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America Sets Sail: Crossing the Border toward Peace and Hope
By Akio Matsumura In December 1995 the World Assembly on Reconciliation was to be held at Jericho, hosted by Prime Minister Rabin and Chairman Arafat. A steering committee meeting I attended was held...
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Peace as Process: Religious Interpretation and Political Compromise
By Akio Matsumura At the Kremlin in Moscow in 1990 I learned a life changing lesson, watching those Jewish in attendance, all prominent leaders, pray to attend during the Sabbath. For those who are not...
View ArticleSearch for Common Ground –“The Bridge”
“The Bridge” is a video available from the Search for Common Ground that explores the cultural differences between two Americans and two Egyptians. By finding common ground, differences can be...
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Young Business Leaders: The Missing Link in World Peace
By Rinaldo Brutoco, Founding President of the World Business Academy Youth have a unique ability to serve as peacekeepers between Muslim and Western communities, but the missing link among youth has...
View ArticleFalse Dichotomy: We Are the Third Way
By Chris Cote When I was in college, the president of the university was gracious enough to meet with me in his office. There was an agenda, but when we finished with that he asked me to stick around...
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Uprising in Egypt: Why Not Let the Young People Decide Their Own Future?
By Akio Matsumura For 18 riveting days the world watched the extraordinary drama taking place in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Tens of thousands of men and women, young and old, were chanting “Mubarak...
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When Money Can’t Buy You Love: Toward a New Inclusivity in the Middle East
By Akio Matsumura Looking back through my last article, “Uprising in Egypt”, it seems that it was written in a different era. So much has changed in the last month. News from the Arab world has...
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And If the Mountain Cannot Be Conquered: What Do We Have Left after the 11th...
By Akio Matsumura “Well George, we knocked the bastard off.” These were Sir Edmund Hillary’s first words to a friend after descending from the summit of Mount Everest in 1953. Time Magazine named him...
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A Lifetime Chasing Osama: Implications and Possibilities for Our Generation
By Chris Cote I have never fought in a war, but for the majority of my memorable life my country, the United States, has been in one. The United States emerged triumphant in the Cold War shortly after...
View ArticleA Joint Appeal for Peace: Jericho Two Decades Later
Read this letter in German. The UN voted to upgrade Palestine to be a non-member observer state. Rather than allowing this change to spark controversy, all parties should use this shift as fuel to...
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