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MAR 5, 2015 Journal

Power in Concert: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Global Governance by Jennifer Mitzen

REVIEW BY ANDREAS OSIANDER Mitzen contends that when states publicly commit to joint action in pursuit of a common goal, this fact will exert an ...

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MAR 4, 2015 Article

The Nemtsov Tragedy, and the Blame Game

Since Boris Nemtsov's murder in Moscow on February 27, we have been regaled by a range of ill-informed conspiracy theories, writes David Speedie. Yet Putin would ...

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MAR 4, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Eating "Ugly," a New Healthy Trend

England and France are using creativity to push consumers to buy "ugly" fruits and vegetables.

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MAR 2, 2015 Article

Killing and Cartoons

This year Paris and Copenhagen learned that there are still people willing to kill for cartoons. The dilemma of what to think about their publication ...

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FEB 27, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Let’s All Slow Down . . . Time to Prioritize People over Cars on our City Streets

New research supports the need for North American cities to really shift towards "slower" modes like walking and cycling.

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FEB 26, 2015 Article

Then and Now: Eight Lingering Questions on U.S.-Russia-Ukraine

In March 2014, David Speedie posed eight questions on the Ukraine crisis. With an ongoing civil war in Ukraine some 15 months after the Maidan rebellion and ...

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FEB 25, 2015 Article

Ethics on Film: Discussion of "Timbuktu"

An extraordinary film, "Timbuktu" chronicles a brief period during the 2012 occupation of the ancient Malian city by the militant Islamic group Ansar Dine. What do ...

February 6, 2015: Refugees moving between Debaltseve & Uglegorsk are escorted by pro-Russian rebels. Image via <a href="http://shutr.bz/1zAcSMy">Shutterstock</a>

FEB 23, 2015 Article

Ukraine: The New Cuban Missile Crisis?

"There can be no military solution to the war in Ukraine, only a political one," says Carnegie Council Global Ethics Fellow Rajan Menon, co-author of "...

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FEB 18, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: How We Think: Reflections on Thought in The Digital Age

On why now I do not have Wi-Fi in my apartment and relegate the first portion of my day to undisrupted and immersive activities such ...

Daan Roosegaarde at the Rijksmuseum. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.rvda.nl/">Reinier Van Der Aart </a>

FEB 11, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: "I like to make things that do not have a like or download button"

This Dutch designer is transforming the way cities and urban landscapes work and feel. Glowing trees and smart roads are just two of his revolutionary ...