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NOV 28, 2011 Journal Online Exclusive

Ian Hurd on International Law and Security

"I would disagree with those who suggest international law doesn't really matter. If we look at what states do, they work very hard to marshal ...

The Think Tank Initiative

NOV 21, 2011 Article

Philanthropic Foundations, Think Tanks, and Development: Understanding and Assessing the Think Tank Initiative

Can think tanks really facilitate growth? How robust are the Think Tank Initiative's evaluative and accountability processes? Measuring how the TTI fares will not only ...

NOV 17, 2011 Journal Online Exclusive

Briefly Noted

NOV 16, 2011 Journal Online Exclusive

The Implications of Drones on the Just War Tradition [Full Text]

The aim of this article is to explore how the brief history of drone warfare thus far affects and potentially alters the parameters of ad ...

Vladimir Putin <br> CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44666479@N00/17535478/" target="_blank">inkjetprinter (CC)</a>

NOV 16, 2011 Article

Putin and his Russia Don't Deserve the Bad Rap

Let's look at some of the most serious accusations leveled at Putin and his Russia. In the right light, we see Russia and Putin have ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/floringorgan/4694122800/">Florin Gorgan</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

NOV 7, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Climate Change Novel: A Faulty Simulator of Environmental Politics

Ultimatums. Floods. Ecotage. More than 200 novels have been written that imagine life in a climate-changed world, and they point to some of the fundamental difficulties ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28925009@N08/4628826334/" target=_blank">transatlanticblog.de</a>

OCT 18, 2011 Article

Freeing Gilad: An Ethical Conundrum

The relief that so many feel at Gilad Shalit's release must be tempered by an acknowledgement that the deal Israel made with Hamas to secure ...

OCT 1, 2011 Journal

Fall 2011 (25.3)

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/4313193969/">Christian Guthier</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

SEP 30, 2011 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: New Reproductive Technologies Are Not a Panacea

Investing in the future of women would have been more expensive than providing methods for reducing their numbers, and it would have taken longer to ...

Chinese Electric Car. CREDIT <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12641653@N07/" target=_blank">Michael Arent</a>

SEP 29, 2011 Article

Sustainability in China: More than Winning a Cleantech War

While the global sustainability discussion is focused on carbon emissions, the Chinese people will continue working on problems that are tangible for them, such as ...