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Angela Yoon

FEB 4, 2015 Article

"Imagining a Better Future: Trust in Our Protectors" by Angela Yoon

"In order to rebuild peace in this century of discord, nations who have or are currently experiencing strife should pursue Security Sector Reform (SSR), with ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossap/8328654067">Ross Pollack</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>).

FEB 4, 2015 Article

"Peace" by Cadel Watson

"The chaotic nature of recent years should serve as an example of the dangers of allowing cultural hatred to dominate the decision making of the ...

Kavya Deshpande

FEB 4, 2015 Article

"Hopes for the Next Century: Religious Tolerance" by Kavya Deshpande

"It is vital that humanity seizes the 21st century to establish liberalism in the field of faith. There is still a long and arduous path ...

Ademola Adekunbi Alexander

FEB 4, 2015 Article

"What's Needed Is the Emergence of a New Mind-Set" by Ademola Adekunbi

"We must each work to remove the labels that we have imbibed over the years. Black does not equal gangster; Muslim does not equal terrorist; ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamjasonmoore/8691759527">Adam Jason Moore</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>).

FEB 4, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Modi's Clean India Needs More Actions than Photo-ops

The Swachh Bharat campaign needs to become more than a mere slogan. Otherwise, it will end up being added to the long list of India's ...

Joshua Asaro

FEB 4, 2015 Article

"'Acta Non Verba' (Deeds Not Words)" by Joshua M. Asaro

"If we are to see growth in our society in the next hundred years, we have got to see an end to the days where ...

CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/adley_haywood/14220757192/in/photostream/">Adley Haywood</a> (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC</a>).

FEB 2, 2015 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Civic Engagement: One Simple Solution to Youth Disconnection

New research points the way to targeting volunteer and other civic engagement opportunities for youth who are most in danger of falling through the cracks.

Osakabe in her apartment, November 2014. CREDIT: Devin Stewart

FEB 2, 2015 Article

Abenomics Meets Womenomics

Working women have long struggled to make their way in Japan, even in comparison to their counterparts in other advanced countries. But now many Japanese ...

JAN 28, 2015 Journal Online Exclusive

The Responsibility to Accompany: A Framework for Multilateral Support of Grassroots Nonviolent Resistance

If grassroots nonviolent movements are to flourish, more strategic, calibrated forms of external assistance will prove critical.

Romanian Senate, June 2014, celebrating 150 years of activity. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-202523758/stock-photo-bucharest-romania-romanian-senate-on-june-romanian-senate-celebrating-years-of.html">Shutterstock</a>

JAN 23, 2015 Article

Romania: On the Edge of a Democratic Cliff?

Responding to Teo Stan's article written just before Romania's November 2014 elections, Patrick Basham argues that unfortunately, Stan was over-optimistic. "On the ground in Romania, the ...