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Policymakers have two main concerns when it comes to ethanol: the effect of demand on food prices, and the environmental benefits. While families were sharing corn at barbecues this summer, both issues perked up ears across the globe.
There are those who argue that basic human rights are bestowed by some form of deity or god. But others are making the case that sometimes basic human rights are denied to the deities themselves, in this case child goddesses. In Nepal, the young girls who are worshiped as living goddesses are now awarded basic human rights by the state.
Humanitarian aid is often viewed as a political commodity, no matter how well intentioned the donors may be. As swelling urban centers make disasters deadlier, this poses a crucial policy problem for international relief and diplomacy.
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Matthew Hennessey
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07/23/08
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The rising price of jet fuel has the global airline industry struggling to cut costs and stay aloft, but it also incentivizes the development of alternative power sources and experimental planes.
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Matthew Hennessey
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07/18/08
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Nearly twenty-five years of Irish economic growth came to an end in June. Now policymakers must scramble to prevent a return to the hopeless, stagnant era of the 1980s.
Hip hop star Emmanuel Jal raps a new story of gunfire and oppression. At the age of seven he was conscripted into the Sudan People's Liberation Army.
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Nikolas K. Gvosdev,
Harry Harding,
Flynt Leverett,
David Speedie,
Devin T. Stewart
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07/14/08
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The transcript with embedded video clips from our July 1 Workshop for Ethics in Business illuminates the international relations and energy policy implications of the shifting global balance of power.
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Matthew Hennessey
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07/08/08
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President George W. Bush is fighting to preserve his controversial AIDS relief initiative, which has supported life-saving antiretroviral treatments for more than 1.7 million people since 2004.
Once reserved for St. Patrick's Day, green beer is now available year round in the form of more ecologically sound beers. Companies across the globe have found innovative ways to consume less power, conserve water, and utilize brewing byproducts.
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Christina L. Madden
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06/25/08
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The South Korean metropolis of New Songdo is slated to be the world's largest "ubiquitous city," with tracking devices everywhere. The entrenchment of social surveillance presents a challenge for democratic integrity and personal privacy.
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Matthew Hennessey
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06/24/08
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More than one country that is about to host a prestigious sporting event is facing international criticism over human rights and diplomacy.
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David Denoon,
Devin T. Stewart
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06/23/08
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Although China's rise has received much attention, much less has been given to the relative decline of the Pacific Rim states or the rapid rise of India's economic and strategic position.
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Matthew Hennessey
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06/20/08
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Many beer lovers fear that industry consolidation will lead to homogenization -- a process some deride as "lagerization."
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Matthew Hennessey,
Patrick Bond
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06/11/08
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Matthew Hennessey interviews Patrick Bond, director of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, on post-election unrest in Zimbabwe and the displeasure of South Africans at their government's policy toward Mugabe.
Balancing development and security in outer space will be an important international challenge in coming decades as rising powers force realignment here on Earth.
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