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JAN 5, 2016 Journal Online Exclusive

The Ethics of Arming Rebels and U.S. Policy—A Clash?

Having encouraged rebels to continue to fight by providing weapons and financial support, do sponsors have the duty to ensure their side can actually win ...

Poor and homeless on the Central Market in Krakow, Poland. CREDIT: <a href="http://shutr.bz/1kFqGEm" target="_blank">Shutterstock </a>

JAN 4, 2016 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: "World Hunger: Ten Myths" by Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins

Chapter by chapter, Frances Moore Lappé and her co-authors demolish the myths that have long prevented us from addressing hunger, and examine the policies that ...

DEC 30, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

Duties Owed: Does the International Trump the National Community?

If particular states are asked to assume burdens "for the good of all," what claim to be compensated does that state have in return?

DEC 23, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

Is There an "International Community"?

We hear the term "international community" so often that it becomes part of the background noise of political statements, but it may help to revisit ...

Oxford. CREDIT:<a href="http://bit.ly/1QCzSaR" target="_blank">Yann Caradec</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

DEC 21, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Can the University Help Make Better Cities?

We need 21st-century institutions for 21st-century urbanization and cities. If we have the courage to reimagine and remake them, universities can be at the heart ...

DEC 16, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

Upcoming Conferences of Interest 2015-2016

These are some upcoming conferences the editors believe readers of the journal may be interested in attending.

Credit: <a href="http://www.new-harvest.org/ target="_blank">New Harvest</a>.

DEC 14, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: From Lab to Table

"New Harvest" wants to kick-start a bio-economy of animal products made without animals. Some have already called this revolution "the next .com."

China-Kazakhstan border crossing at Horgos. CREDIT: purplepumpkins via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese-Kazakh_Khorgas_border.jpg">Wikipedia</a>

DEC 14, 2015 Article

Will China Promote Autocracy along its New Silk Road?

China's ambitious "One Belt One Road" project is planned to span across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. It's estimated that it will affect ...

DEC 11, 2015 Journal

Introduction: Drivers and Change in Global Governance

The purpose of this roundtable is to continue to push outward the boundaries of what we understand as "global governance."

DEC 11, 2015 Journal

The Rise of China: Continuity or Change in the Global Governance of Development

Exercising its vast material power, China is rapidly becoming a top lender in the bilateral field, and it is asserting its alternative ideas on aid ...