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Nuclear era that began in 1945 poses moral questions for the 21st century
August 7, 2020David Cortright, director of the Keough School’s Global Policy Initiative, was quoted in a recent National Catholic Reporter article on nuclear disarmament. “[T]he public consciousness on […]
Why politicizing science is a problem
July 29, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about some unexpected outcomes, none more striking than the fact that developing countries have seemingly fared well against the virus, […]
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How China’s new national security law will hobble Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement
July 14, 2020In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Maggie Shum, research associate for the Master of Global Affairs program, writes that China’s national security law (NSL) is likely to […]
“Seeing-as”
July 10, 2020An outcry In a particularly disturbing scene in J.M. Coetzee’s novel, Waiting for the Barbarians, the protagonist defends four prisoners who are about to be […]
The DACA decision: a victory for the rule of law and for humanity
June 30, 2020The political fate of acutely vulnerable groups has been of concern for years. Immigrants living in the United States without valid immigration status are particularly […]
What can we learn from Austria’s response to COVID-19?
June 26, 2020As the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic seems to be ebbing in many countries, we are beginning to recover from the initial shock and […]
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The coronavirus has revealed the true nature of hunger in America
June 19, 2020In a recent Chronicle of Philantropy op-ed, Ray Offenheiser, William J. Pulte Director of the Pulte Institute for Global Development, highlights the impact of the […]
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Implementation of Colombian peace agreement slowed in 2019
June 16, 2020Research by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies was cited in an El Tiempo article about the Colombian peace agreement. “. . . between December 2018 […]