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January 20, 2012

Politics and Government
Friday File: Is It Time to Intervene in Syria?

Above the Fold. Anyone who watched last night’s GOP presidential debate from Charleston, South Carolina could be forgiven for concluding that the United States has no pressing problems overseas. Not …

Lebanese and Syrian protesters in northern Lebanon carry banners and burn a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as they march in solidarity with Syria's anti-government protesters on January 20, 2012. (Omar Ibrahim/courtesy Reuters)

January 26, 2012

Defense Technology
iPhones, Drones, and Nuclear Weapons

On Tuesday, Apple released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2012, which comprised fourteen weeks and ended on December 31, 2011. The company earned record quarterly revenues of $…

Soldiers and smartphones

July 31, 2012

International Law
Guest Post: No Slaves Were Used in the Writing of This Blog Post

Below, my colleague Isabella Bennett, a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, offers an assessment of how to reduce human trafficking. The latest estimates by the International Lab…

Girl rescued from child trafficking poses in Proshanti in Dhaka

August 16, 2012

No Country for Fifteen Million: The Plight of the World’s Stateless

Coauthored with Isabella Bennett, program coordinator in the International Institutions and Global Governance program. Guor Marial, a cross-country All-American athlete at Iowa State, ran two marath…

Rohingya women and children hide in a house in Teknaf