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MAR 6, 2015 Journal

The Endtimes of Human Rights by Stephen Hopgood

Is the Human Rights “project” coming to an end? Hopgood believes it has sold its moral clarity for an alliance with interventionist liberal states.

Bill Gates administers polio drops to a child in Chad. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gatesfoundation/6198962657/" target="_blank">Gates Foundation</a>

MAR 5, 2015 Podcast

Dual Legacy: The Effect of Business Thinking on the Social Sector

This month on "Impact," we're taking a close look at a huge issue--legacy. In this case, we're examining how it relates to contemporary philanthropy and ...

MAR 5, 2015 Journal

Distant Intimacy: Space, Drones, and Just War

Critical engagement with the concept of space, rooted in political geography, augments established ethical critiques of drone strikes. As drone use grows, it is crucial ...

MAR 5, 2015 Journal

Briefly Noted

MAR 5, 2015 Journal

Power in Concert: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Global Governance by Jennifer Mitzen

REVIEW BY ANDREAS OSIANDER Mitzen contends that when states publicly commit to joint action in pursuit of a common goal, this fact will exert an ...

MAR 4, 2015 Podcast

Tourism, Farmers, & Technology in Africa: Eddie Mandhry from NYU Africa House

"What's been amazing is that across Africa there is a movement where people are adopting technologies and leapfrogging some of the developmental stages that you'd ...

MAR 2, 2015 Podcast

Patients with Passports: Medical Tourism, Law, and Ethics

Medical tourism is big business, involving millions of patients who travel abroad to get health care. Some travel to avoid queues and save money. Others ...

FEB 20, 2015 Podcast

Secularism and Liberalism in the Middle East: Conversation with Ahed Al Hendi (Syria) and Faisal Al-Mutar (Iraq)

How can the international community help human rights activists on the front lines? David Keyes and two dissidents discuss practical steps individuals can take.

FEB 18, 2015 Podcast

Ebola and Other Viral Outbreaks: Providing Health Care to the Global Poor in Times of Crisis

Why were initial responses to the Ebola outbreak so disastrously inadequate? How can dysfunctional health systems--at all levels--be improved, so that this doesn't happen again? ...

FEB 9, 2015 Podcast

A Conversation with Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and Champion of Liberal Arts Education

In this wide-ranging and entertaining conversation, Leon Botstein discusses Bard's innovative programs to serve the underserved, which include Bard high schools, prison education programs, and ...