOPNMMWAWedg9KWbdaPtMfQflCoc7og4iJA2s/s1600-h/SPGrad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbAE6z2ER4yOOxLkZTeE6qkrlMk2C9poNYrkU-i7Ez4gYwZQE57uNNcS5Xq0JBEwZDjegaHL4_0aFDv8aqAEd4sN3mVxoYFxXJc8BxWlPOPNMMWAWedg9KWbdaPtMfQflCoc7og4iJA2s/s320/SPGrad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205224983980037394" /></a><br />You can view the full video of Samantha's <a href="http://www.pitzer.edu/multimedia/2008-samantha-power-commencement-flv.html">commencement speech here</a>.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-44570407888493608522008-05-27T08:21:00.000-07:002008-05-27T08:31:47.349-07:00Time Column 6.2.2008In <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1808616,00.html">"Technology's Power to Narrow Our View"</a>, the latest <a href="http://www.time.com/time/">Time Magazine</a> column, Power raises the question of whether technology will make it more or less likely for young people today to commit to doing something for others.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-72070372456265599372008-05-05T08:18:00.000-07:002008-05-27T10:43:43.064-07:00George Mitchell: Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.timeinc.net/time/2008/time_100_2008/george_mitchell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img.timeinc.net/time/2008/time_100_2008/george_mitchell.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />For the <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.time.com/">Time</a></span> list of the "100 Most Influential People", SP writes about <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/time100/article/0,28804,1733748_1733756_1735914,00.html">George Mitchell</a>. From brokering peace in Northern Ireland to his quest to maintain the integrity of <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/news/mitchell/index.jsp">America's favorite pastime</a>, Mitchell is the ultimate negotiator with a distinctly American story.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">*Photo Courtesy of Erin Patrice O'Brien for Time</span>Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-74085501272320454442008-04-20T07:31:00.000-07:002008-05-27T10:28:09.991-07:00Time Column: 4.17.2008In <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1731892,00.html">"Keeping Canada in Afghanistan"</a>, a column for <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/">Time Magazine</a> </span>Power argues that Canada’s military role in Afghanistan is one of the most revealing political and international-security debates since the end of the Cold War, a debate that is critical to the future of NATO and the U.S.’s struggle against terrorism.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-21081609893447611462008-04-19T10:27:00.000-07:002008-05-28T11:03:32.113-07:00SP on the UNHCR WebsiteSamantha sat down with the UN's Refugee Agency, <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/">UNHCR</a>, for a <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?page=news&tbl=NEWS&id=4808a2272/">Q&A</a> on Sergio's life and work, the motivation behind the writing of his life story, and of the future of the United Nations.<br /><br />The full text can be <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?page=news&tbl=NEWS&id=4808a2272/">accessed here</a>.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-16650146483066077222008-03-18T05:24:00.001-07:002008-03-18T05:24:45.455-07:00SP on the Colbert Report<embed FlashVars='videoId=164058' src='http://www.comedycentral.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml' quality='high' bgcolor='#cccccc' width='332' height='316' name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always' allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed>Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-2483244548167941432008-03-10T05:25:00.000-07:002008-03-18T06:55:30.634-07:00Conversations with History @ UC Berkeley<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p7l9yDbDNXM&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p7l9yDbDNXM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-27160053505964449472008-02-26T10:23:00.000-08:002008-05-28T10:26:18.524-07:00SP on Slate.comMore positive feedback on <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Chasing-the-Flame/Samantha-Power/e/9781594201288/?itm=1">Chasing the Flame</a></span> is available <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2185137/">in this article</a> from <a href="http://www.slate.com/">Slate</a>.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-16620740692752092622008-02-25T09:36:00.000-08:002008-02-25T10:10:03.719-08:00SP in Sunday Times of LondonA <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3422315.ece">profile of SP</a> is featured in the February 24th edition of the Sunday Times of London. Discussed is her work with Presidential candidate <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/">Barack Obama</a>, her latest book <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbninquiry.asp?ean=9781594201288">Chasing the Flame</a>, and foreign policy.Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-23026466746378860992008-02-25T06:42:00.000-08:002008-02-25T07:08:46.472-08:00SP on Charlie Rose: 02.21.08<embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6238585395695850344:1492000:1869000&hl=en" flashvars=""> </embed>Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6953422458208792309.post-88177527635739365872008-02-21T11:20:00.000-08:002008-02-25T11:32:57.956-08:00Chasing the Flame Reviewed by "The Economist"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.economist.com/images/20080223/0808BK2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://media.economist.com/images/20080223/0808BK2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />In "<a href="http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10717820">A brave man's journey</a>", <a href="http://www.economist.com/"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Economist</span></a> calls <span style="font-style:italic;">Chasing the Flame</span> "a thoughtful account of the conflicts and disasters" that shaped Sergio's life and approach to peacekeeping. "In the blurry world between humanitarian aid and international law he was as good as it gets, wielding a mixture of ambiguity and decisiveness with the personal and institutional authority to make it all, sometimes, work."Samantha Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314504138452855865noreply@blogger.com