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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, ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/m4dgroup/6001648728/" target="_blank">M4D GROUP</a>

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 ...

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FEB 3, 2012 Article

Russia Bulletin (2012): Russia Bulletin, Issue 2

David Speedie examines Russia's position on Iran; the upcoming Russian elections, including the Moscow demonstrations and the West's attitude towards them;and Jackson-Vanik and U....

'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow' with Kabila. <br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enoughproject/6323357262/" target="_blank">Enough Project / Fidel Bafilemba</a>

JAN 18, 2012 Article

The Strategic Use of Electoral Mismanagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The November 2011 elections were a historic opportunity to begin rebuilding the fragile DRC state. But as this first-hand account shows, evidence suggests that power politics ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieg/4715157470/">Jolie</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JAN 9, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: An Opportunity in Myanmar

Myanmar is ripe for social and economic innovation. A decent work and social protection agenda, combined with an industrial strategy, would help during its political ...