Research
Large Datasets and You: A Field Guide
The last five years have seen an explosion in the amount of data available to social scientists.
On Global Justice
Debates about global justice have traditionally fallen into two camps. Statists believe that principles of justice can only be held among those who share a state.
Developing Countries Will Follow Post-crisis OECD Reforms but Not Passively This Time
Will reforms emerging from the 2008 crisis have a global impact and influence developing countries? Evidence suggests that this happened before, after meltdowns in the 1970s.
Reducing Nuclear Dangers
Ron Rosenbaum wants us to be worried.
Human Trafficking: An Organized Crime Challenge in Contemporary Latin America
In his foreword to the 2000 United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan noted the imperative of effective cross-border law enforcement to coun
What Small Countries Can Teach the World
In the past, various great powers have taken the stage as models of economic and social development.
Rahm's Doctrine Revisited, Revised
Politically Feasible Emissions Targets to Attain 460 ppm CO2 Concentrations
A new climate change treaty must address three current gaps: the absence of emissions targets extending far into the future; the absence of participation by the United States, China, and other develop
Three Key Elements of a Post-2012 International Climate Policy Architecture
This article describes three essential elements of an effective post-2012 international climate policy architecture: a framework to ensure that key industrialized and developing nations are involved i
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