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For Over 50 Years Think-Tank Wages Peace from Muscatine

By Adam Burke 4/25/08

What if you could do one-stop shopping for all your global peace and security policy analysis needs?

Nuclear proliferation and disarmament; United Nations strategy and planning; Middle East and Asian security; emergent powers; U.S. security; all of it. Ready for download and available from one policy research think-tank that is nonpartisan and stresses a multilateral approach [...]

COMMENTARY: Sen. Grassley, Hunger Is No ‘Joke’

By Adam Burke 4/16/08

Until they dry out, Iowa cornfields are just so much moist dirt. At harvest time they will yield a certain amount of food, but about 20 percent of U.S. corn is used to make ethanol.

The biofuel boom, along with drought and other factors, has created a worldwide food problem.

Several countries have recently seen bloodshed, unrest [...]

Videos: International Festival Celebrates Cultural Diversity

By Adam Burke 2/25/08

Traditional music, arts, dance  and food from around the world was the order of the day during the Celebrating Cultural Diversity Festival at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on Sunday.

Several thousand visitors sampled traditional foods from an array of cultures, tried new dance steps and listened to musical performances. Families were in abundance [...]

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