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FEB 15, 2016 Podcast

What Went Wrong in the Arab Spring?

In the early days of the Arab Spring, non-violent civil resistance helped topple authoritarian governments in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen. Yet these apparent triumphs were ...

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FEB 11, 2016 Article

The Need for Ethical Grounding in Social Activism: A Banker's Perspective of the Occupy Movement

Why did the Occupy Movement, that should have resonated with 99 percent of the population, lack the support to achieve the changes that it sought?

Coiney founder and CEO Naoko Samata (R) with colleague Shinnosuke Io in Tokyo, November 2015. PHOTO: Devin Stewart

FEB 11, 2016 Article

Tokyo's Ambition Generation

Despite a host of cultural and structural difficulties, Japanese business culture is slowly becoming more welcoming to start-ups, writes Carnegie Council Senior Fellow Devin Stewart ...

FEB 11, 2016 Podcast

In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond

"What is Europe? Where is it going in this current crisis?" The answers are all here, from what Kaplan describes as the redivision of Europe ...

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FEB 10, 2016 Article

What Does Singapore Owe its Migrant Workers?

In Tuas View, an industrial neighborhood in Singapore, migrant workers have little reason to leave their buildings. They live in a 15,000 square foot dormitory, where ...