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In Government

Who Should Tell the Global Warming Story?
Global warming and environmental deterioration has not played a major role in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign. Journalists and environmentalists at a Business School panel discussion underwritten by a gift from David and Heidi Welch, MBA ’90 debated just why this issue isn’t higher on the national agenda. Details

Democrat in Palestine
Mustafa Barghouthi, Sloan '95, lost the Palestinian presidential election but says Palestinians are "leading democratic transformation in the Arab world." Details

China is Key to Resolving North Korean Crisis
William Perry, SEP '74 and former U.S. Secretary of State, argues that as one of North Korea's only friends, China could put pressure on its neighbor to rejoin the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Perry's speech was sponsored by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. [icon - video] Video File (1.5 min)

Bulgarian Haiku
The life of an ambassador is an unpredictable one. In his first two years as Japan's ambassador to Bulgaria, Koichiro Fukui, MBA '76, completed the implementation of reciprocal, visa-free travel between the two nations, discussed bilateral environmental protection with Bulgaria's environment minister, and suggested the Bulgarian government encourage private as well as governmental Japanese investment. Details

From Academic to MP With Aplomb
Economist Ivan Png (PhD '85) is raising public issues with some success as a member of Singapore's Parliament. Details

Japan's Debt Doctor
Kazuhiko Toyama (MBA '92) is charged with resuscitating Japan's ailing companies. Details