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APR 23, 2014 Article

Ukraine: A Federalist Future?

One possibility of lowering tensions in Ukraine on a longer-term basis is the start of discussions on a federal-decentralized government structure that would not divide ...

1917 Poster, U.S. Food Administration, from the <a href="http://docsteach.org/documents/512621/detail?menu=closed&mode=search&sortBy=era&q=world+war+poster&commit=Go&page=1">National Archives</a>.

APR 17, 2014 Article

Jingo Unchained: What World War I Wrought

When we think about the centenary of World War I in 2014, we should consider first and foremost what it has meant for the life of ...

APR 16, 2014 Article

Dance of the Furies: Michael Neiberg on Europe and the Outbreak of World War I

"It is impossible for me to see how a Second World War, a Holocaust, a Cold War, a globally-engaged United States, and decolonization could happen ...

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APR 16, 2014 Article

Ukraine, The Great Powers, Budapest, and "Astheneia"

Was it unethical for the United States to give Ukraine non-binding security guarantees as an inducement for giving up nuclear weapons?

APR 10, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

Ukraine, The Great Powers, Budapest, and Astheneia

The Ukrainian government was either led to believe or fooled itself into thinking that was was produced in Budapest in 1994 constituted guarantees about its security, ...

Baglung District, Nepal. Photo courtesy of Florian Krampe

APR 10, 2014 Article

Climate Change Mitigation, Peacebuilding, and Resilience

How are our efforts to reduce the impact of climate change affecting post-conflict societies? Drawing on his empirical data on micro hydropower development in post-conflict ...

APR 9, 2014 Journal Online Exclusive

Preventing Corporate Human Rights Abuse: It's Time for Government Action

Each time we celebrate a bold move of a company, we do so precisely because embedding human rights in business practice is just that: a ...

Ivory market in Kinshasa. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org/innovators/people/data/emma_stokes">Emma Stokes</a> &copy; <a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org/innovators/organizations/data/00941">WCS</a>.

APR 4, 2014 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: A United Front in the War for Wildlife

Conservationists need a unified approach to stop the illegal trade in wildlife: species protection, human development, good governance, and enforcement.

APR 1, 2014 Journal

Spring 2014 (28.1)

This issue features a policy brief by Michael W. Doyle and Joseph E. Stiglitz on eliminating extreme inequality worldwide; essays by Amartya Sen on Buddha ...

July 1917: U.S. Secretary of War, blindfolded, draws the first number in the draft lottery.

MAR 24, 2014 Article

The Lost Promise of Patriotism: Jonathan Hansen on World War I (Part II)

"What does it mean to be patriotic in a nation founded on a set of putative universal principles and composed primarily of immigrants and their ...