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- YEMEN: An Economic Strategy to Ease the Humanitarian Crisis
06/15/2018
As the war in Yemen gets even worse, Dave Harden, former USAID minister counsellor to Yemen, offers a practical, multi-pronged economic strategy to improve household purchasing power and thus alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people.
06/15/18 - The Origins of Happiness, with Richard Layard
03/21/2018
Today we can accurately measure happiness and we know much more about its causes, says Professor Layard. It turns out that getting richer is often not enough for real happiness. So now, instead of just looking at GDP, many policymakers around the world are focusing on how to raise the level of people's satisfaction with their lives, including their mental and physical health, for example.
03/21/18 - Slowing the Proliferation of Major Conventional Weapons with Jonathan D. Caverley
12/11/2017
Although today's hot topic is nuclear proliferation, let's not forget that wars like Syria are being fought with conventional ones, such as aircraft and artillery. Jonathan Caverley has an intriguing and practical proposal to slow down the spread of these deadly weapons.
12/11/17 - Waleed Alhariri on the U.S. Covert Use of Lethal Force, and the Crisis in Yemen
06/21/2017
Waleed Alhariri of the Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies discusses the Center's new report on U.S. covert attacks against al Qaeda and other radical groups in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen. He then focuses on Yemen, a nation suffering from internal conflict, intervention by a Saudi-led coalition, and a cholera epidemic. Humanitarian assistance is sorely needed, says Alhariri and explains what the general public can do to help.
06/21/17 - Foreign Fighters, Homegrown Terrorism, and the Prevention of Violent Extremism
12/12/2016
What are the driving forces behind the increase in homegrown terrorism and what can be done to stop it? Ali Soufan and Seamus Hughes, veterans in preventing violent extremism, explain the complexities and challenges of this global threat.
12/12/16 - What Went Wrong in the Arab Spring?
02/15/2016
In the early days of the Arab Spring, non-violent civil resistance helped topple authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen. Yet these apparent triumphs were followed by disasters. What went wrong? Was the problem rooted in the popular movements themselves, or in their societies? And what's the best way forward now?
02/15/16 - Afghanistan and Pakistan: The Re-emergence of the Taliban and the Arrival of ISIS
12/01/2015
Ahmed Rashid and Barnett Rubin dissect the complicated situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan--a region of many competing terrorist groups--and also comment on ISIS in the Middle East and Europe. ISIS is actually a war within Islam, declares Rashid, and the West's main task should be to help mobilize and unite the Muslim world to fight it.
12/01/15 - Addressing Root Causes of Unrest in Arab Countries
11/16/2015
What's the best way to create stability in the Middle East and North Africa? Get more young people into the workforce, says Ron Bruder, founder of Education for Employment. EFE programs are all run by locals; training is carefully matched to real job opportunities; and for maximum social impact, EFE trains mainly women.
11/16/15 - Iraqi Unity & the Fight Against ISIL with U.S. Army Veteran Asha Castleberry
07/16/2015
"The most important thing right now is that the Iraqis have to defeat ISIL, and in order to do that, they have to achieve national unity," says Castleberry, who recently returned from the Middle East. She also discusses the roles of Egypt, Jordan, and the Gulf Cooperation Council in this important and complex mission.
07/16/15 - An Interview with Jim Sleeper on the Future of Liberal Education
06/18/2015
Is anything in liberal education nonnegotiable? In this EIA interview, Jim Sleeper, author of "Innocents Abroad: Liberal Educators in Illiberal Societies," published in the journal's summer 2015 issue, talks about how numerous American universities are testing these limits.
06/18/15 - Innocents Abroad? Liberal Educators in Illiberal Societies
06/15/2015
Is anything in liberal education nonnegotiable? With numerous expansions abroad, American universities are testing these limits.
06/15/15 - Fair Ideas for Saving the Planet
07/20/2012
There were some glimpses of a sustainable future at IIED's Fair Ideas conference in Rio, but local innovations still need to scale up and penetrate the mainstream.
07/20/12 - DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops, and You
02/23/2012
If you use a computer or a credit card, watch out! Governments, companies, and individuals are losing billions of dollars a year fighting an ever-morphing, often invisible, and often supersmart new breed of criminal: the hacker.
02/23/12 - A Global Look at Migration
01/10/2012
Global migration is a key part of our economic future and one that is often overlooked. Three experts offer very different takes on migration, spanning Europe, the USA, and lastly the Gulf States, where migrants make up the majority of the population and citizens are in the minority.
01/10/12 - Innovating Sovereign Wealth Funds
02/17/2011
As we struggle to tackle financial and ecological sustainability, sovereign wealth funds such as in Alaska deserve far greater attention for positive adoption.
02/17/11 - Book Review: "The End of the Free Market" by Ian Bremmer
05/13/2010
State capitalism differs from free-market capitalism in that politics rather than profit is the main driver of decision-making. For this reason, it threatens to curtail free markets and the global economy.
05/13/10 - Freedom for Sale: Why the World Is Trading Democracy for Security
03/25/2010
From Russia and China to the U.S. and the U.K., many seemingly dissimilar countries have an "unwritten pact," under which, consciously or not, the population trades some of their democratic rights for better living standards and political stability.
03/25/10 - Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What it Will Mean for Our World
12/14/2009
The real key to bringing economic and political change to the Muslim world is capitalism, says Vali Nasr. Entrepreneurial middle classes the world over have a stake in the system and are more interested in economic success than religious extremism.
12/14/09 - Merck's Dubai Ethics Center
10/12/2007
Resolute ethical business standards can be a distinct bottom-line liability for companies operating in environments where corruption is more the rule than the exception. To address this obstacle Merck decided to underwrite the creation of an ethics center in Dubai.
10/12/07