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MAR 8, 2007 Journal

National Responsibility and the Just Distribution of Debt Relief

The Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is the largest multilateral effort aimed at providing debt relief. this essay, we address the question of whether ...

MAR 8, 2007 Journal

The Due Diligence Model: A New Approach to the Problem of Odious Debts

Odious debts are debts incurred by a government without either popular consent or a legitimate public purpose. There is a debate within academic circles as ...

MAR 8, 2007 Journal

International Debt: The Constructive Implications of Some Moral Mathematics

Modified rules for the accumulation and discharge of international sovereign debt can codify the moral and legal basis for existing ad hoc deviations and present ...

MAR 8, 2007 Journal

Introduction: The Players and the Game of Sovereign Debt

This essay characterizes the main actors and how they operate during a buildup of government foreign debt.

MAR 7, 2007 Journal

Law, Politics, and Morality in Judaism edited by Michael Walzer

This volume of collected essays by Michael Walzer seeks to bring a more concentrated focus on specifically Jewish outlooks regarding three key themes: "Political Order ...

Oprah Winfrey. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan-light/216012860/in/set-72157594238003999/" target=_blank>Alan Light</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

MAR 6, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Oprah's Academy Gets A+

Good leadership makes all the difference. So why are people complaining about Oprah's new school in South Africa, a leadership academy for girls? Is her ...

MAR 5, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Ruggie Tells States to Mind Their Businesses

Susan Aaronson outlines the tricky territory of states, corporations, and NGOs that John Ruggie navigated while preparing a United Nations report on human rights and ...

Map of Kurdistan

MAR 2, 2007 Article

Three Suggestions For How To Improve Matters in Iraqi Kurdistan

The danger Kurdistan faces is overwhelming. Their peripheral region falls between two hostile capitals, Ankara and Tehran. Below, what is now known as the world’...

CREDIT: &copy; <a href="http://www.lernerphoto.com" target=_blank>Paula Lerner</a>.

FEB 28, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Give Bpeace a Chance

The Business Council for Peace helps women build businesses in regions ravaged by war. They believe in a simple, innovative equation: Women + Business = Peace.

Coal power plant. Photo by Bruno D. Rodrigues (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

FEB 21, 2007 Article

Central versus Local

More than any other countries on Earth, says Timothy Savage, China and the United States hold the key to whether humanity can put the brakes ...