May 19, 2013

Below is a collection of news articles from 2003 by and about AIDemocracy.org and its network, some of which first appeared elsewhere. They are reposted here when working links were otherwise not available.

Ambassador Questions War

by Claritza Jiménez The GW Hatchet (George Washington University) Former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson criticized President Bush for allegedly manipulating intelligence about … [Read more...]

Experts discuss efficacy, history of preemption

by Jocelyn Courtney Yale Daily News 11/20/2003 A panel of foreign affairs experts discussing "Pre-Emption/Intervention: The Role of Military Force in U.S. Security" drew … [Read more...]

OrangeBand working to discuss persity

by Amanda Jones The Breeze (James Madison University) 11/03/2003 The OrangeBand Initiative will be recruiting new members and organizations to join its movement in the next two … [Read more...]

America, as seen from afar

by Seth Green Princeton Alumni Weekly 11/03/2003 I was reminiscing with an old roommate in Scully Hall when two jetliners hit the World Trade Center. I had come to Princeton that … [Read more...]

“Hope not Hate” Admonishes Panel on US-Muslim Relations

by Kanishka Shrivastava The Stanford Review 10/30/2003 “The basis on which our founding fathers established this country has been lost since 9/11. Since that date, the people of … [Read more...]

Panel discusses future of U.S.-Muslim relations

by Shamala Gallagher The Stanford Daily 10/21/2003 Last night, a town hall gathering called “Hope Not Hate” brought together four speakers to discuss various aspects of the … [Read more...]

Town Hall: Islam and the West

by Maryam Syed Sarrafe and Ryan Holeywell The Globe (George Washington University) 10/01/2003 On Friday, September 12, a Town Hall meeting was held at the Elliott School under the … [Read more...]

‘The People Speak: America Debates Role in the World’; Debates and Panel Discussions Held In Communities Throughout the Country in Oct.

'The People Speak: America Debates Role in the World'; Debates and Panel Discussions Held In Communities Throughout the Country in Oct. U.S. Newswire 9/30/2003 WASHINGTON, Sept. … [Read more...]

Reno criticizes White House over Muslim policies

by Jasmine Kripalani The Miami Herald 09/14/2003 Former Attorney General Janet Reno criticized the White House on Saturday, describing the Bush administration as filled with … [Read more...]

Reaffirm commitment to tolerance, respect

by Seth Green The Miami Herald 09/13/2003 This weekend, people will assemble at more than a dozen universities across the country, including in South Florida, to discuss the … [Read more...]

Town Hall-style dialogue aims to reduce U.S.-Muslim tensions

09/12/2003 Yale Bulletin & Calendar The relations between the United States and the Islamic world will be the focus of a New Haven Town Hall being presented by the Yale branch … [Read more...]

Town halls aim to heal divide between America and Muslim world

by Jennifer C. Kerr Associated Press 09/11/2003 WASHINGTON – A deep rift remains between America and the Islamic world two years after the terror attacks, say organizers of more … [Read more...]

America’s world

by Howard LaFranchi The Christian Science Monitor 09/10/03 WASHINGTON - In the land of Doonesbury, George W. Bush has changed hats. Once a voice from under a Stetson, the … [Read more...]

Student Groups Aim to Tap Interest in Politics

by Eric Hoover The Chronicle of Higher Education When Seth J. Green arrived in Britain to study in late September 2001, two weeks after the terrorist attacks against the United … [Read more...]

‘Hope not Hate’, in Post Sept. 11 World

by Grace Armstrong The Middlebury Campus It might seem ambitious to hold a serious panel discussion of world events on the first Friday night of the school year, but the organizers … [Read more...]

‘Hope, Not Hate’ topic of public talk

The Sentinel 09/08/2003 Exploring the relationship between the U.S. and the Islamic world is increasingly important today as the conflict in Iraq drags on and Americans prepare to … [Read more...]

LSE Students Take Part In Global Conversation On Disaster Relief

by Nick Rodriguez The Beaver (London School of Economics) At noontime on a Wednesday at the end of last month, I joined dozens of LSE students who skipped out on afternoon athletics … [Read more...]

Some Students Try to Bring the World Home

by Richard Reeves Yahoo! News 07/11/2003 WASHINGTON -- "What do you think of our Peace Corps?" a proud President Kennedy once asked the prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. A … [Read more...]

Leave No Continent Behind

by Thomas Donnelly and Vance Serchuk Washington Post 07/07/03 President Bush departs for Africa today, following several weeks' worth of debate about U.S. intervention in war-torn … [Read more...]

Americans in Europe combat anti-U.S. views

by Zachary A. Goldfarb The Washington Times 06/26/2003 Americans abroad — and a few Europeans — are organizing to fight the tide of anti-Americanism that washed over much of … [Read more...]

Yanks at Oxford

by Richard Reeves uExpress (also appeared in Yahoo! News, The Hartford Courant, and Tulsa World) 06/06/2003 OXFORD, England -- More than 250 of the 900 or so Americans enrolled at … [Read more...]

Close Encounter: Americans and Europeans aren’t as far apart as everyone thinks

by Seth Green The American Prospect 06/03/03 OXFORD, ENGLAND -- I was recently standing in line at a McDonald's here, when a drunk Englishman began harassing me. "Is George Bush … [Read more...]

Study Abroad

by Matthew Yohe The Trident (Washington and Lee) Forthcoming All of us remember where we were on September 11th, 2001. I had just begun my college career at W and L, and on my way … [Read more...]

It Didn’t Have to Be This Way

by Seth Green The Internationalist 04/17/2003 When the Pew Research Center released a survey earlier this month indicating a marked increase in anti-Americanism abroad, many … [Read more...]

Understanding anti-Americanism

by Wahei Aoyama The Japan Times 03/21/2003 We hear it on the news, we feel the tension in the air, we see it on the faces of the masses: War is approaching, and the world is … [Read more...]

Deconstructing Anti-Americanism

by Jason H. Wasfy The Tech (MIT) 03/07/2003 OXFORD, England -- Anti-Americanism appears to be heating up around the world. As Bush administration officials trade barbs with French … [Read more...]

Student Group Aims to Promote ‘Globally Conscious America’

The Chronicle of Higher Education 01/31/2003 American students in Britain decided to do something about always feeling that they were being put on the defensive about their … [Read more...]

Why They Hate Us: Students take pulse of foreign opinion about U.S.

by Manuela Da Costa-Fernandes New Haven Register 01/19/2003 Before he enters Yale Law School this fall, Seth J. Green has an ambitious mission: tell Americans "what the world … [Read more...]