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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 ...

Kavita Shukla. CREDIT: Fenugreen FreshPaper

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 ...

Kalimantan, Indonesia. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cifor/8207797718/">CIFOR</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">CC</a>).

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.

Jack Conway

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 ...

Dheera Vuppala

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 ...

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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 ...

Annabelle Dunbar

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 ...