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JUL 7, 2014 • Article
It's Time for the United States to Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child
America is one of only two countries that has not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The other is Somalia. As ...
JUL 1, 2014 • Journal
Summer 2014 (28.2)
This issue features essays by Roger Berkowitz on "Drones and the Question of 'The Human'" and Alan Sussman on the philosophical foundations of human rights; ...
JUN 27, 2014 • Journal Online Exclusive
Cataclysm: David Stevenson on World War I as Political Tragedy
For Stevenson, we must conclude that–although there were mitigating circumstances–Germany was centrally involved in the escalation of the crisis in July and August 1914.
JUN 26, 2014 • Article
We Have a Plan: From Sarajevo to Baghdad
How should we mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the event that led to WWI? Here in Sarajevo, remembering its ...
JUN 26, 2014 • Article
We Have a Plan: From Sarajevo to Baghdad
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA, AND HERZEGOVINA – How should we mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, the ...
JUN 25, 2014 • Article
The Participation Gap
"Inequality doesn't result only from differences in income or wealth (the focus of French economist Thomas Piketty). It also has a political dimension, fueled by ...
JUN 25, 2014 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Does India Really Need a Women-centric Bank?
With plenty of banks and microfinance services already available, does India's new bank have the right strategy to empower poor and rural women?
JUN 24, 2014 • Journal Online Exclusive
What Metrics for Assessing the Ethics of Intervention?
Despite the predictions of the optimists in both the Bush and Obama administrations, U.S. interventions to remove undeniably brutal dictators from power have not ...
JUN 20, 2014 • Article
Can Japan Change? Yes, It Can!
It may not be a revolution, but change is happening in Japan in important ways. A more open attitude is emerging toward entrepreneurship, global education, ...
JUN 18, 2014 • Article
Cataclysm: David Stevenson on World War I as Political Tragedy
David Stevenson discusses the military and political decisions on both sides that led to World War I; the Eastern, Balkan, and Italian Fronts, which are ...