Paul Kennedy
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"Paul Michael Kennedy" is a British historian at Yale University specialising in the history of international relations, economic power and grand strategy. He has published prominent books on the history of British foreign policy and Great Power struggles. He emphasises the changing economic power base that undergirds military and naval strength, noting how declining economic power leads to reduced military and diplomatic weight.

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Soccer is much bigger there than it is here, and Asia is just much bigger.

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I also had to make contact with native Palestinians and learn how I would go from Jerusalem to the checkpoint between Israel and the West Bank. Different routes were inaccessible, and some of the checkpoints were closed.

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I had a revelation in the fact that Palestinians are not the terrorists they are made out to be in the West, nor are they haters of Israel, ... Sometimes we don't see the Palestinian side because no one is willing to take them seriously because they have a reputation of being terrorists.

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Follow-up is vital, ... The proof of the pudding will be in the cooking and the eating.

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There is the constant fear of suicide bombers, which is prevalent on every street. And you see a hopelessness because they are being occupied and feel they will never be removed from the yoke of Israeli occupation.

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I'm starting to develop a strong interest in human rights. I want to be involved with the people of the Middle East on a one-on-one connection.

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They are so loving. There was never any hostility directed at me, ... Everyone wants to talk to you. When you go to a store to buy something, you have to sit down and chat with the proprietor, have coffee and get to know him before he will let you purchase anything.

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They happened to be at the right place at the right time.

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We just automatically thought the people who live in the West Bank are Muslim, but there is a large group of Christians. We read a lot this summer about Israel and the West Bank because we wanted to know what Judd was talking about. We looked at maps to figure out where he was; the whole experience changed our viewpoint.

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