How Anarchy Works: Gadaffi’s Son brings conflict between Niger and Lybia
Today, February 12, 2012, the nation of Libya demanded the return of Muammar Qaddafi’s son, through extradition, from the nation of Niger. The goal of Libya is to get Qadhafi’s son back in Libya so they can try him. The goal of Niger is to not send him back. Niger says it does not want [...]
“Worker kills 3, then self”: Latent Conflict and Sudden Destruction
Violence occurs all around us, and often. Today, Friday the 13th, a worker for no well known reason shot three co-workers in North Carolina, then went home and killed himself. Read the story if you like. These things happen so often, all around the world, it is “crazy making” to people who are just watching. Yet, [...]
China: One Chinese Man’s Conflict and Eminent Domain
The man and the woman stood outside the United Nations complex on first Avenue in New York City. Their looks and language were Chinese. Their story was a simple and sad one. During the great expansion of the city of Shanghai, now well over nine years ago, this man’s mother’s home was torn down in [...]
