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Daniel Yoo

FEB 7, 2012 Article

Honorable Mention, High School Category, "Making A Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

Sustainability is often associated with exclusively material concepts. Yet it's crucial to note that sustainability plays a critical role in relationships. The actual subject in ...

Students at Adharshila Learning Centre's Organic Farm<br>CREDIT: <a href="http://adharshilask.tripod.com/ofarm.html" target=_blank">Adharshila Learning Centre</a>

FEB 7, 2012 Article

3rd Prize Undergraduate Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

"What is an ecologically sustainable community? How do we facilitate the evolution of such communities? Can we bring the mass of our consumer culture-driven population ...

Anil Sebastian Pulickel

FEB 7, 2012 Article

1st Prize Undergraduate Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

Our conventional understanding of sustainability usually puts human needs first.  What is needed is a balancing test that will consider a wider range of factors, ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/m4dgroup/6001648728/" target="_blank">M4D GROUP</a>

FEB 7, 2012 Article

1st Prize Postgraduate and Teacher Category, "Making a Difference" Essay Contest, 2011

My students are always shocked to realize that the global environment is one interconnected system. We have only one ocean mass, one land, and one ...

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FEB 3, 2012 Article

Russia Bulletin (2012): Russia Bulletin, Issue 2

David Speedie examines Russia's position on Iran; the upcoming Russian elections, including the Moscow demonstrations and the West's attitude towards them;and Jackson-Vanik and U....

'Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow' with Kabila. <br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enoughproject/6323357262/" target="_blank">Enough Project / Fidel Bafilemba</a>

JAN 18, 2012 Article

The Strategic Use of Electoral Mismanagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo

The November 2011 elections were a historic opportunity to begin rebuilding the fragile DRC state. But as this first-hand account shows, evidence suggests that power politics ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieg/4715157470/">Jolie</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JAN 9, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: An Opportunity in Myanmar

Myanmar is ripe for social and economic innovation. A decent work and social protection agenda, combined with an industrial strategy, would help during its political ...

IAEA visits Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, May 2011. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/5764778687/" target="_blank">IAEA</a>

DEC 21, 2011 Article

What to do? Choices and Trade-offs in Japan's Post-Fukushima Energy Policy

The Fukushima disaster has caused a backlash against nuclear power. But can Japan maintain a nuclear-free society without risk of rolling blackouts? Are energy security, ...

DEC 15, 2011 Journal

Briefly Noted

This section contains a round-up of recent notable books in the field of international affairs.

DEC 15, 2011 Journal

Global Governance and the UN: An Unfinished Journey by Thomas G. Weiss and Ramesh Thakur

This book identifies "gaps" in world order and the ways that the UN has evolved to manage those gaps, albeit in a somewhat ad hoc ...