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January 14, 2016

Religion
A Conversation With Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder and chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, discusses the fundamental requirements and parameters of contemporary Islamic statehood.

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August 4, 2015

Americas
Review of State Building in Latin America

Hillel Soifer’s new book, State Building in Latin America, presents an interesting historical perspective on today’s current state capacity in Latin America, and why some countries are so much better…

October 21, 2011

Economics
Reads of the Week: Analyzing Humala’s Victory in Peru

Source: Corporación Latinobarómetro, Informe Anual 2010 (Santiago de Chile, December 2010) Steven Levitsky’s recent article in the Journal of Democracy explains why Humala won the Peruvian elections…

Reads of the Week: Analyzing Humala’s Victory in Peru

July 24, 2006

Middle East and North Africa
Multilateral Intervention in the Middle East: An Uninspiring Legacy

Efforts to stabilize and pacify the Middle East conflict with UN and multinational peacekeeping forces have proven difficult—if not impossible. A look at the history of such efforts.