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Teaching Theory vs. Policy (Or how to pitch an...
What’s it like writing an essay for Foreign Affairs? Charli Carpenter just wrote the book blog post. An Associate Professor of International Affairs at UMass-Amherst and Foreign Affairs author, Dr. Carpenter recently conducted an experiment in her doctoral level seminar on Human Security. She wanted to help her students navigate the theory vs. policy divide, and she did that by requiring...
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Helping Women Reconcile Work & Family = Sound...
A new book by French intellectual Elisabeth Badinter has attracted attention because of her controversial thesis: liberal motherhood is undermining the status of women.
Most responses to Badinter focus on individuals. But what about government policies?
The new issue of Foreign Affairs has a piece addresses population decline in developed countries and prescribes policies that allow women to...
April 2012
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March 2012
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The Iraq We Left Behind
Welcome to the World’s Next Failed State
Weeks after the last U.S. soldier finally left the country, Iraq is on the road to becoming a failed state, with a deadlocked political system, an authoritarian leader, and a looming threat of disintegration. Baghdad can still pull itself together, but only if Washington starts applying the right kind of democratic pressure — and fast. Full...
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Glowing Pork, Exploding Watermelons
Why can’t China keep it’s food safe?
Since the scandal four years ago over melamine-laced powdered milk that sickened thousands of children, China’s food record hasn’t improved. Companies have been caught making ham laced with pesticides, counterfeit alcoholic drinks, fake baby formula, adulterated pickled vegetables, and carcinogenic chili sauce. And Beijing’s...
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