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Dr. Jackson Janes introduces atlantic-community.org's policy workshop competition "Ideas with Impact" sponsored by the US Embassy in Berlin.
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Peter Berger, CEO of online publisher Suite101.com, talks to atlantic-community.org about social media's influence on politics and how politicians shall respond.
Andrea Schaller of the Global Environmental Society participated at the DLD '10 conference and talks to atlantic-community.org about using the latest networking technologies like Poken to reduce paper usage.
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales talks to atlantic-community.org's Editor-in-Chief Joerg Wolf about using wikipedia principles to create foreign policy solutions. Smart moderation and amplifying the non-extremist voices are key. Atlantic-community.org is the first citizens' think thank for international relations.
Jeff Jarvis, author of What Would Google Do?
David Kirkpatrick, author of the upcoming book "The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World," talks to Joerg Wolf of atlantic-community.org about social media's influence on politics. Facebook Causes could lead to the formation of political parties, even global parties. Technology is advanced enough to enable global governance, but human mentalities are not so far yet. David also describes the Facebook group "Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament" as an ...
Following yesterday's London Conference, and reflecting the debate currently running on atlantic-community.org, atlantic-community.org's Editor-in-Chief interviewed the Director of the Heinrich Boell Foundation's Kabul office. Dr. Scheller states that along side security, the international community also needs to strengthen Afghan civil society. See article on Atlantic Community.