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September 23, 2013

Rule of Law
Fighting Poverty with Land

Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is by Ashok Sircar and Tim Hanstad o…

RTR13V0L
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Isobel Coleman Development Channel

January 7, 2011

Malaysia
The Curse of Nepotism

Members of an Indonesian military honour guard participating in a state dinner are pictured in Jakarta. (Jason Reed/Courtesy Reuters) Over the past two weeks, several interesting articles have emerg…

Members of an Indonesian military honour guard participating in a state dinner are pictured in Jakarta
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

August 26, 2013

Diplomacy and International Institutions
MLK, Obama, and the Audacity of Intervention in Syria

At first glance the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the chemical weapons crisis in Syria seem entirely unrelated. But they offer an opportunity to juxtapose the visions of war and pea…

MLK Cropped
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

May 31, 2013

China
Lord’s Resistance Army and Elephant Poaching

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reported to the UN Security Council Group of Experts, who monitor the Libyan arms embargo, that Joseph Koney and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are funding themselv…

Lords Resistance Army (LRA) fighters arrive at an assembly point in Owiny Ki Bul, 160km (100 miles) south of Juba, Sudan, September 19, 2006.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

July 14, 2011

The World Next Week: Debt Debates, U.S.-Indian Relations, and Afghan Handovers

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sonia Gandhi, head of India's ruling Congress Party, before a meeting in New Delhi on July 20, 2009. (B. Mathur/courtesy Reuters) The World Next Week podcast …

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Chief of India’s ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi before their meeting in New Delhi on July 20, 2009. (B. Mathur/courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge