The Bioterrorist Threat of Ebola
Amanda M. Teckman
The Bioterrorist Threat of Ebola in East Africa and Implications for Global Health and Security 24th May 2013

Last year’s natural outbreaks of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Africa alarmed global health experts because of the...

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Can economic surveillance make a difference? Insights from the OECD
Martin S. Edwards
Can Economic Surveillance make a Difference? Insights from the OECD 15th April 2013

This essay summarizes the results of a larger study evaluating the effectiveness of OECD economic surveillance in 24...

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Global Norms as Global Public Goods
Hakan Altinay
Global Norms as Global Public Goods 5th April 2013

We are increasingly becoming aware of a growing need for global public goods. Yet, one category of such goods, global...

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The Displacement of Tibetan Nomads
Mark Kernan
The Displacement of Tibetan Nomads, International Law and the Loss of Global Indigenous Culture 6th March 2013

This paper seeks to highlight the historical and existing problems associated with the protection of indigenous people...

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Palestine statehood and international law
John Quigley
Palestine Statehood and International Law 22nd January 2013

The November 2012 action of the UN General Assembly in designating Palestine’s UN observer mission as that of a...

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The Eight Pillars of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime and the Search for Glo
Joseph M. Siracusa
The Eight Pillars of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime and the Search for Global Security 22nd September 2012

How does a nation—or a community of nations—seeking to enhance their security, prevent the spread of...

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The Potential Role for Carbon Pricing in Reducing European Deficits
Hector Pollitt et al.
The Potential Role for Carbon Pricing in Reducing European Deficits 18th September 2012

This paper considers the possibility of using carbon fiscal measures to help to reduce budget deficits in Europe while...

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Jason Hickel
Global Wealth Inequality – What you never knew you never knew 16th May 2013

Jason Hickel writes, narrates and directs this short video looking at the extreme truth of how wealth is divided...

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 The Rise of the Word Resilience
Brett Cherry
The Rise of the Word Resilience 15th May 2013

Brett Cherry examines the popular and academic adoption of the word resilience. The term resilience is ambiguous, but...

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Is it time to Reconceptualise Global Food Insecurity?
Sylvia Szabo
Is it time to Reconceptualise Global Food Insecurity? 14th May 2013

Sylvia Szabo argues that food insecurity is a global issue, not one just facing developing countries. From time to time...

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The Politics of Governance Transformation: A good news story?
Kate Macdonald
The Politics of Governance Transformation: A good news story? 13th May 2013

Kate Macdonald brings readers Global Policy’s final Response to the The Governance Report 2013 by Hertie...

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Europe’s Submerging Economies
Paul Collier
Europe’s Submerging Economies 10th May 2013

Paul Collier argues that analysts should disaggregate the label ‘developed country’ to acknowledge the...

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So You Want to Be Policy-Relevant?
Joshua Busby
So You Want to Be Policy-Relevant? 8th May 2013

During graduate school, the community of up and coming scholars who wanted to do policy-relevant research seemed a bit...

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Terrorism and Media Timidity
Abukar Arman
Terrorism and Media Timidity 7th May 2013

Abukar Arman explores the media’s coverage of bombings in America and Somalia to suggest a global convergence in...

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race, racism, gentrification, urban studies, chicago, chicago school, economics
Karl T. Muth
Bruce Norris and Gary Becker: Reshuffling the Race Cards 23rd May 2013

This past weekend, I was in Connecticut for my dear friend Michelle’s wedding. Having arrived a day early, we...

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Cornelius Adebahr
From Negotiations to Elections and Back – Why the next Iranian President may be chosen for his ‘Nuclear’ Credentials 20th May 2013

Cornelius Adebahr unpicks the international security dimensions of the next Iranian elections. Ironically enough, the...

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What’s in a Brand? Plain Packaging Policy and Big Tobacco
Claire Surrey
What’s in a Brand? Plain Packaging Policy and Big Tobacco 17th May 2013

Claire Surrey examines the international response to Australia’s Plain Packaging Act and the implications of...

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government, africa, african mba, business school, howard w french, pfefferman
Karl T. Muth
Learning to Learn in Africa 9th May 2013

I have often been asked why Africa, after finding a few good leaders in the mid Twentieth Century, has been subjected...

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Antoine Bousquet
Book Review: Warrior Geeks: How 21st Century Technology is Changing the Way We Fight and Think About War by Christopher Coker. 24th April 2013

Warrior Geeks: How 21st Century Technology is Changing the Way We Fight and Think About War by Christopher Coker....

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athletic scholarships, unfair, admissions, standards, SAT, ACT, meritocracy
Karl Muth
Unsporting: The Problem of Athletic University Scholarships 17th April 2013

As a believer in the academy as one of the few refuges of meritocracy in Western Civilization, the existence of...

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International Security, Conflict and Gender: ‘HIV is another war’. By Hakan Seck
Rochelle Burgess
Book Review: International Security, Conflict and Gender: ‘HIV is another war’. By Hakan Seckinelgin 16th April 2013

International Security, Conflict and Gender: ‘HIV is another war’ by Hakan Seckinelgin London: Routledge,...

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