A Source of Escalation or a Source of Restraint? An Empirical Investigation of How Civil Society Affects Mass Killings
Why do some state-led mass killings end quickly while others endure for over a decade?
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Asia Has Three Possible Futures
I spent the last week of August in South Korea, attending a conference on security studies sponsored by the Korea National Defense University and giving lectures at the Chey Institute for Advanced Stu
Managing Value Conflicts in Public Innovation: Ostrich, Chameleon, and Dolphin Strategies
This paper develops a theoretical understanding of the management of value conflicts in public innovation.
Endowments, Exclusion, and Exchange
We propose a new solution for discrete exchange economies and resource-allocation problems, the exclusion core.
Creative Destruction or Idiot Winds: Schumpeterian Theory Meets the Educational Sector in Developing Countries
The basic theoretical and practical issue facing the RISE initiative is to imagine and test a national level educational policy intervention that can produce steady productivity gains in the education
In Memoriam: Roland Timerbaev (1927-2019), At the Vanguard of Nuclear Nonproliferation,
Roland Timerbaev, who passed away in mid-August at the age of 91, was a true giant—both as an arms controller and as a human being. I doubt we will see his like again.
Size-Dependent Tax Enforcement and Compliance: Global Evidence and Aggregate Implications
This paper studies how tax enforcement and tax compliance varies with firm size and its macroeconomic consequences.
ISIS Is a Survivor
Back in February, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that the Islamic State was “100 percent” defeated and took full credit for the alleged victory.
The Lasting Lesson of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
For the first time in its history, NATO does not have a strong, principled American leader to guide it.
A Taxonomy of Health Information Initiatives to Engage Patients: Objectives, Design Characteristics and Patient Activation
Patients utilize vast amounts of information and technology tools to manage their health. When ill, people often turn to Google to learn about conditions associated with their symptoms.
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