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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 18–22.
Published: 01 December 2016
..., and they will be no less revolutionary for being quiet. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 China feminism activism THOMAS FISHER RARE BOOK LIBRARY THOMAS FISHER RARE BOOK LIBRARY In China, International Women’s Day is usually a candy-and-flowers-type affair. But in 2015, feminist...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 37–41.
Published: 01 June 2016
...Urvashi Kaul Urvashi Kaul explores the use of Social Capital Credits, a tool used to reinforce and create grass-roots community networks in cities across the world. She writes about her experiences in Kumasi, Ghana, implementing a program where people perform socially beneficial activities to earn...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 90–95.
Published: 01 September 2017
... © 2017 World Policy Institute 2017 democracy Spain neoliberalism cities activism technology protest MARCELLO VICIDOMINI The web platform Propongo was born amid the occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol in 2011. Hackers from the 15-M Movement, whichs rekindled grass-roots...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 21 (3): 15–22.
Published: 01 September 2004
.... The Red Army Faction
terrorist group, Takfir wa al-Hijra. in West Germany, Action Directe in France,
The imprisoned Ahmidan quickly and the Red Brigades in Italy, which were
gained a leadership position in the cell- active from the late 1960s until the early
block, and on emerging...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (4): 65–77.
Published: 01 December 2013
... evasion and systematic under-invoicing—“tax optimization” being the preferred term—but the Dubai Multi-Commodities Center (DMCC) leadership appears to have actively blocked investigation by other governments. Instead of being busted and black-balled from the industry, Omega Diamonds, owned by two...
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (3): 3–8.
Published: 01 September 2014
... media and smartphones, the latter carrying this newest of mankind’s means of communication and activism, have in many cases served as agents of change for both good and ill. We asked our panel of global experts how these new networks and those who use them may have disrupted daily life...
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World Policy Journal (2012) 29 (2): 18–20.
Published: 01 June 2012
... programming in the Palestinian territories. Private organizations have worked here for decades, so the market is close to saturated. With such large numbers of youths participating in these programs, most activities operate on a huge scale to maximize the number of participants and minimize the cost per child...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 20 (4): 57–61.
Published: 01 December 2004
... buried in his garden.
W M D research, development, and production Those components were no proof that Sad
have alternative uses, making their importa dam had posed an imminent threat, but if
tion a poor flag of illicit activity. Nuclear they had been discovered during the prewar
weapons...
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World Policy Journal (2003) 20 (2): 37–42.
Published: 01 June 2003
.... son for the opposition to the protocol may
In an effort to meet this challenge, b w c be that the United States is reluctant to
member states began negotiations in 1995 open its biodefense program— which in
on a supplementary agreement, or “proto cludes activities kept secret for years...
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (1): 83–91.
Published: 01 March 2011
... is also active in Afghanistan and Pakistan, both of which border the former Soviet sphere. Of course, these delineations are not set in stone, and there is persistent overlap and competition between these organizations, as agents of both the fsb and svr are often found falling all over each other...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 81–83.
Published: 01 December 2016
... balance, Russia’s impulsive activism is unlikely to lead to the influence it seeks. The reason for this is that Moscow lacks a coherent set of policy aims. Instead of trying to advance specific interests, it seeks out opportunities to demonstrate capacity. Around the world, Russia tries to curtail U.S...
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World Policy Journal (2004) 21 (3): 1–14.
Published: 01 September 2004
... that provides the tools for de-historiciz-
eties of transnational political Islam, such ing Islam and separating it from the various
transnational manifestations form a very contexts in which it has flourished over the
small part of the activity referred to as polit past fourteen hundred years...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 83–89.
Published: 01 September 2017
..., they can signify momentous change. They capture the hostility people face living in a society that has long privileged anti-gay views—and, more importantly, how that hostility can sometimes be countered effectively with a little resistance. In the context of Liberian activism, Fatu’s dance-floor...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 99–104.
Published: 01 September 2017
... that operates jackpots in 100 countries, has been the subject of controversies stretching back decades. Active in South Africa since 1999, it merged with another U.S. gaming giant, International Game Technology (IGT), in 2015. IGT is currently the main supplier of technology for Ithuba, the company that runs...
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World Policy Journal (2011) 28 (3): 82–90.
Published: 01 September 2011
.... The following day, Haq and Masood agreed to coordinate their anti-Taliban activities and support the creation of an Afghan government-in-exile headed by Zahir Shah. It would include all the principal groups who opposed Taliban rule. Back at the American embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, I prepared three...
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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (2): 124–129.
Published: 01 June 2018
..., is much more dynamic and prone to active political interventions). Yet Jacques Lacan claims that this, precisely, is what happened in 1968: Structures did descend onto the streets —the visibly explosive events were ultimately the result of a structural shift in the basic social and symbolic texture...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (1): 56–66.
Published: 01 March 2001
... the emergence of civil
assessed apart from the forces of globaliza society. A market economy requires that
tion at work in China today. Continued legal protections be extended to independent
economic liberalization, legal reform, and economic activity. Moreover, maintaining
global communications...
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World Policy Journal (2000) 17 (2): 11–20.
Published: 01 June 2000
... for peace and secu
third-largest country.” This war, Rice said, rity on the continent? Why have Western
is potentially “among the most dangerous powers been so reluctant to take an active
conflicts on the globe.” role in resolving Africa’s first “world war”?
Yet, the war in Congo...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 102–109.
Published: 01 December 2016
... succumb to communist control. According to University of Connecticut history professor Brad Simpson, “Western governments, led by the United States, actively sought to create conditions that would lead to a violent clash between the army and the Indonesian Communist Party.” When the anti-Communist...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (4): 75–82.
Published: 01 December 2015
... countries on the other side of the world where the criminals are confident they will be free to continue their activity unmolested. There, judicial warrants will not be respected, and overseas law enforcement will be slow to respond if at all. Earlier this year the FBI announced a reward of $3 million...
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