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MAY 24, 2013 Article

The U.S., China, and Cybersecurity: The Ethical Underpinnings of a Controversial Geopolitical Issue

Though commonly conceptualized as a strategic geopolitical issue, cybersecurity's underpinnings are comprised by a series of fundamental ethical considerations. Addressing these will provide a better ...

CREDIT: Julie Larsen Maher &copy; <a href="http://www.wcs.org/">WCS</a>.

MAY 17, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Using SMART Technology to Stop Wildlife Poachers

Several major wildlife organizations collaborated on a free, open-source Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Tool to help park rangers improve their anti-poaching patrols.

MAY 13, 2013 Journal

The Arab Spring Two Years On: Reflections on Dignity, Democracy, and Devotion

The demise of long-standing dictators has shaken the foundations of authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa.

MAY 13, 2013 Journal

On Amartya Sen and The Idea of Justice [Full Text]

The Idea of Justice summarizes and extends many of the themes Amartya Sen has been engaged with for the last quarter century.

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MAY 9, 2013 Article

The World of Wal-Mart

With the deadly April 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh, once again the spotlight is on multi-national companies like Wal-Mart, whose production is ...

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MAY 8, 2013 Article

After Boston: An Intelligence Blame Game with no Winner

Immediately after the Boston Marathon bombings there was a sadly predictable flurry of mutual recriminations between the intelligence services of the U.S. and Russia. ...

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APR 23, 2013 Article

Exit, Voice, and Loyalty at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Should the International Community Stay or Go?

The Khmer Rouge Tribunal is in big trouble, much of it financial. But the financial deficit is the result of something  deeper: a responsibility deficit. ...

APR 15, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

The Resource Curse and the Separation of Powers

The resource curse is a complex problem that affects a great many. It has rightly occupied an important place in debates about global justice. Creating ...

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APR 11, 2013 Article

Years Later, Secular Student Group Recognized On A Religious Campus: Here's How It Happened

In order to be truly inclusive, interfaith dialogue and collaboration must also include those without faith.

The Undivided Past

APR 11, 2013 Article

Book Review: "The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences"

"The Undivided Past" aims to show that "the most resonant forms of human solidarity," as author David Cannadine elegantly puts it, are unstable and often ...