Have drones become the weapons of our age? These "unmanned aerial vehicles," sometimes used to assassinate human targets in remote areas, raise a host of constitutional, legal, moral and strategic questions. Here is a two part presentation from earlier this month that was sponsored by ACN and given by two faculty members from Ashland University. Dr. Craig Hovey is executive director of Ashland Center for Nonviolence and associate professor of religion and Dr. Michael Schwarz is assistant professor of history.
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Matters
of Faith: Religion, Conflict, and
Conflict Resolution
By Bridget Moix (taken from “The
Handbook of Conflict Resolution”)
“A
brief survey of the most entrenched, deadly conflicts around the world suggests
an urgent need for increased understanding of the role religion plays in human
disputes. From the Middle East to
Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka to Sudan, the Balkans to Nigeria, from the poor
Acholi region of Northern Uganda to the financial centers of New York City and
London, the destructive power of religiously motivated violence has been a
stark, horrific reality for people around the world. Read more…
War
Has Almost Ceased to Exist: An Assessment
By John Mueller
“In 1911, the eminent British
historian, G.P. Gooch, concluded a book by elegiacally declaring that ‘we can
now look forward with something like confidence to the time when war between
civilized nations will be considered as antiquated as the duel, and when
peacemakers shall be called the children of God.’ And in that year’s edition of the
Encyclopedia Britannica, Sir Thomas Barclay predicted, in the article on
“Peace,” that ‘in no distant future, life among nations’ would be characterized
by ‘law, order and peace among men.’“ Read more…
Drones,
Accountability and Authorized Use of Military Force
Blogs by Michael Shank
“Armed
drones, at first blush, are a boon to America's military toolkit, as President
Obama reinforced in his counterterrorism speech [recently]. Drones, in the
short run at least, could mean fewer U.S. troops deployed and fewer American
lives lost.” Read entire blog
here
More
blogs from Michael Shank:
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Slow Money
Keeping dollars spent by consumers in the local community is
a challenge and a goal for the economic well-being of communities such as
Ashland. Two programs in February will
focus on local entrepreneurship development and how it benefits the local
economy and the community.
“Slow Money” is a term that denotes
keeping local money working in the local economy. These “slow money” programs should be of
interest to anyone who wants to support existing local businesses or think
about starting a new business.
The first program will show what
has been done in southeastern Ohio with the Appalachian Center for Economic
Networks. The second will focus on the possibilities of Ashland Main Street and
will feature a panel of Ashland area entrepreneurs.
The first program, “Slow the Money;
Invigorate the Economy” will feature
Leslie Shaller, director of programming for the Food Ventures program, a
business incubation project of the Athens-area Appalachian Center for Economic
Networks (ACENet). The presentation will be Tuesday, February 19, at 7 p.m. in
the Ridenour Room, Dauch College of Business and Economics, on the Ashland
University campus.
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