America In Realization [11.04.14]

Politics

• US mid-terms: Battle for the Senate as polls open (BBC) 

"Americans are voting in mid-term elections which will decide who controls the Senate and pave the way for the 2016 race for the White House."

International Relations - Foreign Policy

• Governing a world out of order : By Anne-Marie Slaughter (GulfNews) 

"The need for institutions that can respond swiftly and effectively, as domestic government does in well-governed states, is greater than ever for an effective world order and peace in the 21st century"

• Pakistan Fighting Proxy War Against India Using Terrorists, says Pentagon (IBTimes)

Arts

• A Special Child: What’s a Mother to Do? (New York Times)

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"‘The Oldest Boy,’ by Sarah Ruhl, Opens at Lincoln Center.

The nuclear family and the traditions of Tibetan Buddhism come into conflict in “The Oldest Boy,” the new play by Sarah Ruhl, about an American child who is identified by monks as the reincarnation of a revered Buddhist teacher. This revelation — if revelation it truly is — poses a painful challenge to the child’s parents, a Tibetan-born father who runs a restaurant in an unnamed American city, and his Cincinnati-born mother. Buddhist practice would require that the boy — just 3 when the play begins — be sent to India to study for his calling at a monastery, a move that naturally dismays his parents, particularly his mother."