"Looking at America's Behavior from the outside"

An adage says that eventually the chaser becomes the chased; that is, you turn into what you are trying to get rid of. If a lawman is chasing a criminal for a long, continuous time, he will become like the criminal in his methodology and outlook in gaining his objective.

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Rejected Drawings Lampooning Jesus Christ

Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper at the heart of the cartoon controversy, has staunchly defended its decision to run the images, which included depictions of the prophet Mohammed with a bomb. On Monday, the Guardian of London revealed the newspaper refused to run drawings lampooning Jesus Christ. We take a look at Jyllands-Posten with Brandeis University professor Jytte Klausen.

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Democracy and the Making of Foreign Policy

The recent attention focused on how American foreign policy can promote democracy abroad has obscured something just as fundamental and controversial. How does U.S. foreign policy influence democratic values, practices, and institutions at home? And what roles do and should democratic processes play in shaping America's foreign policy? The aim of this brief discussion paper is to raise some of these questions as a way of contributing to a strategic dialogue on these less prominent dimensions of the relationship between democracy and U.S. foreign policy.

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Women's Rights Pioneer Helped Launch Modern-Day Feminist Movement

Women's rights pioneer Betty Friedan has died at the age of 85. Founder of the National Organization for Women and author of the groundbreaking book "The Feminine Mystique" - she helped launch the modern-day feminist movement. We speak with Friedan's biographer, the first woman network news anchor and a leading woman's health activist.

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