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A protester in Cairo, February 2011. <br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramyraoof/5416807660/" target="_blank">RamyRaoof</a>

FEB 8, 2012 Article

The Varieties of Protest Experience: How Accountability Gaps Link the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street

Can the recent eruption of protests be interpreted as a single phenomenon, even though spread out across great distances and separated by barriers of language ...

'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow' with Kabila. <br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enoughproject/6323357262/" target="_blank">Enough Project / Fidel Bafilemba</a>

JAN 18, 2012 Article

The Strategic Use of Electoral Mismanagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The November 2011 elections were a historic opportunity to begin rebuilding the fragile DRC state. But as this first-hand account shows, evidence suggests that power politics ...

IAEA visits Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, May 2011. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/5764778687/" target="_blank">IAEA</a>

DEC 21, 2011 Article

What to do? Choices and Trade-offs in Japan's Post-Fukushima Energy Policy

The Fukushima disaster has caused a backlash against nuclear power. But can Japan maintain a nuclear-free society without risk of rolling blackouts? Are energy security, ...

The Think Tank Initiative

NOV 21, 2011 Article

Philanthropic Foundations, Think Tanks, and Development: Understanding and Assessing the Think Tank Initiative

Can think tanks really facilitate growth? How robust are the Think Tank Initiative's evaluative and accountability processes? Measuring how the TTI fares will not only ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28925009@N08/4628826334/" target=_blank">transatlanticblog.de</a>

OCT 18, 2011 Article

Freeing Gilad: An Ethical Conundrum

The relief that so many feel at Gilad Shalit's release must be tempered by an acknowledgement that the deal Israel made with Hamas to secure ...

Chinese Electric Car. CREDIT <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12641653@N07/" target=_blank">Michael Arent</a>

SEP 29, 2011 Article

Sustainability in China: More than Winning a Cleantech War

While the global sustainability discussion is focused on carbon emissions, the Chinese people will continue working on problems that are tangible for them, such as ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergius/42457801/" target=_blank">Bergius</a>

AUG 17, 2011 Article

Love and Legislation: The International Politics of Inter-country Adoption

In an era supposedly characterized by a desire for pluralism, multi-culturalism, and hybridity, the many dilemmas of inter-country adoption demonstrate how far we have come, ...

JUL 29, 2011 Article

Tragedy, Then Farce: Israel, Palestine, the United States, and the UN Vote for Palestinian Statehood

When it comes to the question of a Palestinian state, anything is possible. Which, given the frustrating and enduring problems attendant to the issue, is ...

CREDIT: Marlene Spoerri

JUN 2, 2011 Article

The Ethics of a Justice Imposed: Ratko Mladic's Arrest and the Costs of Conditionality

For Serbians, material incentives, not a moral imperative, are the main motivation for compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal. Thus Serbia has succeeded in aspects ...

Barack Obama. Credit:  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/barackobamadotcom/2809826185/in/set-72157607021022453/" target=_blank">Barak Obama's Photostream </a>

MAY 21, 2011 Article

President Obama's Middle East Speech: Actions Speak Louder than Words

Ultimately, it will be Obama's actions, not his words, that will determine whether the U.S. will be seen as truly supporting the Arab Spring, ...