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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (1): 100–106.
Published: 01 March 2017
...Alex Eliseev A young and fragile democracy, South Africa cannot afford to have its courts compromised. Journalist Alex Eliseev examines the murders of Betty Ketani and Michael Thomson to illustrate the potential excellence of the country's judicial system and how easily it can be hampered by heavy...
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World Policy Journal (2014) 31 (2): 3–7.
Published: 01 June 2014
..., which studies cross-sector collaboration. © World Policy Institute 2014 2014 World Policy Institute Image: Ad Meskens The global banking system is the fundamental conduit of value within nations and across borders. Since the last global financial crisis, however, the role of banks...
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World Policy Journal (2018) 35 (1): 35–39.
Published: 01 March 2018
...,” meaning that it is run by a local don and is affiliated with a political party—in this case, the conservative JLP. (The garrison system, which envelops much of Kingston, grew out of political trade union battles in the 1960s.) At the time of the 2010 raid, Tivoli Gardens was the known base of Dudus, one...
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Published: 01 June 2013
British Royal Marines learn warm-up exercises to prevent frostbite—a priority for NATO forces in the Arctic. Buddy systems make sure soldiers care for themselves and their mates as they head out carrying 100-pound packs. British Royal Marines learn warm-up exercises to prevent frostbite
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 12–13.
Published: 01 June 2016
... In major cities, subway systems are lifelines, connecting commuters to work, students to schools, and tourists from one landmark to the next. World Policy Journal compares the systems of six global cities. ANATOMY
THE WORLD IN TRANSIT
In major cities subway systems are a lifeline, connecting...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (2): 8–11.
Published: 01 June 2017
...Mari Margil A global movement is attempting to transform the legal systems that govern humankind’s relationship with the environment. Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund’s Mari Margil argues that we must stop treating the planet as if it exists solely for human exploitation and recognize...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (2): 43–54.
Published: 01 June 2017
...Baz Dreisinger Singapore has transformed its prison system over the last 20 years to focus on rehabilitation, and recidivism rates have fallen by nearly 50 percent. But Baz Dreisinger finds that the government’s push to employ former prisoners is driven more by an abundance of low-level jobs than...
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World Policy Journal (2017) 34 (3): 76–82.
Published: 01 September 2017
... to make a life for themselves in their unfamiliar homelands. She introduces us to Khe Khoeun, a former refugee now living with relatives in Cambodia, and describes how those with mental health problems are singularly ill-equipped to navigate America’s complicated immigration court system. Given...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 77–81.
Published: 01 June 2016
... democracy and created an opaque revenue system that costs the southern African nation millions of dollars every year. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 — This article was supported by the Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa and the African Network of Centers for Investigative...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (2): 82–89.
Published: 01 June 2016
...Ruth Michaelson Since Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi took power in 2013, the list of Egyptians forcibly disappeared, unjustly detained, or held in pre-trial detention has grown. Journalist Ruth Michaelson explores Egypt’s pliant justice system and the geopolitics that enable the state to lock away...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (4): 10–15.
Published: 01 December 2016
...Nanjala Nyabola For women across the world, electoral politics can be a hostile and violent place. Writer Nanjala Nyabola investigates the parliamentary quota systems in East Africa, demonstrating how well they can work when supported with institutional will and how resoundingly they can fail when...
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World Policy Journal (2016) 33 (3): 86–92.
Published: 01 September 2016
... explains how India’s underfunded judicial system produces so many undertrials and why they can end up in jail for years. Copyright © 2016 World Policy Institute 2016 India criminal justice prison SIMPLY CVR Abandoned corridors of the Madras Central Prison pictured in 2009. SIMPLY CVR...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (3): 57–64.
Published: 01 September 2013
...Thea Johnson Despite the many questions swirling around this transition, most with a stake in the process seem genuinely committed. Diego Zalamea is at the offices of the Attorney General of Ecuador to help the state prosecutor transition to a modernized system of case tracking. The office...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (1): 115–123.
Published: 01 March 2013
... their courts dispense, while at the same time courts all too often reflect and reinforce the failings of the democratic systems supported or endorsed by the political establishment. A government of true checks and balances will often find the judiciary at odds with the ruling elite. But that is all too rare...
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World Policy Journal (2015) 32 (1): 32–41.
Published: 01 March 2015
... termed “the Achilles heels of the Earth system.” Using science-speak, he talked of “switch-and-choke points” and “large scale discontinuities” to describe the possibility that key natural systems whose stability we take for granted—like the Atlantic Ocean’s jet stream and a mechanism called...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (3): 107–116.
Published: 01 September 2013
...David A. Andelman Professionalism must be accompanied by competence. And that is far more difficult to guarantee, while at the same time maintaining a truly democratic system. Again, however, a free electorate and a vibrant, freely conducted campaign process are the ultimate assurances...
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (3): 23–31.
Published: 01 September 2001
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World Policy Journal (2001) 18 (3): 15–22.
Published: 01 September 2001
.... Coyle andJohn B. Rhinelander
The administration of President George W. wise. Signed in 1972 by the Cold War’s two
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ety of national missile defense (N M D ) ap stopped the arms race in defensive systems...
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World Policy Journal (2013) 30 (3): 14–19.
Published: 01 September 2013
... enforcement methods, legal consequences for abuse, embedded technical controls, and continuous monitoring and rapid response capabilities that mimic the way our immune system responds to external threats. The best way out of the danger posed by these technologies is to harness them to serve our constructive...
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World Policy Journal (2006) 22 (4): 47–54.
Published: 01 December 2006
... an economic system characterized by
ter. In the past decade or so, Japan’s political extensive state intervention and long-term
system as a whole has been undergoing a relationships among economic players.4 The
fundamental transformation. Therefore, it is reformers faulted this system as tending...
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