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MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Hans Morgenthau and The Purpose of American Politics
When read next to his Scientific Man vs. Power Politics, published in 1946, The Purpose of American Politics reveals a significant shift in Morgenthau’s intellectual ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Hans Morgenthau and the National Interest
In order to understand Morgenthau’s views on the concept of “the national interest,” it is critical to understand the political context within which he ...
MAR 10, 2016 • Journal
Defining Down Sovereignty: The Rights and Responsibilities of Nations
The international community should spell out the kinds of failures to protect civilians that can justify armed interventions by other states, and should establish a ...
MAR 8, 2016 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Fighting Food Waste with Paper and Spice
At a moment when most of us look to Silicon Valley for the next highly sophisticated technological breakthrough that will change the world, it's increasingly ...
FEB 29, 2016 • Journal Online Exclusive
Libya and the First Human Right
We tend not to think of the fact that chaos is the biggest violator of human rights. The core right to life—the first human ...
FEB 29, 2016 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: From the Forest to the Health Clinic
Dr. Kinari Webb and her team are saving lives and forests in Indonesia through a very unusual incentives program.
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
Better Transportation for a Better City
Did you know that the longest traffic jam ever recorded--192 miles--occurred in São Paulo? "Not only would an expansion of the subway system increase ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
The Fight Against Climate Change
"Climate change is happening," writes 15-year-old Dheera Vuppala. "Nine out of ten scientists say it is. The U.S. has to deal with it, so ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
Defining the Undefinable: Gender in Developed Nations
"I yearn to live in a society where we can be ourselves without prejudice," writes Se Bin Ahn, a South Korean student. "It is therefore ...
FEB 23, 2016 • Article
Goals for a Better World: Taking Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change in the United States within the Next 15 Years
American student Annabelle Dunbar advocates for the United States and its citizens to begin a transition towards more ecologically and economically sustainable ways of living ...