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Syrian Refugees, Turkey-Syria Border, February 2015. CREDIT: <a href="www.shutterstock.com/pic-326208443/stock-photo-sanliurfa-turkey-february-syrian-refugees-walking-on-turkey-syria-border-in-suruc-district.html">Shutterstock</a>

NOV 19, 2015 Article

Beyond Paris: The Refugee Crisis in Europe

"Closing borders in the West will not only worsen the already unimaginable human rights disaster that asylum seekers are facing, but it will also add ...

Nov 14, 2015: French Police checking vehicles on bridge between France and Germany after Paris attacks. CREDIT: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nku4sjt">Shutterstock</a>

NOV 16, 2015 Article

Why France Should Not Close Its Borders

Since September 11, 2001, both the U.S. and Europe have merged anti-terrorism strategies with immigration policy, and with little success.

NOV 10, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

Rethinking Public-Private Partnerships for Ethical Outcomes

If state-to-state diplomacy is leading to a dead-end for pursuing human rights change, is it time to consider whether the private sector may have more ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/balintfoeldesi/12523285134/" target="_blank">Balint Földesi</a>

NOV 10, 2015 Article

The Aging of the Cuban Embargo and the Coming Era in U.S.-Latin American Relations

The decades-long U.S.trade embargo is still in force, yet meanwhile time has not stood still for Cuba. Lynn Holland looks at Cuba's network ...

Credit: <a href="http://www.icrw.org/" target="_blank">International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)</a>.

NOV 9, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Boys and Girls Are Born Equal: The Power of Challenging Gender Norms Early in Life

A program in India is working to redefine masculinity and the way that children think about their roles in society.

CREDIT: Amanda Ghanooni

NOV 5, 2015 Article

Jiyoung Song on Asia and the West: "Whose Century?"

Is this the end of the American Century, the beginning of an Asian Century, or none of the above? Is there a model for the ...

NOV 5, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

Anti-Vehicle Mines: A Threat to Human Security

DENISE GARCIA, URSIGN HOFMANN, PASCAL RAPILLARD, AND STEFANO TOSCANO The devastating impact of anti-vehicle mines (AVMs) is now widely understood. States have a responsibility to ...

Busy Crossing Street in Hong Kong, China. CREDIT: <a href="http://shutr.bz/1PgFnta" target="_blank">Shuttersock</a>

NOV 2, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Building Cities from Scratch: Is There a Formula for a Sustainable City?

In the contemporary urban development industry ideas travel in the context of a commercial transaction in which practitioners are hired to provide a service.

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OCT 27, 2015 Article

The Global Ethic and Law

"While not legal in character or aspiration, the Global Ethic nevertheless offers useful perspectives in critique of law," writes Bradley Shingleton, co-editor of the recently ...

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespeakernews/15537268219" target="_blank">Day Donaldson</a>

OCT 22, 2015 Article

Back to the Drawing Board: What the Recent Peace Agreement Means for South Sudan

Will South Sudan's President Kiir really remain committed to the August 2015 peace agreement that ended the civil war? Claire Metalits has studied South Sudan and ...