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CNN
February 13, 2018
Jonathan Cristol is a fellow at the World Policy Institute and a Levermore Research Fellow at Adelphi University. You can follow him @jonathancristol. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. (CNN) After only five days, the PyeongChang Olympics have already brought us some amazingÃÂ ...
CNN
January 31, 2018
Jonathan Cristol is a fellow at the World Policy Institute and Levermore Research Fellow at Adelphi University. You can follow him @jonathancristol. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. (CNN) For more than seven months, it was widely reported that Georgetown University professor VictorÃÂ ...
The Australian
January 26, 2018
“If the mountain will not come to Mohamed,” so the saying goes, “then Mohamed must go to the mountain.” With his decision to attend this year's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Donald Trump seems to be taking that message to heart (although he would undoubtedly recoil from any link betweenÃÂ ...
Arab News
January 18, 2018
Palestinians protesters burn tires and throw stones toward Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Bethlehem during clashes on January 12, 2018. US Vice President Mike Pence will visit the Middle East this weekend against a backdrop of heightened tensions after Washington's decisions to recognizeÃÂ ...
The Nation.
January 11, 2018
... back unconstrained weapons expenditures? William D. HartungWilliam D. Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy and a fellow at the World Policy Institute. To submit a correction for our consideration, click here. For Reprints and Permissions, click here.
World Policy Institute (blog)
December 21, 2017
The recent passage by Congress of the Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 brings back the age-old argument about whether most people benefit from policies that further enrich the rich. Conservatives say yes, while leftists and most liberals say no. The conservative argument, the foundation of theÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
December 20, 2017
When Ukrainian MP Svitlana Zalishchuk gave a speech to the United Nations on the effect on women of her country's war with Russia, she won widespread praise for her performance. It was only a few months since the 32-year-old had been elected to parliament, one of a new generation of politicians whoÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
December 11, 2017
Last year, a 52-year-old Czech IT specialist called Radek Koten shared an inflammatory post from a pro-Russian website which attacked mandatory vaccinations. “Cancerous enzymes” had been found in vaccine compounds, according to the article he shared (see below), and the doctors who made theÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
November 1, 2017
I vividly remember my first visit to the United States, and how fascinated I was to see organic labels on fruits and other food in a grocery store. Coming from Nigeria, this seemed like an unbelievable novelty. Yet, worldwide, the trend toward organic food is growing. In 2016 alone, global sales of organic foodÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 26, 2017
The media is paying little attention to the possibility of a U.S.-China trade war in the near future, despite the fact that President Donald Trump has set in motion proceedings that will empower him to initiate one. During the presidential campaign, Trump railed against China in virtually every speech.
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 24, 2017
On Oct.10, World Policy Institute hosted, “Arms and Allies: Security Cooperation in East Asia,” featuring panelists who have closely studied alliances and joint operations in the region. In their discussion of security issues, the speakers—Ankit Panda, senior editor at The Diplomat; Emilia Puma, ForeignÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 19, 2017
The Nobel Memorial Prize in economics for 2017, recently announced, will be awarded to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago. Thaler's field, behavioral economics, is often labeled as “controversial” because it disputes the assumption of standard textbook economics that people act rationally. One ofÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 12, 2017
In terms of natural resources, the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico is one of the richest in the country. As a base of operations for major mining companies both in Mexico and abroad, Chiapas is a major source of oil, gas, and lumber, as well as metallic minerals such as gold, silver, copper, iron,ÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 5, 2017
The prevalence of slavery in Mauritania is among the highest in the world. The efforts the nation has made in the past few decades to not only dismantle the institutionalized practice, but also criminalize it, remain largely unsuccessful. In 1981, by presidential decree, Mauritania became the last country toÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 5, 2017
The U.S. Republican Party, having failed to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, has now turned to another important but divisive issue: taxes. President Donald Trump and his party have tried, with limited success, to frame their position on this issue as benefitting those Trump calls the “forgottenÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
September 7, 2017
The North Korean development of nuclear weapons seems to be an intractable problem. A military solution is widely rejected across the political spectrum from right-wing Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, to most liberals, including military experts such as John E. Pike, directorÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
July 25, 2017
On July 12, the Trump administration chose to continue easing sanctions on Sudan for three more months to closely review the country's performance—an unsurprising move given the political turmoil in Washington and short staffing in the State Department for African issues. Sudanese President OmarÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
July 10, 2017
This article is part of an Arctic in Context series featuring Winter 2017 Arctic Research Fellows from the International Policy Institute, in the Henry M. Jackson School at the University of Washington. This Arctic research program is dedicated to improving the transfer of research and expertise between higherÃÂ ...
Arab News
December 31, 1999
Jonathan Cristol, a scholar at the World Policy Institute, a think tank, said Abbas likely found sympathetic ears in the chamber, but that would not change Washington's drive for a peace deal that would likely hurt Palestinians. “In part, Abbas came to the UN because he expected to find more support amongÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
November 21, 2017
At least two people were killed in recent flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, eight in Durban, South Africa, and 15 in Rubanda, Uganda.
The Real News Network
November 18, 2017
... Hartung was a project director at the New America Foundation and a Senior Research Fellow at the New York-based World Policy Institute.
The Nation.
November 14, 2017
... D. Hartung is the director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy and a fellow at the World Policy Institute.
World Policy Institute (blog)
November 10, 2017
Theorists have long recognized the family as the place where “politics become personal,” writes Christopher Shay. Perhaps it is not surprising, ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
November 9, 2017
As President Donald Trump travels through Asia he seems, on the surface at least, to be placated by the flattering treatment he receives from ...
World Policy Institute
November 7, 2017
The diorama showing how Ulyanovsk looked when Vladimir Lenin was born here in 1870 is noticeably full of Orthodox churches.
World Policy Institute (blog)
November 2, 2017
My corporatist approach is far more useful than the standard realist and liberal theories that inform most mainstream commentators in ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
November 1, 2017
I vividly remember my first visit to the United States, and how fascinated I was to see organic labels on fruits and other food in a grocery store.
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 31, 2017
Looking out from the crest of one of the thousands of craggy mountains that make up the Lofoten Archipelago, an impossibly blue sea bathes ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 31, 2017
It looked like yet more evidence of the rising clout of one of Slovakia's most prominent far-right politicians when an opinion poll emerged ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 28, 2017
Policymakers do not always take into account how their actions may adversely affect countries and communities. This week, our contributors ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 27, 2017
The media is paying little attention to the possibility of a U.S.-China trade war in the near future, despite the fact that President Donald Trump ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 25, 2017
On Oct.10, World Policy Institute hosted, “Arms and Allies: Security Cooperation in East Asia,” featuring panelists who have closely studied ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 23, 2017
This past summer, Dmitry Ostryakov, a high school astronomy teacher and human rights activist, drove for nearly 16 hours from his home in St.
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 21, 2017
We kicked off the fall issue of World Policy Journal, “Constructing Family,” by posing a question to our international contributors: What values ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 20, 2017
The Nobel Memorial Prize in economics for 2017, recently announced, will be awarded to Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago. Thaler's ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 18, 2017
World Policy Journal begins each issue with the Big Question, where we ask a panel of experts to provide insight into the cover theme.
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 17, 2017
Achieving and fulfilling the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) overwhelmingly depends on making progress in rural areas, where ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 10, 2017
Sub-Saharan Africa has the lowest school enrollment in the world. Yet even in this context, Liberia's education indicators are shocking: Less ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 5, 2017
The U.S. Republican Party, having failed to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, has now turned to another important but divisive ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 5, 2017
The prevalence of slavery in Mauritania is among the highest in the world. The efforts the nation has made in the past few decades to not only ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
October 2, 2017
On Sept. 13, the Tunisian parliament adopted a law that could threaten its hard-won fledgling democracy. The “administrative reconciliation ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
September 29, 2017
From public health to pollution to child rights, on-the-ground activists bring the world's attention to critical issues. This week, we take a look at ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
September 22, 2017
If all publicity is good publicity, then Matilda, a new film about Russia's last tsar, should be on track to be a box office hit. But as next month's ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
June 16, 2017
In this series, World Policy Institute fellows David Stevens and Jonathan Cristol lead a conversation about the issues of the day … with booze ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
December 31, 1999
While previous U.S. administrations have established signature foreign-policy initiatives in Africa, little news has emerged regarding the Trump ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
December 31, 1999
Since the beginning of this blog series, I have emphasized how much the polarization of political economy is rooted in debt. One the one hand, ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
December 31, 1999
In terms of natural resources, the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico is one of the richest in the country. As a base of operations for major ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
September 20, 2017
Incidents of popular vindictiveness, or “people's courts,” have become increasingly common in Madagascar. In 2016, 44 cases of popularÃÂ ...
World Policy Institute (blog)
September 20, 2017
In just a few days, Germans will go to the polls to vote for a new government in an election that feels strangely familiar. For decades, Germany'sÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
September 19, 2017
... better to a mob of fans wearing his trademark red baseball hats, said Jonathan Cristol, a fellow at the World Policy Institute think-tank.
