Updated: August 2, 2011
Author and Columnist: Ricardo C. Amaral
Here are the Internet website addresses where you can find a copy of some of my articles. Most of my articles have been published by Brazzil Magazine, RGE Monitor, ArabNews, The Brasilians, and various other newspapers and magazines; here in the United States and also in the Middle East.
ArabNews is one of the most influential newspapers on the Arab world.
Brazzil magazine is one of the most successful Brazilian magazines in the Internet, and they get an average of 60,000 readers per day. I receive emails and letters to the editor regarding my articles from people in the United States, Canada, Asia, Middle East, Europe, and also from people in Brazil.
RGE Monitor: Under the leadership of Professor Nouriel Roubini, RGE Monitor became a very prestigious and influential global economics website in a short period of time. RGE Monitor has been named one of the world's best economics websites by Business Week, The Economist, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.
Most of my articles are about Brazilian history, the Brazilian economy, International economics and foreign affairs. Here are some of my published articles:
Brazzil magazine – June 11, 2013
Why José Bonifácio de Andrada e
Silva Is the Greatest Man in Brazilian History
Written by: Ricardo C. Amaral
I don't understand why on June 13, it's
not a national holiday in Brazil to commemorate José Bonifácio's
birthday. José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva was born on June 13,
1763. In June 2013, Brazil is celebrating the 250th anniversary of
the birth date of the greatest man in Brazilian history.
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Brazzil Magazine - Monday, 01 August 2011
“The Time Is Now for Brazil to Build a Strong Military! Just Hire Laid-off NASA Scientists”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
“It's Imperative and a Matter of National Security For Brazil to Build a Strong Military ASAP”
...The Brazilian government has a great opportunity right now to build and fund its own defense and aerospace industry in Brazil, and leapfrog these industries into the future.
It's becoming obvious that Brazil should not buy any armament from foreigners; Brazil needs to build its own defense and aerospace industries, and today Brazil can accomplish that goal very easily.
The Brazilian government should award a major long-term multibillion dollar contract to Embraer's defense and aerospace subsidiary for them to develop and build a new line of fighter jets in Brazil, and drones for military use, as well as to catapult the Brazilian space program into the future.
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Brazzil Magazine – October 26, 2010
Why Brazilians Should Elect Dilma Rousseff the Next President of Brazil
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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1) Brazzil Magazine – April 13, 2010
The Brazilian Formula for Success: Dictatorship
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
Note: The second article was originally part of the first article, but the article was too long and I decided to break it into 2 articles. The material published on the second article serve as a complement to the first article.
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2) Brazzil Magazine – April 23, 2010
Brazil and the New Economic Miracle. The US Has a Lot to Learn!
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Here is an article with recommendations about how to restructure the international monetary system to be more relevant for the economic realities of the new world of the 21st century.
RGE Monitor – July 9, 2009
“Brazil, China and the New Asian Currency”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
Basically, the International Monetary System that we have had for a few decades that revolves around the US dollar has finally reached the end of the line, and the current international monetary crisis was the last straw necessary for the world to realize that it needs a new redesigned international monetary system that would be compatible with the new realities of the 21st Century.
This article was also published on:
Brazzil magazine - July 9, 2009
“With US Capitalism’s Demise It’s High Time for Brazil to Adopt the New Asian Currency” – Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine – July 2008
Why Brazilians Should Demand the Renationalization of Petrobras
Written by: Ricardo C. Amaral
…Brazil has a very short window of opportunity to implement the renationalization of Petrobras and also implement the enclosed economic development plan since competition from other countries it would make impossible for Brazil to find the necessary technical people and the materials available to build the nuclear reactors and the other parts of this plan.
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RGE Monitor – July 2008
Why Brazilians Should Demand the Renationalization of Petrobras
http://www.roubini.com/author/ricardo_amaral
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Brazzil Magazine – October 2007
"The Smartest Thing China Could Do Right Now: Invest US$ 200 Billion in Brazil"
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
…The final conclusion is: It's imperative that China move forward in an aggressive fashion and implement with Brazil the plan described in this four-part series of articles. And China should look at it as a matter of national security and future survival.
Monday, 01 October 2007 - Part 1 of 4
Friday, 05 October 2007 - Part 2 of 4
Thursday, 11 October 2007 - Part 3 of 4
http://www.brazzil.com/component/content/article/184-october-2007/9983.htmlTuesday, 16 October 2007 - Part 4 of 4
Hits: 22,210
12/14/08
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Brazzil Magazine - March 2, 2007
“Here Is Why Brazil Should Adopt the New Asian Currency”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
…Since December of 1998 I have been advocating and writing many articles saying that Brazil should adopt the euro as its new currency. But the world has been changing at the speed of light since then and everything is evolving very fast today.
In the last two years I have changed my mind regarding Brazil adopting the euro as its new currency, because the entire ball game has changed from the Brazilian perspective in the last few years, and in my opinion, in the near future, Brazil should adopt instead the "New Asian Currency," a new currency similar to the euro on its effort to adapt to the new global economic reality.
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Brazzil Magazine - September 06, 2006
“While the American Dream Is Outsourced Brazil Drives the World into the Future”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
...Technology Changed Everything - Right now, we are in the middle of a historical turning point. In the last few years we had a revolution in technology, and today we can do things that were not viable only two years ago. … Article about John Maynard Keynes and Joseph A. Schumpeter.
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Brazzil Magazine - September 06, 2006
“While the American Dream Is Outsourced Brazil Drives the World into the Future”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - June 2, 2005
“While China Rises the US Falls in Brazil and Latin America”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - May 2005
“US and EU are the Past. The future is Brazil and Bric”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Maybe you will find interesting the article that I wrote about the coming worldwide economic depression.
Brazzil Magazine - February 2005
"It’s 2008. The US Has Dragged the World into a Depression."
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
...During the second term of George W. Bush’s presidency, finally all the American mismanagement and mistakes did catch up with the American economy, and a number of trends merged into a perfect storm causing the final meltdown of the US economy.
The American economy went through a downward spiraling out of control implosion. Massive US government budget and trade deficits forced the Federal Reserve Bank to raise interest rates to try to stop the steep decline of the US dollar in world markets against other currencies.
...The world lost its confidence in the US economy because they realized that the US economy was over leveraged, and would not have the necessary cash flow to pay its bills in the future. The US economy was outsourcing its good paying jobs by the millions to other countries - in the last four years the US economy had exported over 10 million jobs. A flood of US corporations started reincorporating in tax havens to avoid paying US corporate taxes.
...the market dynamic of all these events combined to cause a major institutional collapse in the derivatives market, and that started a domino effect in the entire financial system causing a massive meltdown.
Panic among the major holders of US dollar also contributed to the stampede like we had never seen before - and at the end, Chernobyl looked like nothing when compared with the final meltdown of the US dollar, and US economy during the summer of 2008.
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Blogger - February 17, 2005
“The First Great Depression of the New Millennium”
By Ricardo C. Amaral
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Here is an article that had a major impact in Brazil and in Saudi Arabia:
Brazzil Magazine - June 2003
“Dear Saudis, Play Safe Bring Your Money to Brazil”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
Note: When the above article was published I received an invitation at that time from the government of Saudi Arabia for me to visit Saudi Arabia and meet with the government officials responsible for Saudi Arabian investments.
I did not accept the invitation because of the Iraq war, but I did keep in contact with the Saudis that contacted me, and in the summer of 2004 I did meet with one of the senior Saudi officials here in New Jersey. He was going through an investment road show for his government here in the United States, and he stopped in New Jersey just to meet me in person.
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Brazzil Magazine – October 2004
“Building Bridges Between Brazil and the Arab World”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
… In June 2003, I wrote an article regarding “Brazil and Saudi Arabia” that caught the attention of the Brazilian State Department in Brazil.
They must have enjoyed reading my article, because as soon as the article was published in Brazzil magazine, on the same day, they posted a copy of my article in Brazil at the Brazilian State Department’s website.
Later, I also found out that my article had been circulated among members of the Saudi Arabian Royal family, and also among senior members of the Saudi Arabian government.
They enjoyed reading my article; and a week after my article was published, I received a letter from the Saudi Arabian government inviting me for a visit to Saudi Arabia.
You can read the article that caught the attention of so many people in the United States, in Brazil and in Saudi Arabia at the following website address: See above June 2003 article: “Dear Saudis, Play Safe, Bring Your Money to Brazil”
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Arab
News – Saudi Arabia
Arab News – March 14, 2005
Outsourcing Getting Out of Hand
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Arab News – April 19, 2005
Brazil to Host Arab-South American
Summit Next Month
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Arab News – May 10, 2005
The Arab Latin Summit, Brazil and
the Future
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In the last 9 years I wrote at least 10 articles about: Why Brazil should adopt the Euro as the Brazilian new currency. Here are some articles about the Brazilian currency:
Friday, April 6, 2012
http://brazileuroandthenewasiancurrency.blogspot.com/2012/04/brazil-articles-about-euro-and-new.html
Originally published at:
Brazzil Magazine - June 2002
“The Euro Now”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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The Brasilians - July 1999
(Reprinted on Brazzil Magazine in June 2003)
Should Brazil Adopt a New Currency?
By: Ricardo C. Amaral
…Today the amount of money that international speculators have under their management is becoming mind-boggling.
The amount of daily currency transactions in global markets is over $ 1.5 trillion dollars. The magnitude of daily currency transactions is a major contributing factor for many countries losing their capability to defend their weak currencies from foreign attack of these international money speculators.
These countries don't have the economic reserves necessary to defend their currencies from foreign speculative attacks. It is getting easier for these international speculators to destroy the entire economy of countries such as Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, and Brazil.
All they have to do is destroy their currency and the economies undergo a complete collapse. It is a form of modern economic warfare.
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Articles about Brazilian history:
Friday, April 26, 2013
“The Brazilian Ruling Class”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
Brazzil Magazine - January 2003
“The Brazilian Ruling Class”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - July 2000
“The Greatest Man in Brazilian History”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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1) Blogger
The Andrada Dynasty
Jose Bonifacio’s family relation to the Portuguese Royal Family
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You also can read about land rights in Brazil at:
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You also can read about land rights in Brazil at:
2) Blogger
Andrada a Family of Revolutionaries
http://andradabrazilrevolutionaries.blogspot.com/
…The landowners and property owners are the people who should be worried about because of the “Sem Terra” and the “Sem Teto.”
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…The landowners and property owners are the people who should be worried about because of the “Sem Terra” and the “Sem Teto.”
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Biography of my great/great grandfather:
3) Blogger
Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva - (O Moço) / (The Young)
http://josebonifaciodeandradaesilvatheyoung.blogspot.com/
Note: The above five articles are about the members of my family in Brazil.
Note: The above five articles are about the members of my family in Brazil.
Brazzil Magazine - February 2005
“Brazil, the Original Leader of the Americas – Part I”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - February 2005
“Brazil, the Original Leader of the Americas – Part II”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - July 2000
“Overpopulated”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - September 2001
“The B-Files” - “The Brazilian Cultural Society”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
This is an article about an organization that I did try to take off the ground and I worked on that project for the entire year of 2001 – “The Brazilian Cultural Society”
After 9/11 became impossible to find any source of funding for the project at that time, even though I had been able to organize an outstanding group of people who had accepted to be members of the board of trustees of that non-profit organization including former Brazilian president Jose Sarney.
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Articles about Brazil and Nuclear Weapons:
Brazzil Magazine - May 2002
“We Need the Bomb – Part I”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - February 2003
“We Need the Bomb – Part II”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - June 2003
“Food for Nukes the Answer for Brazil”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
Note: Thousands and thousands of people around the world it did read my articles regarding Brazil and nuclear weapons.
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I wrote many articles about the Iraq war, the US dollar, and its impact in the Brazilian economy. Here is a list of some of these articles as follows:
Articles about the US dollar
Other articles:
Brazzil Magazine - April 2005
“South Meets South at Arab-Latin Summit in Brazil”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
http://arabsummitbrazil.blogspot.com
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Brazzil Magazine - March 2005
“Outsourcing is ruining the US and Brazil’s economy”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
Note: This article was also published on a major Arab newspaper in the Middle East.
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Brazzil Magazine - November 2004
“Brazil Loses Celso Furtado, One of its Brightest Intellectual”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - October 2003
“How to reduce Unemployment”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - August 2003
“Roberto Marinho – The Most Powerful Man in Brazil”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - June 2003
“I Nominate Brazilian Furtado to the Nobel”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazil and Angola
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Brazzil Magazine - June 2003
“Brazil and the Angolan
Connection”
Written by Ricardo C.
Amaral
http://brazilandtheangolanconnection.blogspot.com/
http://brazilandtheangolanconnection.blogspot.com/
Originally published at:
Brazzil Magazine - June 2003
“Brazil and the Angolan Connection”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - April 2003
“The Art of Deception”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - January 2003
“Getting Ready for War”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - December 2002
“Our Future is Now”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - November 2002
“The Big American Lie”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - October 2002
“Shock Treatment”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - September 2002
“Countdown to Armageddon”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - August 2002
“Brazil and the Bully”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Brazzil Magazine - March 2002
“Folly” – “The Religious War that Changed the USA”
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
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Book by: Ricardo C. Amaral
Published in May 2000
Subject: Brazilian History - The independence of Brazil.
“José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva - The Greatest Man in Brazilian History”
By: Ricardo C. Amaral
By: Ricardo C. Amaral
About the Author
This article is the first part of a four part series in commemoration of Brazil's 500th anniversary. (Brazil's actual birthday date is April 22, 2000)
Part - I
José Bonifácio — The Outstanding Prime Minister
Part - II
José Bonifácio's Education
Part - III
The Independence Process
Part - IV
The Andrada Brothers
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I also have other articles that were published in the web in various locations, but I have to find it and catalogue them sometime in the future. I will up date this Blogger with the new articles when they are published in the future.
Ricardo C. Amaral
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Responses and other information regarding my articles:
As soon as my original article was published on Brazzil magazine in May 2002 – On the following issue of Brazzil magazine (June 2002) there was a response to my article written by Colonel Thomas J. Towle.
Brazil Needs the Bomb... Like a Hole in the Head
Written by: Thomas J. Towle
Saturday, June 01, 2002
Colonel Thomas J. Towle, the author, is a retired US Army officer who has served in a number of very responsible positions. In addition to his formal education, which includes a BS in Marketing, an MS in Management and Economics, and a Doctorate in Ministry, he attended the Army's Command & Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.
He is a former Army aviator, who served as a company commander in Germany in the Third Armored Division, and as a Battalion Commander in Vietnam, culminating his career as the Army's Chief Armament Officer on the General Staff in the Pentagon.
He knows weapons! He hastens to add that he hopes Mr. Amaral realizes that his remarks (Tom's) are not "ad hominem," but simply a heartfelt response to any suggestion that Brazil should enter the atomic arena...a suggestion that almost moves Tom to tears.
He sees it as a sword of Damocles that will hang over the necks of every country that has nuclear weapons, including his own USA. He finally reminds us, as did our Cristo Redentor, that "those who live by the sword must die by the sword."
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The Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University is one of the top foreign policy and International Affairs study centers in the United States.
On page # 9 of “The Nonproliferation Review / Summer 2003” publication - which is published by Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University - they refer to my article “We Need the Bomb” (May 2002) - http://www.brazzil.com/p24may02.htm
On page # 9 of “The Nonproliferation Review / Summer 2003” publication - which is published by Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University - they refer to my article “We Need the Bomb” (May 2002) - http://www.brazzil.com/p24may02.htm
The Nonproliferation Review / Summer 2003
Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University
Harold A. Feiveson is a senior research scientist, and co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. Ernst Jan Hogendoorn is a PhD. Student at the Woodrow Wilson School.
Note: Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
A Brief History of the Woodrow Wilson School
The School of Public and International Affairs, as it was originally named, was founded at Princeton in 1930, created in the spirit of Woodrow Wilson's interest in preparing students for leadership in public and international affairs. Beginning in September 2005, the Woodrow Wilson School celebrates 75 years of preparing talented individuals for careers in the service of the nation and the world.
The School's initial venture was an interdisciplinary program for undergraduates in Princeton's liberal arts college, although a graduate professional program was planned from the beginning.
According to the School's first catalog from February 1930, "Throughout its history the sons of Princeton have been prominent in the service of the nation--statesmen, soldiers, judges, diplomats, men of science and men of letters, leaders of religious thought at home and abroad. It was this background which prompted Woodrow Wilson in 1896 to define the University's destiny as: 'Princeton in the Nation's Service'...Upon this foundation Princeton has established the School of Public and International Affairs which will...prepare [its students] for the new movement in national and world affairs."
The graduate professional program was added in 1948. That same year the School was renamed to honor Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, who was a member of Princeton's Class of 1879, governor of the State of New Jersey, and the 13th president of Princeton University.
The phrase "Princeton in the Nation's Service" was the theme of two speeches Wilson gave at the University, first during its sesquicentennial celebration in 1896, and again at his inauguration as the University's president in 1902.
In the 1990s, the motto was expanded by then-president Harold T. Shapiro to read "Princeton in the Nation's Service, and in the Service of All Nations." It is a concept that Princeton and the Woodrow Wilson School regard as an educational mission.
… Today, the School educates a wide range of students from the U.S. and around the world who seek to apply their knowledge and skills to the solution of vital public problems in both the domestic and international realms.
It boasts a faculty of superb scholars and practitioners in disciplines that include politics, economics, sociology, psychology, physics, molecular biology, and geosciences, who, individually and as members of a variety of world-class research centers and programs, react to and influence the international and domestic environment through policy research, which in turn adds depth and vitality to the teaching program.
…The Woodrow Wilson School has thousands of alumni who are at the top of many different fields, from health care to development economics to foreign policy.
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On February 20, 2006 “American Thinker” magazine published an article “Brazil’s Nuclear Ambitions” by Joseph C. Myers.
On this article Mr. Myers also mentioned my article published in May 2002 about Brazil and nuclear weapons.
Source:
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My articles about Brazil and nuclear weapons were published also in a number of other newspapers and magazines.
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