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AUG 12, 2013 Article

Global Ethical Dialogues: South America Slideshow June 2013

Slideshow from June 2013 Global Ethical Dialogue in South America with Centennial Chair Michael Ignatieff.

AUG 8, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

What Is American Exceptionalism?

The institutions, processes, and values that have shaped American history, among them the rise of capitalism, the spread of political democracy, the rise and fall ...

Forest Protection Department authorities examine confiscated wildlife products. CREDIT: &copy; <a href="http://www.wcs.org/">WCS Vietnam</a>.

AUG 7, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Corruption along the Vietnam-China Border Permits Massive Smuggling of Endangered Animals

Despite a recent surge in enforcement, more needs to be done to fight bribery and endangered animal smuggling on the porous Vietnam-China border.

CREDIT: &copy; Maria's Libraries.

AUG 5, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Story of Maria's Libraries

Maria's Libraries is redefining what libraries can do for community development through a connected network of libraries across Kenya.

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arselectronica/7406755166/in/photostream/">Ars Electronica</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

AUG 1, 2013 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The 'Copter Will See You Now

As countries develop policies for civilian and commercial drones, it is important to apply ethical standards that are permissive of innovation.

Colored Cosmopolitanism: The Shared Struggle for Freedom in the United States and India

JUL 25, 2013 Article

Book Review: Colored Cosmopolitanism: The Shared Struggle for Freedom in the United States and India

"South Asians and African Americans learned from each other in ways that not only advanced their respective struggles for freedom but helped define what freedom ...

Street corner in Yangon, Myanmar. CREDIT: Devin Stewart

JUL 24, 2013 Article

Burma's Reforms and Regional Cooperation in East Asia

"Though the 2010 elections that brought a civilian government to power were not free and fair, the new president, Thein Sein, has embarked upon a path-breaking ...

JUL 24, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

Upcoming Conferences of Interest

These upcoming conferences may be of interest to our readers.

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JUL 23, 2013 Article

Now That Abe Won Control of the Government, the True Test of Abenomics Begins

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his ruling Liberal Democrat Party, and his "Abenomics" economic revitalization platform won solid victories in Japan's recent upper house elections. But ...

JUL 16, 2013 Journal Online Exclusive

The Flaws in FAO's New Measurements of Hunger

In this Policy Brief, forthcoming in the Fall issue, leading international development specialists critique the methodology used in 2012 by FAO to count the world's hungry. ...