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How the World Could—and Maybe Should—Intervene in Syria
Allowing the violence to go on could have worse consequences than an intervention, though only one that meets certain conditions.
Al Jazeera English
Allowing the violence to go on could have worse consequences than an intervention, though only one that meets certain conditions.
Reuters
The power of many can accomplish more than any one can do alone -- and that distinction is different than the traditional classification of hard and soft power
Reuters
Preparing for civil war may be the only remaining way to avert it
Reuters
In a rapidly changing world of complex systems, small shifts can produce very big consequences. Here are some ways that local institutions and social networks are already working along the Rio Grande border
Reuters
Though the two movements have many differences, they share the same fundamental drivers: a deep sense of injustice and invisibility
Reuters
Envisioning a world in which personal mobile technology can connect every human being in every village in every country to the tap roots of knowledge, markets, services, and community
Reuters
From the Arab world protests to the abstractions of network theory, understanding the new world
Reuters
What have we learned about America and the world in the ten years since September 11, 2001?
Reuters
International law -- and the governments that bring it into being -- are the process of redefining the definition of sovereignty
CNN
How non-Americans see our media coverage of the storm
Reuters
In today's world, the international community has an obligation to protect fellow citizens from governments that forfeit their legitimacy
Reuters
Hyper-connectedness co-exists with a growing segregation of like-minded clusters, deepening divides and giving rise to a politics of rage
Reuters
A colleague of mine contends that complex social factors are not a significant aspect of IR theory. Here's why he's wrong.
Reuters
For all China's potential, it faces very real obstacles that it might not be ready to acknowledge
Reuters
A rapidly changing world requires news ways of thinking, and new tools for understanding and engaging with societies as well as governments
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