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		<title>Yemen and the Safe Haven Problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Hossino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British think tank Chatham House has a new paper on current instability in Yemen. Most notably, the paper states that economics is driving instability in Yemen which could lead to a &#8220;lawless zone stretching from northern Kenya, through Somalia and the Gulf of Aden, to Saudi Arabia,&#8221; and exhorts Western governments to take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Quandary of Iraqi &#8220;Democracy&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Omar Hossino</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main Sunni party in Iraq, al-Iraqiyah or the Iraqi alliance, made news today by announcing a boycott of the parliamentary elections in March. A tug-of-war as of late has manifested its ugly head in Iraq, with the current Shia Iraqi government banning candidates with previous ties to the Baath party of former Iraqi president [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-Mexico Cooperation on Counternarcotics and Transnational Crime</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Droukas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The levels of drug trafficking and organized crime activity along the U.S.-Mexico border have significantly increased over the last decade, fueled by a northward flow of illegal drugs and a southward flow of money and weapons. The shared acknowledgment of the gravity of this crisis has opened the door for the U.S. and Mexican governments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identifying Prerequisites for State Formation in Southern Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Droukas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “war making-state making” theory posits that war can be, and in fact has been, a catalyst for state formation and state strengthening. Although the “war making-state making” theory was originally conceptualized as a model for state making in early-modern Europe, many have sought to amend the theory to make it more applicable to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Limited Success of Litigation as a Tool for Advancing the Constitutional Right to Housing in South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Droukas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the end of apartheid, South Africa enacted one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. The Constitution of South Africa guarantees a host of social and economic rights, including the right of access to adequate housing for all South Africans. Given the inclusion of this right in the Constitution, the issue presented in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Identity-Based Conflicts: Perceived Difference vs. Perceived Threat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Droukas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Identity-based disputes constitute a central component of intractable conflict. Drawing from various sources of social psychology, this paper illustrates how the concept of identity affects group behavior. Research shows that the social construction of a group identity, which involves definitions of “us” and “them,” and the delineation of artificial boundaries separating the ingroup and outgroups, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regime Change or Democratization?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Droukas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last thirty years have seen many states democratize, yet others have been unable to fully complete this transition and remain stuck in authoritarian or semi-democratic states. This article addresses the recent theoretical literature on democratization, where the focus has been on explaining factors that lead to successful democratization. The consensus appears to be that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Trade Policy? Leadership and Industry Voice in China&#8217;s Evolving Global Trade Position</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Droukas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper examines the roles of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and of the domestic private sector in the trade-related policymaking process in China and places them in the broader context of economic policymaking. It considers the shifting roles of the state-owned and private sectors and how re-cent reforms have expanded the economic role of the private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sowing the Future: Biotechnology and Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Droukas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Climate change is one of the most pressing and widespread challenges facing the world in the 21st century. As the climate changes, new technologies and strategies must be implemented to allow populations to mitigate the factors causing climate change and to adapt to its effects. Agriculture is an essential area for technological innovation because it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Demise of the Dollar and the Rise of Regionalism: A Theory of Optimum Anchor Currency Areas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Droukas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The dynamics underlying the choice of exchange rate regimes suggest that the international monetary system may be more vulnerable than recent history indicates. Because of potential bandwagon effects, small changes in anchor currency choices can have large and rapid effects on the international monetary system. History shows that an unraveling of the dollar as the [...]]]></description>
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