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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 26, 2015
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: How Do You Know?
During one of my last semesters in graduate school, I was a teaching assistant for a course called “How Do You Know?” The goal of the class was to expose students to the way different disciplines in …
September 16, 2014
Middle East and North Africa
UNDOF Flees
After forty years, UN forces meant to separate Israel and Syria have fled their posts--fled into Israel, for safety. Here is the account from The Tower web site: The United Nations Disengagement Obs…
July 30, 2014
Human Rights
The New "Space Race" for Civil Society and Democracy
Civil society plays a central role in securing and upholding democratic governance worldwide. However, from Egypt to Russia, authoritarian governments are reverse engineering civil society’s tactics,…
December 3, 2013
North Korea
Challenges in Designing an Effective North Korean Human Rights Policy
There is no more vexing issue than the challenge of how to support the improvement of human rights in North Korea, a country that has consistently ranked at the bottom of international indices rating…
July 15, 2013
Americas
The Implications of China’s Economic Slowdown
News of a credit crunch and broader economic slowdown in China once again raises the question of how that country’s evolving economy might affect its political trajectory. The traditional view of mod…
