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Tag: Global

Nir Rosen

Iraq's descent into chaos.

Hans Blix

The Middle East and global arms control.

Owen R. Cote, Jr.

 The new emphasis on WMD has not been accompanied by any serious public discussion of the differences among such weapons.

Juan Cole

On the history of America's would-be allies.

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee

Aid can help to address global poverty. But we need field experiments—randomized controlled trials—to tell us which programs work.

Paul Collier

If richer states provide security, the poorest can finally grow.

Stephen Phelan

Onagawa: a place in the modern world that had suddenly passed from existence. Remembering Japan’s tsunami.

Michael Kremer, Rachel Glennerster

That people respond to the relative costs and returns of schooling might imply that the poor are optimizing the amount of school they invest in, as predicted in a simple economic model. But evidence suggests that reality is more complex.

Alexander B. Downes

History shows that forcing rulers from power rarely works. Even apparently successful regime changes often leads to bitter civil war.

Dara O’Rourke

A small percentage of consumers have already moved a portion of the market toward more sustainable practices. But the larger promise of ethical consumption remains unmet.

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