August 17, 2007
Born in Iraq: an American University
A country plagued by violence and seething with anti-American rage doesn't seem like the ideal place to open an American university. But for Barham Salih, Iraq's deputy prime minister, it is the perfect venue.
"Without providing a modern education system, this society will have a very difficult time ahead," he says. "We need a university to equip the future economic, political, and technical elite, the talent needed to build society the way we want it: a democratic society, prosperous
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