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JUL 10, 2014 Article

July 1914: Sean McMeekin on the Outbreak of World War I

Would Europe have gone to war had Franz Ferdinand survived his visit to Bosnia? What were the blunders and miscalculations on all sides that fateful ...

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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.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...