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FEB 15, 2012 Article

North Korea: The World's Principal Violator of Responsibility to Protect

The 2005 UN World Summit made a landmark commitment to protect populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Has North Korea violated ...

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FEB 14, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: U.S. Free Trade Agreement Won't Benefit Colombia

The now-official U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement will dampen growth and make it harder for Colombia to put in place policies for innovation and ...

FEB 13, 2012 Article

Why Are We Surprised at Egypt's Backlash against Foreign NGOs?

The outrage over Egypt's arrest of 43 NGO workers, at least 16 of whom are American, is understandable and well deserved. But it also speaks to a ...

A protester in Cairo, February 2011. <br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ramyraoof/5416807660/" target="_blank">RamyRaoof</a>

FEB 8, 2012 Article

The Varieties of Protest Experience: How Accountability Gaps Link the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street

Can the recent eruption of protests be interpreted as a single phenomenon, even though spread out across great distances and separated by barriers of language ...

Emily Beth Rothenberg

FEB 7, 2012 Article

2nd Prize Postgraduate and Teacher Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

We've developed an understanding of "sustainability" that indicates that we can "switch" to something else and be okay, but the hard truth that no politician ...

Joy Muthanje Mwaniki

FEB 7, 2012 Article

Honorable Mention,Undergraduate Category, "Making A Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

Third world countries pose a unique challenge; how to keep up with the world's environmental changes while still taking care of people living below the ...

Daniel Yoo

FEB 7, 2012 Article

Honorable Mention, High School Category, "Making A Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

Sustainability is often associated with exclusively material concepts. Yet it's crucial to note that sustainability plays a critical role in relationships. The actual subject in ...

Students at Adharshila Learning Centre's Organic Farm<br>CREDIT: <a href="http://adharshilask.tripod.com/ofarm.html" target=_blank">Adharshila Learning Centre</a>

FEB 7, 2012 Article

3rd Prize Undergraduate Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

"What is an ecologically sustainable community? How do we facilitate the evolution of such communities? Can we bring the mass of our consumer culture-driven population ...

Anil Sebastian Pulickel

FEB 7, 2012 Article

1st Prize Undergraduate Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

Our conventional understanding of sustainability usually puts human needs first.  What is needed is a balancing test that will consider a wider range of factors, ...

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FEB 7, 2012 Article

1st Prize Postgraduate and Teacher Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

My students are always shocked to realize that the global environment is one interconnected system. We have only one ocean mass, one land, and one ...