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Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/4097699785/" target="_blank">U.S. Army</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

JAN 19, 2010 Article

Obama and God

As President Obama completes his first year in office, little attention has been given to a question that sparked raucous argument during the campaign. How ...

Migration. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/15388497@N02/3333084735/" target="_blank">Ariel Kaplan</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC</a>)

JAN 6, 2010 Article

Defining a Right to Move?

Beyond the ethical and practical arguments for immigration reform, the strongest case for an internationally recognized right to move may arise out of the "worst-case ...

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DEC 17, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Changing the Tide for Small Island Nations

A Tobin Tax on financial transactions could generate significant funds for climate change adaptation in vulnerable island states while also helping to stabilize the global ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aktivioslo/4174350023/">aktivioslo</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

DEC 17, 2009 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Ending War in Our Lifetimes?

President Obama will need to discard old foreign policy doctrines and steer with a more global moral compass to meet the vision of eradicating war ...

DEC 16, 2009 Article

U.S-Russia Relations and the Arctic

This set of two papers, one by a Canadian and one by a Russian, focuses on U.S.-Russian competition and cooperation in the Arctic ...

DEC 16, 2009 Article

The Arctic: The Next "Hot Spot" of International Relations or a Region of Cooperation?

Dr. Morozov identifies several key points regarding both the existing problems and challenges of the Arctic region, as well as possible ways to overcome them ...

DEC 16, 2009 Article

Cold Peace: International Cooperation Takes Hold in the Arctic

Thanks to international law, there is no race for Arctic resources, nor any appetite for military confrontation. The Arctic has become a zone of quiet ...

DEC 15, 2009 Journal

Briefly Noted

This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.

DEC 15, 2009 Journal

Universal Human Rights in a World of Difference by Brooke A. Ackerly

In a book full of thought-provoking questions for theorists of human rights, Ackerly presents an "account of the normative legitimacy of human rights" that is ...

DEC 15, 2009 Journal

Ethics of Global Development: Agency, Capability, and Deliberative Democracy by David A. Crocker

This book is highly recommended to anyone who wants to know what development ethics has to offer, or who wants to engage with arguments on ...