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A New Spring in the Middle East? The Emerging Nuclear Energy Renaissance

By Marianne Nari Fisher – The Middle East North Africa (MENA) Nuclear Construction Conference was hosted by the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt,

October 18, 2012
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U.S.-Japanese Tensions Flare

U.S. Marines in an MV-22 Osprey.U.S. Marine Corps plans to deploy the hybrid helicopter-plane MV-22 Osprey to the air station in Futenma,

October 18, 2012
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Iran: Taking Aim At Low Fertility And Women’s Mobility

Iran’s domestic policies affecting reproduction and women’s rights have taken several abrupt twists and turns since the revolution of 1980. Most recently,

October 15, 2012
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Reclaiming Pakistan

A version of this essay appeared in the October 13th issue of The Tribune. A hyphenated word has hung like a shroud

October 13, 2012
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Obama Administration Again Misses Opportunity on Child Soldiers

On September 28, after a week in which the President touted the tragedy of human slavery at the United Nations, the Obama

October 11, 2012
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Towards a More Effective Implementation of the EU Security Strategy

On October 5, 2012, Johan Bergenas spoke at a European Union Policy Hub titled “Towards a More Effective Implementation of the EU Security Strategy:

October 5, 2012
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The Race to Harness Himalayan Hydropower

Spend a day in Kathmandu, Nepal’s sprawling capital of 4-million people, and you’ll quickly notice what has long been a fact of

October 4, 2012
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Alan D. Romberg’s latest article is featured in the China Leadership Monitor 39

Alan D. Romberg’s article “Shaping the Future, Part II: Cross-Strait Relations” appears in the latest issue of the Hoover Institute’s China Leadership

October 1, 2012
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Managing Across Boundaries Program Launches “Partners In Prevention” Project

Technological innovation, privatization, industrial development, trade and financial liberalization, and transnational production networks have been vital to the global economic growth of

September 28, 2012
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To Combat Sexual Violence in Liberia: A Need for Sharper Focus on Traditional Justice

The UN’s peacekeeping mission in Liberia has been working to reduce that country’s high rate of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), a

September 24, 2012
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Beyond Boundaries in the Andean Region

By Brian Finlay, Johan Bergenas and Esha Mufti – Although even the most cursory survey of the human condition today reveals wild

September 19, 2012
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Japan-China Relations: What Now?

Tension is quickly rising in Japan-China relations following the Japanese government’s decision to nationalize the Senkaku Islands (known in China as Diaoyutai)

September 18, 2012