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JUN 3, 2010 Article

Independence Day: Fifty Years after Lumumba Speech, DRC's Riches Still Not Benefiting her Children

DRC expert Thomas Turner examines Congo's rash of conflicts, its resource curse, elections, and possible withdrawal of MONUC. The state survives, but is too weak ...

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JUN 2, 2010 Article

Foundations Are Free to Innovate

Charitable and philanthropic foundations hold a uniquely privileged position in society. With the right mix of daring and rigor they can spark real creativity among ...

JUN 1, 2010 Podcast

Public Ethics Radio: Sarah Holcombe on Indigenous Intellectual Property Rights

What rules should govern business and academic interactions with so-called traditional knowledge? Sarah Holcombe examines questions of knowledge management, intellectual property rights, and research ethics ...

Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War

MAY 28, 2010 Podcast

Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War

Washington has squandered the opportunity for a fundamentally new U.S.-Russian relationship after the Cold War, says Stephen Cohen.

MAY 28, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: After the War on Terror

Will the next dominant international conflict be between state capitalism and free market capitalism? Will it supplant the war on terror? What do you think?