Featured Articles
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 ...
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 ...
DEC 21, 2011 • Article
What to do? Choices and Trade-offs in Japan's Post-Fukushima Energy Policy
The Fukushima disaster has caused a backlash against nuclear power. But can Japan maintain a nuclear-free society without risk of rolling blackouts? Are energy security, ...
NOV 21, 2011 • Article
Philanthropic Foundations, Think Tanks, and Development: Understanding and Assessing the Think Tank Initiative
Can think tanks really facilitate growth? How robust are the Think Tank Initiative's evaluative and accountability processes? Measuring how the TTI fares will not only ...
OCT 18, 2011 • Article
Freeing Gilad: An Ethical Conundrum
The relief that so many feel at Gilad Shalit's release must be tempered by an acknowledgement that the deal Israel made with Hamas to secure ...
SEP 29, 2011 • Article
Sustainability in China: More than Winning a Cleantech War
While the global sustainability discussion is focused on carbon emissions, the Chinese people will continue working on problems that are tangible for them, such as ...
AUG 17, 2011 • Article
Love and Legislation: The International Politics of Inter-country Adoption
In an era supposedly characterized by a desire for pluralism, multi-culturalism, and hybridity, the many dilemmas of inter-country adoption demonstrate how far we have come, ...
JUL 29, 2011 • Article
Tragedy, Then Farce: Israel, Palestine, the United States, and the UN Vote for Palestinian Statehood
When it comes to the question of a Palestinian state, anything is possible. Which, given the frustrating and enduring problems attendant to the issue, is ...
JUN 2, 2011 • Article
The Ethics of a Justice Imposed: Ratko Mladic's Arrest and the Costs of Conditionality
For Serbians, material incentives, not a moral imperative, are the main motivation for compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal. Thus Serbia has succeeded in aspects ...
MAY 21, 2011 • Article
President Obama's Middle East Speech: Actions Speak Louder than Words
Ultimately, it will be Obama's actions, not his words, that will determine whether the U.S. will be seen as truly supporting the Arab Spring, ...