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Instruments of Peace

As the hunt for Osama bin Laden began to focus on the now infamous compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, the CIA desperately sought confirmation that he was there. The agency came up with an idea: hire a local doctor to conduct a fake vaccination campaign, which it hoped could lead to obtaining blood samples from bin Laden’s grandchildren that could be analyzed for a DNA match to bin Laden. One could dismiss the campaign as just another imaginative tactic used by the CIA in the search; the fact that it involved a population health ruse could be of no more significance than had the CIA hired agents to sell lottery tickets door to door in the neighborhood.

By Leonard Rubenstein  |  December 24, 2011
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From Seoul to Cannes

As the Sherpa of the Republic of Korea, I found one of the most rewarding outcomes of the Seoul Summit was that it delivered on all of the commitments made at previous Summits. For instance, member nations reached an agreement on quota reform of the International Monetary Fund (IMF); it was a difficult endeavor because reform was long viewed as a “zero sum game.” The G20 nations also adopted new international standards for bank capital adequacy, leverage ratios, and liquidity standards. They agreed upon general principles for regulation of systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs). These IMF quota and core financial regulatory reforms were originally scheduled for early 2011, but the Seoul Summit facilitated a November 2010 agreement on these issues.

By Changyong Rhee  |  December 24, 2011
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Learning to Play Chess on Water

Jonathan D. Greenberg, Lecturer in Law and Public Policy, Stanford University, and Counsel, Heenan Blaikie LLP

For Professor Srđjan Darmanović

By Jonathan D. Greenberg  |  August 23, 2011  |  3
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Protecting Religious Freedom Abroad

Leonard A. Leo is the Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and the Executive Vice President of the Federalist Society.

Dr. Elizabeth H. Prodromou is Vice Chair of the USCIRF and an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University.

For much of the world, there is no greater human right than the freedom to practice one’s religion or belief system according to the dictates of conscience, without fear of coercion or retaliation.

By Elizabeth H. Prodromou, Leonard A. Leo  |  July 1, 2011
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Corruption Reduction

AMITAI ETZIONI is Professor of International Relations at George Washington University. He served as a senior advisor to the Carter White House and has authored 22 books. In 2001, Etzioni was named among the top 100 American intellectuals in a study by Richard Posner.

By Amitai Etzioni  |  March 7, 2011
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Looking to the Sky

SCOTT EDWARDS is Project Manager for the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights project at Amnesty International. CHRISTOPH KOETTL is the Project Manager for Amnesty International USA’s Science for Human Rights Project.

By Christoph Koettl, Scott Edwards  |  March 6, 2011  |  1
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Views on Immigration

THOMAS LIEBIG serves in the International Migration Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour & Social Affairs, OECD, Paris.

By Thomas Liebig  |  March 6, 2011  |  2
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Rethinking Aid Policy

ERIC GREITENS is the CEO of The Mission Continues, which sponsors veterans’ participation in public service. He was formerly a US Navy SEAL officer and Commander of several Special Operations Units, and has worked as a humanitarian volunteer and researcher in many countries, including Rwanda, Cambodia, Albania, and the Gaza Strip.

We are interested in talking about international aid and what you think the state of that is. Harvard-trained economist Dambisa Moyo put forth a theory that aid keeps Africa poor and that we should curtail—if not change—the way we aid Africa. What do you think is the best way to resolve the tension between stopping aid and encouraging long-term growth in Africa and responding to the immediate need of the people there?

By Eric Greitens  |  March 6, 2011
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Machiavelli 2.0

Alexander Schellong, PhD, MA, is a Senior Consultant with CSC’s public sector management practice advising clients internationally on issues of eGovernment, citizen relationship management, public management and public policy. Among others, he serves as an expert to the European Commission. He continues to be active in academia through research and lectures. His studies focus on the impacts of ICT and organizational and societal issues. Philipp Mueller, PhD, MA, is director of the Center for Public Management and Governance at the Salzburg University Business School and visiting professor for public policy and management at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy in Erfurt.

By Alexander R.M. Schellong, Philipp Mueller  |  January 6, 2011
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Bridging Ideologies

The year 2010 leaves the world with just five years before the  targeted achievement of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. Though time will tell if ongoing efforts prove sufficient, the goals of fighting disease, eradicating poverty and hunger, and pushing for environmental sustainability, at least, seem to be on track for success. Reducing gender-skewed death rates is another story. According to 2010’s Millennium Development Goals Report, of the eight goals under discussion, the fifth—that of decreasing the maternal mortality ratio by three quarters and achieving universal access to reproductive health—appears farthest from being accomplished.

By Alice E.M. Underwood  |  December 23, 2010
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