Global Health Diplomacy: Rx for Peace
December 15th, 2006 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
An interesting commentary piece in yesterday’s Washington Post, excerpts below:
Health diplomacy: Rx for peace
Susan J. Blumenthal/ Elise Schlissel
The Washington Times
August 26, 2007
“A survey of Americans’ political and social values reveals that belief in the effectiveness of military power as a foreign policy tool has dropped to the lowest point in the last 20 years…This diminished confidence in military intervention as a cornerstone of international relations raises an obvious question: What other tools are available to advance U.S. interests in the world? Health diplomacy is an important and underutilized instrument in our nation’s foreign-policy toolbox.”
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Tags: Global, Health, Diplomacy, Peace